TOURISM

Miami, United States | AFP | Carnival got official approval to send its first cruise ship to Cuba from the United States in half a century, the leisure travel giant said Monday, as President Barack Obama made a landmark visit to Havana. The cruise line will send its 704-passenger MV …

London, United Kingdom | AFP Shares in airlines and travel sector companies fell heavily across European stock markets on Tuesday after explosions in Brussels. Twin blasts at Brussels airport killed at least one person and wounded several others, officials said, and Brussels train staff also reported a subsequent explosion at …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Two park rangers and five militiamen were killed in clashes in Africa’s oldest wildlife reserve, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park famed for its mountain gorillas, the army said Monday. “Two park rangers were killed” on Saturday in a joint attack by …

By Ronald Musoke It is 9.30am in the morning and the Water Front beach at Entebbe is just warming up. Our party, comprising 17 foreign tourists and seven Ugandans – all wrapped in in our bright orange life jackets, are on our way to the Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary. READ ON…. …

By Patrick Kagenda Uganda Wildlife Authority offers a rare opportunity to millions They are rare, shy and their DNA is 99% similar to yours. But they are also huge, weighing up to 200 kgs sometimes. So you can imagine that even their most passionate lover would have trouble hugging one …

By Agnes Asiimwe What’s your typical business day like? I get up at 6.30 a.m. I go to Uganda Safari Company office and Emin Pasha for meetings and updates. Initially, I ran the business, answered the emails, now I try as much as possible to delegate and the large part …