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Three suspected poachers were arrested by Uganda Wildlife Authorityon Sunday while they were selling game meat in the market in karamoja sub-region on Sunday.  The arrested people belonged to a famous group that

About 45 airfields are found in Uganda and these are run by three groups of people, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the local government and the private sector. CAA runs 13 of the airstrips

Kenya has faced many incidences of forest fire outbreaks during current dry season and the Kenya Forest Service called the season from February 1 to the starting of the rains as a National

The government of Kenya has apparently decided to divest, finally, in 2011 of shareholdings presently held by the Kenya Tourist Development Corporation in hotels, resorts and lodges around the country.

In

Crocodile’s number is increasing day by day along Kazinga Channel and this has threatened the people of Katwe-Kabatooro town council in Kasese district. The people of the area blame the Uganda Wildlife Authority for not controlling the animals.

Following

Kenyan national airline has throughout the political crisis in Egypt maintained their flights between Nairobi to Cairo, which operate daily via Khartoum.

While Egypt Air, also flying daily tomore...

From Queen Elizabeth national park, wild animals attacked a 63 year old woman by the names of Mary Nkafanakyo in Bwambara sub-county which is located in Rukungiri district. It is said the animals

Major construction can be expected at and near the prehistoric sites of Olduvai Gorge, where the Leakey family made their famous discoveries of early mankind.

More recent finds some 40 odd kilometres away in Laetoli include footsteps dated back

Uganda has many islands located on its lakes and the easiest way to get to the islands is by use of a ferry. Anew ferry was brought in the country by the Uganda

All Tourism experts from eastern African countries will meet representatives from the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to discuss the sustainability of the Tourism industry.

The meeting will take place next week in

Previous eruptions in recent times may be dwarfed by the expected next eruption of Mr. Nyiragongo, which towers over the Eastern Congolese city of Goma. 9 years ago, in January 2002, when the region’s most active volcano erupted,

Rwandan national airline has entered into a long term arrangement with SITA to provide their new e-Commerce platform for web based transactions and secure payments with credit cards or e-transfers.

The system launch date

It is barely three months since Uganda experienced adverse effects of Europe’s snow-induced air traffic that snarled to spoil a key tourism season for East Africa, where hundreds of thousands traditionally flock for the

A small beach lodge helping to lift a community out of poverty, a project to regenerate an island’s fragile eco-system, an international hotel company supporting the protection of orang-utans, turtles and coral reefs, and

The Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities in the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry Hon. Serapio Rukundo, lost his quest to return to parliament when he was beaten by an independent

The current series of wrangles spits and spats in the Kenyan government over new appointments and a range of other issues following the introduction of a new constitution last year have not amused tourism

President Museveni has promised to provide good roads and increase funding to agriculture, health and education sector.

He was speaking to Kampala based journalists this morning inNakasero Kampala. Museveni also pledges to cover

Chimpanzees are faced with an increased number of dangers from humans as their habitat keeps shrinking and also due to the increase in trafficking and killings by farmers as they destroy crops. They are thus feared to become

Airlines flying across the East African region have started mulling over an imminent increase in their fuel supplements, charged over and above the ticket costs to cover for the present price explosion.

Since the outbreak

The Kenyan government, according to a well placed source in Nairobi, is set to keep the fees for a tourist Visa at 25 US Dollars per person, and will only review this by

The Kenyan contingent on the Kenya Airways special flight KQ 1322were given a tumultuous welcome by relatives and friends, when the KQ B767-300 touched down at Nairobi’s Jomo

A donation contract worth 6 billion shillings that is to be used to develop activities in the Lake Victoria basin was signed by the East African Community and Finland. The project will take

Members of EALA will begin a region wide assessment and survey of the tourism sector to get first hand feedback of how the EAC’s programmes towards tourism and wildlife management

The World Bank has offered Tanzania an alternative to stop a major road project across the Serengeti national park that conservationists say threatens one of Africa’s biggest wildlife spectacles.

