Thursday 30 October 2014

WILD CHRISTMAS AT PARAA SAFARI LODGE




Celebrate this Christmas with Kjong safari ltd in Murchison Falls Park’s Paraa safari lodge built in 1954 and hosted a number of celebrities and legendaries like, Britain’s Queen mother, Ernest Hemingway, Katherine Hepburn and Humphery Bogart. Located in the northwest of country and overlooking the River Nile as it journey from Lake Victoria to join the Mediterranean Sea. The lodge offers a unique blend of comfort, relaxation and adventure. The rooms come complete with private balconies and bathroom and decor reminiscent of explorer days and a swimming pool with a great view of the river below giving chance to view elephants and hippos. The Murchison fall park  is the country’s largest national park is named after one of the largest falls on the river Nile is home to large population of buffalo, elephants and several species of antelopes, the Rothschild giraffe and the elusive lion and leopard. The launch trip on the river Nile is a nice way to watch the aquatics such as the hippos, crocodiles and both the aquatic and terrestrial birds as you make your way to Baker’s rock to watch the waterfall make their way through six meter cleft while plunging from a forty meter height.
 Wild Christmas itinerary   
Day 1: 23/12: travel to Murchison falls and Ziwa rhino sanctuary

Travel after breakfast to Murchison falls national park, stopover at Ziwa rhino sanctuary to visit the rhino, the private ranch is home to twelve white rhino under the rhino fund international, where a breeding program is under way, with growth in number these will be introduced back in their former range which was Murchison, an hour interaction with a guide to explain the behaviors of the animal, Accommodation Paraa lodge and meal plan breakfast/lunch/dinner.

Day 2: 24/12: Murchison falls national park and game drives

After breakfast head for morning game drive, the drive is scenic and goes to the delta area where the Victoria Nile joins Lake Albert. Murchisonfalls park is Uganda’s largest wildlife park the palm straddled grassland supports dense populations of lion, buffalo, elephant and Uganda Kob, together 
with the localized Rothschild giraffe and patas monkey, Immense concentration of hippos and bird.
Have a leisurely afternoon with at the lodge pool and again head out in the late evening for another game drive each drive give one different animal opportunity and experience with chances seeing cats come out to way lay their prey, Accommodation Paraa lodge and Meal plan breakfast / lunch/ dinner.

 Day 3:25/12: Murchison falls national park and afternoon boat

Have a leisurely morning and nice Christmas breakfast spend half of day at the lodge cerebrating have the morning to your selves, after lunch head for the jetty for the afternoon boat cruise on the Nile an opportunity to catch on the aquatics as you head to the foot of the Murchison falls where the Nile thunders through a small gap. The banks of the river are home to crocodiles, hippopotamus, birds and other animals that usually come down to quench their thirty, Accommodation Paraa lodge and meal plan breakfast/lunch/dinner.

Day 4: 26/12: Kampala and top falls
 Morning departure after breakfast home, stopover at the top of Murchison fall to view the falls from above, these spectacular waterfalls for which the park is named after is an electrifying sight on the trip the water travel‘s through a six meter wide gorge before plunging down forty meters on its way to the Mediterranean sea thereafter head for Masindi Hotel the oldest hotel in Uganda for lunch, Meal plan breakfast and lunch end of service.

Price per person

Foreign Non Resident
Safari Option
 2Persons
4persons
6persons
8persons
Paraa safari lodge. FB

$1260

$1085

$1025

$995
Fort Murchison Lodge

$1006

$830

$770

$740

Ugandan
Safari option
2persons
4persons
6persons
8persons
Paraa safari lodge FB

UGX.2,501,250

UGX.2,085,850

UGX.1,947,350

UGX.1,878,100
Fort Murchison Lodge FB

UGX.1,888,900

UGX.1,473,500

UGX.1,335,000

UGX.1,265,750

Trip includes
4x4 safari vehicles, driver/guide and fuel
Park entry fees, activities specified in the programme
Accommodation as specified in the program
Meals as specified in the programme
Bottled water in the car

Trip Excludes:
All items/services of personal nature, laundry, bar bill/drinks
Personal insurance
All phone calls
Air fare, visa, insurance, water
Driver/guide’s gratuity/tips

   

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Uganda, Rwanda to promote East Africa as single Tourism destination


Uganda,Rwanda to promote East Africa as single Tourism destination



In its commitment to promote East Africa as a single Tourism destination, Uganda has partnered with Rwanda to jointly promote two way tourism traffic between the two sister-countries.

Speaking during the 52nd Post Ugandan Independence celebrations at Serena Hotel-Kigali, Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanadan Minister for Foreign Affairs said the move which was championed by the Uganda Tourism Board in partnership with the Rwandan Development Board is purposed to defend both the security and business developments of the two countries.

“People to people relations between Uganda and Rwanda is a very important step to strengthening the tourism sectors of the two economies-both of which come as their country’s biggest revenue earners, contributing over $1b to either countries.”

Mushikiwabo said while addressing over 5,000 celebrants including Ugandan fraternity in Rwanda, High Commissioners and friends of Uganda in Rwanda.

According to Stephen Asiimwe, UTB Chief Executive Officer, under the merger, the two countries will have healthy tourism exchanges whenever marketing opportunities such as tourism marts and expos arise in the two countries and the Great Lakes Region in general.


As a result, social-economic problems such unemployment will be effectively addressed because Tourism is the world’s biggest employer, employing at least one of every ten people in its various sub-sectors such as Roads and Transport, Hotel and accommodation among others.

To aid in this realization, Uganda’s High Commissioner to Rwanda, Richard Kabonero said Rwanda will with immediate effect start by stamping out hindrances that have over the years suffocated a healthy business exchange between the two countries such as the border to border bureaucracies.

According to Edwin Muzahura, Head of Marketing UTB, the board’s choice for Rwanda was highly influenced by the fact that no other country in the region feeds Uganda with as much tourists as Rwanda.

“Though most of these come for casual visits, a relatively good number also come for both leisure and business tourism in Uganda and spend during their stay,” Muzahura said.

 Uganda was honoured by East Africa as the country with the best tourist guides in the region

According to Asiimwe, this realization which is expected to translate into a huge influx of tourists to Uganda has been made possible thanks to an over 10 years consistent training of tour guides. It was conducted by President of the Uganda Tourism Association, Herbert Byaruhanga through the Uganda Safari Guides Associations (USAGA).

Since 2000, USAGA has trained over 1000 tour guides through short courses of between 1-3 weeks, in various parts of the country.

Among the many skills imparted during the training include discipline, wildlife knowledge and communication skills.