Diary of a Muzungu’s web links: Uganda & East Africa travel and tourism. Birds, birding and conservation. Travel writers and bloggers. Expat life. Volunteering
African travel – general LINKS
ATC News by Professor Wolfgang H. Thome. The most authoritative industry site for: aviation, tourism and conservation news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
ATQ News – African Travel Quarterly (ATQ) The first magazine in West Africa to focus on travel and tourism.
African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA) is a member-driven trade association that promotes tourism to Africa from all corners of the world.
East Africa Tourism Platform is the private sector body set up to promote and facilitate East African Community (EAC) Integration.
Julian Monroe Fisher, anthropologist, Fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society, has opened the Sir Samuel and Lady Florence Baker Historical Trail, which traverses South Sudan and Uganda.
Moving Sushi – Ocean conservation and travels across Africa.
Voyages Afriq is a travel media providing comprehensive information about the tourism industry with focus on promoting Africa to the rest of the world. Voyages Afriq is based in Accra, Ghana.
Birds, birding and conservation LINKS
ARCOS – Albertine Rift Conservation Society / Societe de Conservation du Rift Albertin “We champion collaborative conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the Albertine Rift region through the promotion of collaborative conservation action for nature and people.”
Association for the Conservation of Bugoma Forest
The Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project near Hoima
Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) achieves gorilla conservation by enabling humans, wildlife and livestock to coexist through improving primary health care in and around Africa’s protected areas.
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International DFGF
Giants Club. The Giants Club is an exclusive forum that brings together African Heads of State, global business leaders and elephant protection experts to secure Africa’s remaining elephant populations and the landscapes they depend on.
Gorilla Conservation Coffee – “saving gorillas, one sip at a time” – is a social enterprise created through a partnership between Conservation Through Public Health and Worldwide Fund for Nature Switzerland. Gorilla Conservation Coffee pays a premium price to help coffee farmers living next door to the gorillas around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Supporting local farmers helps to protect the critically endangered gorillas and their fragile habitat.
Gorilla Doctors blog from the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project
International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP)
Jane Goodall Institute for research and protection of chimpanzees
NatureUganda is a broad-based membership organisation. Big Birding Day is their biggest annual event
Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund (MGCF)
The Gorilla Organization works with communities to protect the habitats of the Mountain Gorillas of Uganda, Rwanda and the DR Congo
The Peregrine Fund – conserving birds of prey worldwide. Learn about their Africa Raptor Conservation project in East Africa.
Tree Talk Plus promotes ecologically sound land use and natural resource management through green enterprises for improved livelihoods.
Uganda Carnivore Program is devoted to the research and conservation of Uganda’s large carnivores, including lions, leopards, and hyenas.
Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) works with the Uganda Wildlife Authority to tackle wildlife poaching and human wildlife conflict
Uganda Wildlife Authority manages the National Parks, Wildlife Reserves and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola. UWA conserves and manages Uganda’s wildlife for the people of Uganda and the whole world.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been supporting conservation in Uganda since 1957. Their current focus is on: Greater Virunga Landscape, Murchison-Semliki Landscape and the Kidepo Landscape.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) travel and tourism LINKS
“Half of all the biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa can be found in Virunga National Park.”
Virunga National Park’s official website features conservation and tourism updates from park rangers and staff.
The Virunga National Park Tourism Office organises mountain gorilla treks, chimpanzee habituation walks, Nyiragongo volcano treks, Rwenzori Mountain treks and climbing, Tchegera Island – all set in the DRC.
(Elsewhere on Diary of a Muzungu, you can read about mountain gorilla trekking in Uganda and gorilla trekking in Rwanda, and trekking the Rwenzori Mountains from the Uganda side).
Diary of a Muzungu LINKS
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Diary of a Muzungu’s Portfolio lists travel guidebooks, web sites and magazines I write for.
