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Category: Adventure
- How much does it cost to track the mountain gorillas? [UPDATED]
- What people are saying about the East Africa Travel Podcast
- Run, cycle or swim? (Win fab prizes!) Kyaninga Triathlon May 2024
- May your Christmas be WILD with elephants and warthogs!
- Kibale Forest welcomes Volcanoes Safaris!
- Run or Ride the Rift? Sign up for Kyaninga’s 2024 events now!
- How to eat like a Rwandan – 10 snacks I bet you haven’t tried
- Pig on a boda
- Chimp Empire – Kibale’s chimpanzees star on Netflix!
- Eek! from the forest + podcast loading
- The year of saying YES
- How to photograph the mountain gorillas
- Gorilla Tracking Rules [UPDATED]
- Packing list for tracking gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda
- What to expect on your gorilla tracking adventure! [UPDATED]
- Where is the best place to stay for gorilla tracking in Rwanda? [UPDATED]
- (FAQs) about gorilla tracking [UPDATED]
- How to buy gorilla tracking permits? [UPDATED]
- Things to do after tracking gorillas in Rwanda [UPDATED]
- Things to do after tracking gorillas in Uganda [UPDATED]
- Where is the best place to stay for gorilla tracking in Uganda? [UPDATED]
- Ultimate Guide to Mountain Gorilla Tracking [UPDATED]
- What’s the best way to travel to the mountain gorillas? [UPDATED]
- What are the differences between tracking the gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda?
- Go Wild in UG! The Muzungu chats with Wanderlust readers
- 1600km across Uganda on a village bike, but why?
- A luxury escape to Mombasa
- Where are you celebrating Easter? Uganda resident specials!
- Pant hoots and knuckle spins – Chimp tracking in Kibale Forest
- A forest wakes up
- The euphoric Rwenzoris!
- Uganda slashes permit & park fees for all visitors
- A time to dream: A message from Bradt Guides
- How to be a Mukiga woman – meet Agartha!
- 10 fascinating facts about flamingos, Lake Elmenteita, Kenya
- How to be a tourist – tips for Ugandans who want to travel
- Swahili Beach – confessions of a travel blogger
- Welcoming the whales in Watamu – a first for Kenya!
- Uganda Cranes fly the tourism flag
- Back in the saddle – horseplay at Speke Equestrian Centre
- 17 must-try experiences in Mombasa!
- Chimping in “Chibale” (Kibale Forest) – a family affair
- Race around the Lubiri – ‘Kabaka wange’
- 25 little-known Ugandan tourist destinations
- Brief Encounter. Of romance & railways – Kenya’s SGR train ride [UPDATED]
- Love birds, butterflies and chimps? Then don’t miss Sunbird Hill, Kibale Forest edge
- Travel options for seeing the mountain gorillas
- Bumming around in Nyabugogo bus park
- #RwenzoriDiary week 6 – Kilembe revisited
- #RwenzoriDiary week 5 – A steamy adventure. Sempaya Springs, Semliki
- #RwenzoriDiary week 4 – high above Mt Kilimanjaro!
- #RwenzoriDiary week 3 – don’t miss July’s Rwenzori Tourism Expo!
- #RwenzoriDiary week 2 – Kasese pork joints & grazing at the Sheraton
- #RwenzoriDiary week 1 – commitment!
- Stirring up magic at the Devil’s Cauldron
- Nairobi National Park. The muzungu’s first city safari!
- Where to travel in East Africa: the muzungu’s recommendations
- 10 little-known things to do in Arua, West Nile
- “Nagawa – you cowardised!” A detour via the Congo
- Airport drama # 1- “The plane is closing!”
- More ‘lunatic’ than ‘express’ – a train ride through history
- Where to travel in Uganda & East Africa in 2016 – the Muzungu’s plans
- On the right track: my first Ugandan train ride
- How to hike Bwindi. A jungle adventure with Gorilla Highlands
- How many islands before breakfast? Canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi
- How to climb Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains – trekking Margherita Peak
- An invitation to Masaka: the Uganda International Marathon!
- High wire hijinks – are you up for a Lakeside Adventure?
- How to climb Mount Kilimanjaro – Tales of a Novice Climber
- Bird watching on the Kazinga Channel – a 21st century Safari!
- Birds send my heart a flutter …
- A rolex-fuelled bike tour of Uganda and Africa
- My kind of club?
- Messing about on the River Nile. A week-end at The Haven, Jinja
- Virunga Lodge: a 360-degree view of Rwanda’s volcanoes and lakes
- Can you name Mgahinga’s volcanoes?
- “Eyes turned upward” – aerial photos of South Western Uganda
- Safari to the centre of the solar system – can you eclipse that?
- “Eat my dust!” de Muzungu’s quad bike Safari
- A solar eclipse turns the spotlight on Northern Uganda’s appeal
- In search of the Lucky Bean tree – a Bwindi hiking adventure
- Diary of a Muzungu’s travel highlights – across Uganda and Kenya
- Wake up and smell the coffee, Rift Valley style
- Be part of something BIG!
- Do you want to go gorilla trekking in Rwanda?
- Can you play the Xylophone?
- An elephant encounter!
- Bukasa stand-off, doggy style
- Bye Bye Bujagali Falls …
- A ticking off – ringing birds in Kibale Forest
- Waragi dreams on the River Nile at Jinja
- Do you stop the car in Nairobi?