Conservation groups say the government’s planned

The presence of EALA (East African Legislative Assembly) members in Kampala, where they arrived two days ago to assess the implementation and impact of various tourism and wildlife related programmes the East African

Tanzania Tourist Board is expected to launch a new logo and branding for Tanzania Tourism today, when presenting the tourism industry, a wide section of stakeholders and the general public with the results

It is understood from a usually very reliable source that Kenya Airways aka ‘The Pride of Africa’ is planning to honor the International Woman’s Day with ‘all lady flights’, whereby crews on certain

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary of the Rhino Fund Uganda has just released information that the three female adults are all in the family way once again.

Ziwa presently is the only sanctuary in Uganda where

Civil society organisations and heritage advocates gone to the High Court in Kampala to stop the plans by the Ministry of Tourism to demolish the Uganda Museum and instead put up a 60 –

Located in an area full of history, where many bloody battles were fought between the German forces based in their then colony Tanganyika and the British and allied troops based in Kenya, Grogan’s

An amendment and major re-write to the outdated 1988 forestry bill was sent to parliament this week in Kigali Rwanda, aimed at creating a modern legal framework on forest protection and conservation through

The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry has appointed a probe team to conduct an investigation into the quality and cost of infrastructure development concerning the funds managed by themore...

The UAE’s main low cost carrier Air Arabia, presently flying four times a week between Sharijah / UAE and Nairobi, is all set to ‘go daily’ as of first week of April.

The no

Tourists and Ugandan travelers alike are reportedly now able to ‘greet’ a lone elephant who has made it a habit to come out of Queen Elizabeth National Park and take strolls through Katunguru,

In order to boost its tourism competitiveness internationally, Ugandahas to capitalize on its unique culture.

This means it will have to identify experiences that tourists would only find here, Jim Dion, the business development

Kenya’s tourism sector is planning to hold an award ceremony for leading tourism enterprises but also for the media covering tourism events and developments. The industry category will see as many as 7

Passengers flying with the ‘Pride of Africa’ can now make individual contributions towards carbon emission offsets by using the IATA Carbon Offset Calculator to establish the ‘value’ of their ‘pollution’, KQ’s latest effort to

A number of Poachers on Mt. Elgon National Park have attacked officials of the Uganda Wildlife Authority stabbing one of them and forcing others to flee.

Mr Abdulla Mashaka, 34, was attacked on Thursday by

According to source, Uganda Airline will be exploring new ways to maintain their route from Entebbe to Zanzibar via Mombasa.

Effective 01st of May there will be NO FLIGHTS until the 30th June, before resuming

Uganda is in the finals of the tourism for “Tomorrow Awards” organized by the World Travel and Tourism Council of London.

Uganda is competing in the Conservation Awards category, which is open to

In spite of misgivings in one or the other of the East African Communitymember states over the introduction of marketing the region as a single tourism destination, has

Two more elephant have been poached near the common border with Tanzania, although the swift arrival of anti poaching rangers with tracker dogs forced the poachers to retreat towards, and more than likely across the border into the

Confirmation has been received from Nairobi that Kenya will return to the pre-crisis 50 US Dollar per person Visa fee effective 01st July, partly to raise additional income but also in response to the

With just a week to go to the long Easter weekend are leading hotels and restaurants in Kampala, Jinja, Entebbe and other municipalities advertising their hearts out with special

It was learned overnight that ‘The Pride of Africa’ will, effective 02nd May, resume their operation into the Ivory Coast’s capital city of Abidjan, following months of unrest which ended with the

‘Foreigners’ seems to be one of the key word these days in Tanzania when it comes to apportioning blame for a range of assorted crimes and society ills, as the Minister of Natural Resources and more...

