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On 12th august 2018, the first batch of five giraffeswas successfully translocated from murchison Falls National Park to Kidepo Valley National park.

It was on the 16th of May 2018 when news broke on the Uganda bird guides online forum from a one, Ben Ntale – an amateur nature photographer, about the sighting of the rarest of the rare bird species; Uganda’s only endemic, the Fox’s weaver in the marshes along the shores of Lake Opeta.

News coming to our attention is that, one Colin Groves, a Professor of Biological Anthropology at The Australian National University in Canberra whose research interests are mainly human evolution and primates, upgraded the Ugandan population of the used to be known as the Grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) to a new species of old monkey, Uganda Mangabey (Lephocebus ugandae) only found in Uganda's Mabira central forest reserve.

The tourism and business community have described travel advisory issued Wednesday citing terrorist threats as counterproductive to the country and the global travel industry.

In a press interview Uganda Tourism Board chief executive Stephen Asiimwe franked by Amos Wekesa protested both the advisory saying that such information is detrimental to the country’s economy. 

The tourism accolades never stop coming for Uganda. On top of being voted Best Tourist Destination for 2012, Uganda was declared Africa’s Preffered Birding Destination in October after Africa Bird Club voted two of Uganda’s birding sites among the top 10 birders’ destinations in Africa. Bwindi was, actually, voted the best birding site in Africa with Murchison coming in at no. 9 – and with over 1050 bird species within its borders, Uganda sits comfortably among the best birding destinations in the whole world.

Uganda named amongst the best 20 tourist destination countries by National Geographic Best Trips

Africa’s new frontier

Uganda, once the cornerstone of Africa’s Grand Tour, is today bypassed by most visitors. The nation and its people have been brutalized by dictators, battered by warlords, and negatively portrayed by viral videos. Safarigoers line up in next-door Kenya and Tanzania, with only a few coming to Uganda to see the famed mountain gorillas.

Queen Elizabeth National Park in south western Uganda has been honoured a Top Performing National Park as Reviewed by Travellers on the World's Largest Travel Site, Tripadvisor. 

The protected area managed by Uganda Wildlife Authority has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award, an accolade, which honours hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on TripAdvisor.

The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities together with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) are pleased to announce a considerable increase in the mountain gorilla population in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) following a three-week census that was carried out in the park in September and October 2011.

A male mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park named Ruhondeza believed to be about 50 years old has died in his sleep leaving his fans in the business of mountain gorilla tracking grieving.

Mid this year, President Museveni announced the formation of a separate Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage breaking it off from Trade and Industry

Following the end of the insurgency in northern Uganda, tourism activities are to be revived.

The spokesperson of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) Edwin Muzahura said, “The potential of tourism in this region is enormous. We are preparing activities expected to rekindle the rich and diverse culture after 20 years of insurgency.”

Tourists have shunned Mt. Elgon National Park after the August and September mudslides ravaged parts of Mt. Elgon, according to the park’s statistics for the months.

The Mt. Elgon visitor survey figures indicated that although August and September are peak seasons for tourists at the mountain, groups of tourists cancelled their visits to the mountain fearing they could be victims.