Luuk Eickmans, founder and non-paid director of the social enterprise Bikeventures, writes: Based in Jinja (Uganda) and Kisumu (Kenya), Bikeventures is a social enterprise supporting the bicycle interventions of CooP-Uganda and CooP-Kenya (Cycling out of Poverty Foundation). It offers a range of bicycle and mountain bike tours, bike rentals, bike safaris and budget accommodation in Uganda … Continue reading Bikeventures
We have had two recent emails about similar incidents of internet fraud whilst transferring money to Uganda. One of the victims has asked us to publicise what happened to him as a warning to other travellers. "We arranged our trip with an operator recommended in your guidebook. I had a lengthy email correspondence with the company's owner a year ago … Continue reading Internet fraud warning
Wei Jan Wang writes: I would like to inform you of a new tour called Uganda Crater Lakes Tours, at Fort Portal. I visited Uganda in December 2015, where I met Noah, who lives in the Fort Portal area in Uganda. Noah studied tourism and has been working as a tour guide for a number … Continue reading Uganda Crater Lakes Tours, Fort Portal
Goran writes: Route travelled: Entebbe-Kampala-Fort Portal-Kasese-Kampala-Mbale-Sipi-Kampala-Murchison Falls NP-Kampala-Kabale-Kisoro-Buhoma-Butotoga-Kanunga-Kabale-Katuna-Kigali(Rwanda) Places visited: Entebbe, Fort Portal, Crater Lake Valley, Kibale NP, Rwenzori NP, Kampala, Sipi Falls, Mount Elgon NP, Murchinson Falls NP, Lake Bunyoni, Lake Chahafi, Mgahinga NP, Lake Mutanda and Bwindi NP NB: some practical info may be outdated as the report is more than a … Continue reading 2014 trip report
It is with both regret and relief that I have decided, after months of deliberation, to block all future posts and comments, positive or negative, relating to general tour operators and guides in Uganda. To place this decision in some perspective, when I started up this website in 2008, I envisaged that its primary role … Continue reading No more tour operator/guide reviews
Catherine writes: This past summer I mentioned our wonderful young guide Jonathan Mutegeki in Fort Portal.I would like all future visitors to Fort Portal to know that Jonathan is now part of a new tour agency called Forest Tours and Safaris.He can be reached at +256 777 638 415 or 070 168 7303 email:foresttoursandsafaris@gmail.com Jonathan … Continue reading Forest Tours and Safaris
My co-author Andrew Roberts writes: While updating the 7th edition, I was deluged by glowing testimonials for this small Uganda-Dutch tour company. I then lost their details during the editorial process, which goes to show that none of us is perfect. So pending inclusion in a reprint of Uganda 7, it is with great pleasure, … Continue reading Rungu Tours
