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Ngamba island annual chimpanzee challenge back | CHEX
The Ngamba Island annual Chimp Challenge will be held this year on 5th May at the On Course Training Grounds in Kitende, Uganda The annual event is once again sponsored …
Mt.Elgon National park tourism threatened as animals find refuge in Kenya
A tourist walks through a crater lake covering 40 sq kilometres. The crater that was formed after the collapse of the mountain peak about two million years ago following a …
DATES SET FOR SAUTI ZA BUSARA 2013, FIRST CALL FOR ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE
Zanzibars globally renowned music and performing arts festival, Sauti Za Busara, has announced the dates for 2013 as 14th to 17th February, making the love affair with this most widely known …
BRUSSELS AIRLINES TURNS UP THE COMPETITIVE HEAT WITH FLYERS | UGANDA SAFARIS
Brussels Airlines just launched a major campaign in Kampala aimed at capturing market share from their closest competitors Frequent travelers holding loyalty cards from competing carriers, especially those with lots of …
Travelport enters the Democratic Republic of the Congo | gorilla tours
Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today announces the appointment of Alamdar Travel and Tours as its first ever GDS distributor in the DRC. Under the …
KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICES DROPS COMPLAINT AGAINST ECO-TOURISM CEO | Budget gorilla trekking
The criminal complaint filed by Dr. Julius Kipngetich against Eco-Tourisms Kahindi has been dropped, following an apparent change of heart but very likely also because of the massive protests and …
KTB partners with Jockey Club of Kenya to promote domestic travel
The Kenya Tourist Board is joining the Jockey Club Board this weekend to bring Kenyans to the Ngong Race Course, to promote both horse racing as well as domestic tourism …
Africa proud to announce two back to back tourism events | Budget gorilla trekking
The SADC and RETOSA meetings in Mauritius this week was an opportunity for Seychelles and Zimbabwe to speak with delegates and press of major tourism events coming to Africa. The …
Government to restore Uganda Airlines (budget gorilla tours)
Ugandan government is considering reviving its national carrier almost 20 years after it folded, following the country’s tourism industry being officially recognized as second largest source of foreign exchange after remittances …
Marine park extension on to dry land prompts accusations against TANAPA of land grabbing
Locals between Tanga, via Mwambani to Pangani are up in arms since it became known that TANAPA is clandestinely scheming for the expansion of the Tanga Marine National Park right …