Last weekend news reached that the parliament in Nairobi has finally voted for the new tourism bill, which will bring long overdue new regulatory bodies and a new organizational structure for the public sector

News has come in overnight from Kenya, where – as in many otherAfrican countries – poaching is again on the increase. In the dense forests of Mt. Kenya

The acquisition two years ago of the Mara Leisure Camp by theUgandan based Madhvani Group was the first such cross border investment coming from Uganda into Kenya, with previously only the reverse direction

News emerged that the Nakuru council and the Kenyan Road Authorityhad put up proposals to create a ‘bypass’ for the traffic which presently snarls from further upcountry

Almost unnoticed did a key ceremony take place last week in Kampala, when the six signatory nations to the new Nile Treaty came together to formally pronounce the treaty ratified and valid, and

Good Safari Guide award ceremony on the eve of the INDABA tourism fair in Durban earlier this month has once again produced some deserving winners, honoring the at times stunning facilities, services and

While on the islands opportunity arose to also discuss air connections to and from the African mainland with my hosts at the Seychelles Tourist Board, which are grossly under represented compared to now

Twice in as many years have warnings been sounded to airlines flying to and from European airport, or across European airspace, that the fresh outbreak of the notorious Icelandic volcano might bring with it resh misery, flight delays

The appalling state of the main road between Narok and the Masai Mara Game Reserve, the jewel in the crown of Kenyan game parks, has now reached parliament when questions were raised about

Effective 19th of June will Kenya Airways commence initially twice weekly flights on Sunday and Wednesday to N’djamena in Chad, via Cotonou / Benin. This 54th destination overall has reaffirmed Kenya Airways’ lead on

Large numbers of zebras and wildebeest have started to pour across the common border from the Serengeti into the Masai Mara Game Reserve, bringing to life the annual spectacle of the great migrationreaching

It was learned yesterday evening from regular sources in Nairobi that the Kenya Tourist Board was finalizing plans to turn their globally known and acclaimed distance runners into tourism ambassadors, when they travel abroad

After an absence of nearly 6 years has Gulf Air now returned to Nairobi, offering an initial 4 flights per week between Bahrain and Kenya. Industry observers attribute this decision to the generally promising

64 ‘village rangers’ were passed out over the weekend in NorthernTanzania’s Longido district after undergoing training in various subject, including anti poaching patrols.

Paid for in full by the Honey Guide Foundation, the

In spite of continuously high fuel prices and inflationary pressures on airlines have fares between Entebbe and Nairobi started to move again, downwards that is.

According to travel agents, keenly monitoring these developments to give

Police and other security operatives arrested a gang of poachers transporting ivory from Isiolo to Nairobi. Over 40 elephant tusks were confiscated in the operation together with the truck, as it was used

The adverts this week by Fly 540 Uganda, offering an all inclusive fare of US Dollars 350 between Entebbe and Mombasa, is set to ignite another round of hotly contested competition on the

No sooner had news broken yesterday afternoon about the ambitions of Kenya Airways to break into the profitable cargo market by acquiring one B747-400F and two B737F, came more information out of their Embakasi

Tourism stakeholders will wake up to a shock today when they read headlines announcing that their darling sector has been dislodged from the top of the foreign exchange earners list by the tea sector, which came just short

Kenya Airways has began to accept voluntary contributions from passengers, happy to donate ‘excess’ coins but also notes for that matter, for funding of the airline’s charitable programmes across the network.

Besides Kenya, where

Information was obtained from Nairobi over the weekend,  that the owners of the Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi, who also own the Indian Ocean Beach Resort in Ukunda / South Coast of Mombasa, are

More gruesome news emerged overnight that the last of the famousSamburu matriarch elephant, named Khadija, was shot and killed for her tusks, as President Kibaki prepared to light the fire under 5

The annual summer holiday of local schools is underway in Kenya, but unlike in other years marked by the onset of the Holy Month of Ramadan earlier this week.

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Following the good news given only weeks ago when the full year results were published by ‘The Pride of Africa’ in Nairobi, the trend seems to continue with the release of first quarter

Following their eviction from Bwindi impenetrable national park in 1991, the Batwa community a minority group living in Kisoro district, have asked the Uganda Government to give them land and houses.

Elias Habyarimana chairperson of

The breakfast meeting followed the Seychelles evening in Dar Es Salaam when Alain St.Ange had been invited to address the diplomats accredited to Tanzania, the press, and the travel trade in

Kenya Airways, with the widely recognized tag line ‘The Pride of Africa’ is indeed making Kenyans proud, as the latest survey undertaken by the Nation Media Group shows.

