“Novel ways a podcast is promoting Ugandan tourism”
Dear Reader – and Listener? How is your life? As we say in UG.
Thank you to everyone who’s listened to the first episodes of The East Africa Travel Podcast. It’s fantastic to hear all your feedback!
Listen on Diary of a Muzungu – just click here 😉
“It’s amazing to hear the sounds of the jungle while I wait for my train in Lisbon” said my Portuguese friend Ana.
What to listen to first? 🎧
- The 3 minute Trailer. Recognise the wild sounds at the start?
- Episode 1 Welcome to my world! A glimpse of life at Sunbird Hill, on the edge of Kibale National Park.
- Episode 2 Chimps, elephants and how I ended up in Uganda. Who am I? Which guests am I hosting? And how can I help you?
- In episode 3, the Nnaabagereka, Queen Sylvia of Buganda tracks the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- In episode 4, Uganda’s sports tourism ambassador and British TV personality Rob Walker Tickles a rhino and bows to the Shoebill.
- Listen to my conversation with guidebook author Philip Briggs up in the birdhide at Sunbird Hill in episode 9.
- Episode 10. “Warring warthogs and a walking safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park” and a stay at the luxurious Honey Bear Camp in the only private concession in Kyambura Game Reserve (Wildplaces)
- Episode 6. The fascinating primatologist / anthropologist Prof Richard Wrangham
- Powerful music and uplifting conversations about sustainable tourism at the Original Maasai Lodge Tanzania in episode 7.
- Episode 7. Ecologist and field researcher Chris Ketola loves snakes and adores bats. Find out why.
- Episode 13. Entomologist Dr Michael Ochse and I examine 100s of moths and insects buzzing around us one dark night!
- In episodes 15 and 16, I spend time with renowned conservationist and “self-confessed gorillaholic who’s been obsessed for 40 years!” Time with the irrepressible Ian Redmond OBE is always a learning experience!
- In Episode 20 listen out for baboons during my live chat with Pam Cunneyworth of Colobus Conservation of Diani, Kenya.
- And in between all the scintillating conversations… it’s just you and me, ambling along in nature, taking in the rich backdrop of birds and wildlife… you never know what we will hear and see together.
- Season 1 comprises 20 podcast episodes, all here on Diary of a Muzungu and all podcast directories. Season 2 is loading…
- Where next? Jinja in Uganda; Mombasa and Diani in Kenya; news from Uganda’s Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo and the Sustainable Tourism Summit in Kenya – and Kibale Forest, of course!
- Who are my next guests? Harriet Owalla (Kenyan travel journalist), Ikechi Uko (Nigerian and West African tourism guru), Rowan Martin (World Parrot Trust), Diani Turtle Watch … and many more lined up.
The Muzungu has a request! 🙏🏻
I would LOVE you to:
- Listen to the podcast’s 3 minute Trailer + at least one episode
- Share the podcast with your friends and everyone interested in travel in / to East Africa and the natural world
- Leave a Review + add a comment.
- Why? Because reviews + ratings mean my podcast will be shown to a wider audience. Help me tell more people about this fabulously beautiful corner of our world.
Are you on Spotify?
Then click here + listen + Follow + write a short review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐😎
Do you listen on Apple Podcasts?
Go to the Apple Podcasts Show description to write a review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and we’ll be friends forever 😍
The East Africa Travel Podcast is hosted by Charlotte Beauvoisin, AKA Nagawa🐒 author of Diary of a Muzungu
Huge thanks to everyone who has listened to season one of the podcast. 20 episodes are “in the bag!”
We’re taking a short break now as we knuckle down to edit the next interviews, and concentrate on promoting the podcast to a wider audience. What do you think so far? The future direction is in your hands 😉