Kenya travel LINKS
Jackson Biko AKA Biko Zulu. Award-winning Kenyan blogger and travel writer
Life in Mombasa. An award-winning blog
MagicalKenya – The Official Kenya Destination Website
Nairobi commuter train route map on Jambo Nairobi
Rwanda travel LINKS
#VisitRwanda is the country’s official tourism hashtag and Visit Rwanda is managed by the Rwanda Development Board. RDB also manage conservation making them the go-to resource.
Tanzania travel LINKS
Tanzania Tourist Board the official tourism web site
Ugandan bloggers LINKS
Scare-a-Hero. New Vision columnist Simon Kaheru.
The trails and tribulations of Timothy Bukumunhe’s cowardly tales. Tim is a New Vision columnist
Uganda travel and tourism LINKS
Bradt Uganda Travel Guide – buy the latest print edition online
Bradt Uganda – the update website for the Bradt Guide to Uganda should be read in conjunction with the printed guidebook
The Civil Aviation Authority Uganda manages Uganda’s airstrips and Entebbe International Airport.
East Africa maps, and maps of Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. Printed maps of the key tourist areas, and bespoke maps, from cartographer, guidebook writer and long-time Uganda resident Andrew Roberts. Without doubt, the best quality and most informative maps on the market.
Entebbe Airport flight information
Foreign travel advice for Uganda (UK Government) should be read with a BIG pinch of salt! Government advice is always cautious – so always check with Ugandan residents too 😎
Gorilla Highlands promotes southwestern Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC
Griffin Falls Ecotourism Campsite in Mabira Forest, is located between Kampala and Jinja. 315 bird species, 312 tree species, 218 species of butterflies, 97 species of moths, 40 species of small mammals
Health Information for Travellers to Uganda (CDC Center for Disease Control). Don’t panic, such travel advisories are generally overcautious! For the latest Uganda travel health advice, you’re welcome to contact the Muzungu.
Lonely Planet Uganda used to be a whole lot better when Diary of a Muzungu and 100s of other global travel bloggers posted on there! (A lot has changed since LP was bought by the BBC).
Maps of Uganda – Uganda and East Africa photo souvenir maps: personalised photo montages, featuring Andrew Roberts’ fabulous maps.
Ndere Dance Troupe is the original force behind the rebirth of traditional dancing. A Kampala show not to be missed
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Chimpanzee Trust on Ngamba Island on Lake Victoria
The Explorers Club, Uganda Chapter was launched in 2014.
Uganda Community Tourism Association (UCOTA)
Uganda historical profile timeline of historical events via The Guardian UK. Notably absent: Bunyoro King Kabalega meets Emin Pasha (1877) and killing of the Namugongo Martyrs (1886).
Tour Guides Forum Uganda registered association of tour guides and tourist drivers promoting professionalism, quality and excellent guiding services for the betterment of the tourism industry in Uganda.
Uganda Safari Guides Association (USAGA)
UWEC Uganda Wildlife Education Centre Entebbe. A visit to Uganda Wildlife Education Centre can be combined with a trip to Ngamba Island. Do visit both!
Writers and travel bloggers LINKS
Kigezi Mountain Mosaic is an exploration of Kigezi colonial district which covers the modern districts of Kabale, Kisoro, Kanungu and Rukungiri in south-west Uganda, bordering the DR Congo and Rwanda (Ian Cantwell).
Becca Hensley, Freelance luxury travel and lifestyle writer.
Margie Goldsmith, Travel writer, adventurer and harmonica player!
Diario de a bordo (Blog de viajes por el mundo) Fellow ex-Lonely Planet blogger Isabel and I hung out when she came to Uganda
Wandering Trader and I ‘chatted blogging’ when he came to Kampala.
Discovery on Safari An expat couple’s East African Safari adventures
Volunteering and Expat LINKS
The Ritchies in Uganda Living and working in Uganda. A personal blog by former VSO volunteers
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
VSO Journals – volunteer blogs I came to Uganda as a VSO volunteer. Here are blogs from volunteers from all over the world