Nearly a third

News broke overnight that the Kenyan government had finally agreed to sell their stakes in the holding companies owning the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi, the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi and the

Information was received over the weekend from Addis Ababa that Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with a Canadian company to create a new pilot training programme, which is in its first phase aimed to turn out 24

‘The Pride of Africa’ aka Kenya Airways has joined hands with the business community and civil society to assist in providing food and other daily necessities to communities in Northern Kenya hard

‘We have it in our hands now to make this another record breaking year’ was the comment of a regular contributor and source from Nairobi, when discussing the latest arrival data for the first half of

Nairobi National Park’s public voice, FoNNaP or Friend of Nairobi National Park, was heard loud and clear earlier in the week when Dr. Paula Kahumbu, recently honoured by the National

It was learned overnight that work on Malindi Airport’s new terminal building has advanced well enough to consider an informal commissioning in mid to late October this year. A formal opening will then follow at a

President Gen. Salva Mayardit Kiir has last week put final touches on the first post-independence cabinet, after first creating 29 ministries before on subsequent days appointing the ministers holding the respective portfolios. Retained in name and

Investigations have been launched against some Grumeti Reserves wardens over the alleged beating of a poaching suspect, who later died in hospital. The three staff is now in custody alongside a game officer from a nearby

(One of Kenya Airways brand new E190AR)

Within hours

Tourism stakeholders have once again demanded that the Kenyan government finally lives up to its often made and yet to be delivered promises, to have a crucial tourism road fixed up.

The

Ugandans woke up to shock news when the latest data of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and from the Bank of  Uganda emerged overnight, suggesting the annual inflation rate had risen to

A recent fire in Watamu, which reportedly destroyed several holiday villas and nearby buildings, brought renewed demands from members of the coast branch of the Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers to

Following growing concern amongst the conservation fraternity over the number of poaching incidents and seizures of blood ivory and otherwildlife trophies has government at last, and many say rather belatedly acted

Weddings in Uganda are big business and so are honeymoons. Last week did the New Vision, Ugandas leading daily newspaper, organize a Bride and Groom exhibition, lasting for three days.

Pearl

While aviation stakeholders have been locked in a seemingly never ending argument with the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, with a near breakdown of relations when KCAA broke a gentleman agreement on

News just broke that Malaysian customs officials confiscated a shipment of 700 tusks destined for a final destination in China and reportedly coming from the port of Dar es Salaam. The blood ivory is thought to

Due to the relative peace being enjoyed from the elimination of rebel activity in the great lakes region, the growing cross border trade between the block has opened a spate of business opportunities for investors.

The latest

A major fire near or at a Kenya Pipeline Company depot in the industrial area on the outskirts of Nairobi has claimed dozens of lives according to breaking news from Kenyas capital.

As

News were confirmed  that the Kenya Police will establish a new police outpost in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, from where officers will work hand in hand with game rangers and

A small resort on the Indian Ocean beaches some 30 miles north of Lamu was attacked earlier today, according to reports emerging from reliable sources in Nairobi. Information is sketchy right

Lamu and Kiwayu Island have been swarmed by the international media since the killing of a British citizen and the abduction of his wife a few days ago. In the very first release here speculation was

The increasing threat towards the very survival of the rhinos on theAfrican continent will be highlighted when World Rhino Day is celebrated, drawing attention to the need to boost anti-poaching measures,

China was the destination of a container, which upon closer inspection by customs and enforcement staff was found to contain 32 elephant tusks, when a gut feeling prompted officers last night to open the shipment only

The long awaited day has dawned that the new buildings and facilities at Kenya Kisumu Airport were finally handed over and opened their doors to airlines, service providers and passengers. The new

Only a week after the sinking of the MV Spice Islander ferry enroute between Tanzania- Zanzibar and Pemba, when over 200 lives were lost and others are still said to be

Four people were charged in a Zanzibar court on Saturday for being responsible for the death of over 200 passengers when a ferry sunk enroute from Unguja to Pemba.

