Wildlife Uganda Safaris

  Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has revealed that movement permits for the private sector tourism vehicles shall be restricted to one vehicle per company.   The revelation is made in reference to the presidential directives announced on 18th June, 2021 to curb the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. Uganda is grappling with a second wave of the deadly Coronavirus that has so far claimed lives of 660 Ugandans. On Friday, President Yoweri Museveni announced several stringent measures to contain spread of the virus including ban on social gatherings, public transport among others but allowed movement of tourists across all destinations in the country. According to the statement released on 21st June 2021, by UTB Chief Executive Officer, Lily Ajarova, all stakeholders in the tourism sector with melted and compelling special movement needs shall henceforth submit their requests for movement permits to UTB. Ajarova says the requests shall then be forwarded to the Ministry o

  The African painted dog, also known as the hunting dog or African wild dog which has not been in Uganda for the last 10 years has returned to the country.   Speaking to the Jonathan Benaiah Podcast on Wednesday, Thomas Price, the Managing Director for Conservation Through Commercialisation centre(CTC) in Butambala revealed that they had imported a pair of the animals from South Africa. “I am happy to say we imported our first two African painted dogs from South Africa. They are the only African painted dogs in Uganda having got extinct 10 years ago,” Price said. Speaking about being extinct, Price, the Managing Director at the wildlife breeding centre in Butambala said there were some pockets of animals seen in Kidepo but noted there was no evidence to prove these were African painted dogs . “Currently they are as good as extinct because nobody has credible evidence of the animals. There were some rare sightings in Kidepo but we don’t know if they were the ones or t