Those charged include a reported shareholder, the first

Kenyas oldest lodge in the Masai Mara, the grand old dame of the country’s safari lodges, was just awarded Luxury Lodge in the annual World Luxury Hotels Award ceremony in

Following recognition for their superb conservation efforts in Kenya, East Africa and the Africa continent at large has Porini Camps / Game watcher Safaris now been globally rewarded for their boundless commitment

Following recognition for their superb conservation efforts in Kenya, East Africa and the Africa continent at large has Porini Camps / Game watcher Safaris now been globally rewarded for their boundless commitment

A regional meeting is taking place in Mombasa under the auspices of the East African Community to discuss the

Uganda has launched a campaign to rekindle interest in bird watching as a way of boosting tourism and conservation activities.

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Information emerged from Nairobi overnight that Kenyas national highway authority has now set a completion date for the new highway from more...

With the arrival of a second brand new B737-800 by the end of next month RwandAirs fleet will have

The recently concluded World Travel Award ceremony in Sharm el Sheik has crowned Serena Hotels Ngorongoro Safari Lodge

Information was received from a source in Dar es Salaam that the Zanzibari maritime authorities have lifted the

Information was received from a source in Tanzania-Dar es Salaam that the Zanzibari maritime authorities have lifted the bans

A raging controversy has broken out between a previously Number One ranked hotel and TripAdvisor, after the latter had red flagged the property

The recently concluded World Travel Award ceremony in Sharm el Sheik has crowned Serena Hotels Ngorongoro Safari Lodge

News have emerged from the Kenyan coast that an ultra-light aircraft, apparently used for a leisure flight at the

The coming into effect of the new Kenya Tourism Bill last week, when President Kibaki made it law by

Latest information from Kenya says that Kenyan coast guard and navy vessels have cornered the abductors of a French

These fellows are getting more daring by the day now and we are really worried that there are militants amongst them who might

The long awaited IPO of Precision Air will finally go underway this Friday, when nearly 59 million ordinary shares

Information from aviation sources in Mombasa tells a story of hope and doubts at once, when details become known that more charter flights,

Behind the scenes maneuvering and legal tactics by defense teams seem to have failed for the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of 

It was learned overnight that the Mara River, one of the key life arteries of the Kenya’s Masai

As part of Kenya drive towards quality tourism and to further shed the image of being a cheap destination

Nairobi will see the inaugural version of Kenyas own international tourism show go underway when on October 19th

The Minister for Education and Vocational Training, and notably not the Minister of Natural Resources andTourism, earlier

Earlier in the week did the Port Louis municipal council, jointly with the US Embassy, launch a cultural heritage conservation programme. The initiative

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The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism last week officially opened the country first National College for Tourism,

From the middle of November onwards will Ethiopian Airlines begin flights from Addis Ababa to Mahe, the Seychelles international airport outside the capital

Information was received yesterday that KQ has appointed Ms. Busi Motlhasedi as their new PR and Marketing Manager for the Southern African markets,

The Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenyas first official rhino sanctuary established some decades ago, was the scene of a

News broke yesterday of several aid workers in the main refugee camp at the border with Somalia getting abducted including two foreigners working

Conservationists have taken heart when it was learned that the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit more...

Tanzanias Precision Air, currently in the process of an IPO on Dar es Salaams Stock Exchange, has

Nairobi aviation sources confirmed a go slow by air traffic controllers overseeing operations at the countrys main gateway Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and

A tourist from Britain drowned earlier in the week off the beach in Watamu, where he went swimming in spite of

Ethiopian Airlines has two days ago launched nonstop flights from Bahir Dar and Mekele to Khartoum, providing passengers

The Kenyan national airline has now given a

A cargo plane belonging to Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) crashed in Nairobi after it developed a mechanical

Information from Nairobi and Mombasa seems to indicate that following the country’s decision to go

Regular travelers on regional and international flights are used to paying for their tickets in US Dollars, or at

Tourists coming to Mauritius over the coming days are in for a treat as large Diwali fireworks are

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The crash outside Kilimanjaro International Airport last Thursday night, in which the pilot was seriously injured and one apparent

Kenyans will be waking up to shock news that an apparent grenade attack on a local bar in more...

The Kenya Police was able to give good news overnight that a first arrest has been made in connection

The launch of the International Council of Tourism Partners when all signed up members will be revealed to

The words deafening silence come to mind when the official response to petitions and pleas by global conservation organizations to the more...