- The Muzungu’s travel highlights of 2011 – Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Turkey!
- Lessons in parenting from Mweya’s Mongooses!
- Africa Hash, Ethiopia – Shoulder shimmying in Gondar
- A close encounter with lions!
- Kampala to Nairobi by bus – 14 hours of speed bumps!
- The real ‘boda boda’ – Nagawa travels sidesaddle into Kenya
- A short-tempered muzungu flies to Istanbul
- Warning – this blog contains snakes!
- Africa Hash, Ethiopia – Magnificent Tissisat Falls
- Africa Hash, Ethiopia – Feeling irie in Addis Ababa
- Johannesburg – don’t hit the panic button until after dinner
- South Africa – Under a blood red sky with U2
- A birding safari here in my Kampala backyard
- Kampala to Jinja relay – the sugar cane Hash
- Just for the Hash of it
- Coffee-break, Ethiopian-style
- Hanging with a baby gorilla!
- And now the human safari – and all its smells
- A fiery start to an “amazing” Safari
- An amazing 365 days in Uganda
- Getting wrecked in Cape Town
- Shark bait – I was this close to a Great White Shark!
- First impressions of Johannesburg – a ‘busman’s holiday’?
- A quick glimpse of Nairobi nightlife
- Out of town …Kampala riots far away
- A girl called Kevin: climbing Mount Elgon, Uganda
- Making a Hash of it
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Category: Conservation
- Guide to Uganda Wildlife Authority’s fees for 2024 to 2026
- Six more great reasons to track gorillas in Uganda!
- Have you seen the Giant goliath beetle?
- Trunk call: Jim Nyamu walks across East Africa to protect elephants
- Wild dog excitement in Kidepo!
- Do Rwanda’s baby gorillas attend Kwita Izina?
- More acclaim for Uganda’s trailblazing gorilla vet, Dr Gladys!
- Celebrate Rwandan culture at the Red Rocks Cultural Festival!
- The Challenge of Protecting the Great Apes and the Albertine Rift
- Where are mountain gorillas in Rwanda? [UPDATED]
- Where are the Mountain Gorillas in Uganda? [UPDATED]
- What do Mountain Gorillas look like? [UPDATED]
- 21st century tech to rescue Uganda’s mountain gorillas
- Miss Tourism Uganda leads clean-up of Fort Portal
- Will you support the campaign to save Bugoma Forest?
- Conservation in Africa during the Pandemic: podcast interview
- Uganda Wildlife Authority discusses wildlife protection during pandemic on Facebook Live
- The Doctor and the spy gorilla!
- Billing and cooing around Lake Saka, Fort Portal
- One to watch: Gishwati – Mukura, Rwanda’s newest national park
- Rhinos to Rwanda: the largest ever transport of rhinos from Europe to Africa begins today
- “There is no Murchison Falls National Park without Murchison Falls”
- Tanzania bans plastic bags – travellers take note!
- Caught on camera! The BBC visit Murchison Falls
- Celebrating gorillas at “the best Kwita Izina ever!”
- A bed full of wings
- How private patrols support Bugoma Forest conservation
- Why Kenya’s ivory burning makes sense #worthmorealive
- Operation Shoebill: Uganda’s Big Birding Day 24-hour race
- Save the Nile #saveadventuretourisminUganda – can you help?
- Advice for women birders!
- I love birds! Uganda’s Big Birding Day
- BINGO! Rwanda’s Kwita Izina, gorilla naming ceremony
- Why I love elephant dung!
- A disgusting day out
- Look up! Urban birding Kampala-style
- How to feed a baby elephant
- Imagine: elephants swimming to an island!
- Party with your closest relative!
- Save Mabira Forest! we can live without sugar
- Bwindi – eye to eye with my totem
- R.I.P. Mary – elephant entertainer extraordinaire
- The call of the wild
- Human Wildlife Conflict – in my bedroom
- A bird’s eye view of Uganda – Big Birding Day
- How do you deal with an elephant in your garden?
- It’s Hip to be a Hippo
- Anti-poaching: the answer’s in the gumboots!
- Hip-hip(po)-hooray for U.W.A. (it rhymes if you say it out loud!)
- A day in the life … species by species
- Not forgetting why I’m really here …
- Off to the field
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Category: Expat life
- Is Uganda safe to visit? [YES IT IS!]
- Kampala’s top hotels & restaurants for Christmas & New Year! [UPDATED 2022]
- Packing up to permanently leave Uganda? You may want to read this.
- How can tourism develop Uganda? Podcast interview
- Pandemic people – my best of 2021
- Uganda for beginners – introduction for new expats [UPDATED]
- Interview with UK’s woman & home magazine
- Lash goals
- How to enter Red List UK via Spain
- Who were the Polish women who built a church in Uganda?
- Grateful every day #LockdownDiaries
- Virtually edible! A food tour of Uganda
- We Asked for Fascinating Stories of Lockdown Abroad. And Wow, Did We Get Them
- My house is alive!
- Lunch arrived – squawking – on a boda boda
- Auntie Charlotte’s cottage features in “Amazing views from workplaces around the world” BBC.com
- How to get around #Kampala (when you don’t have a helicopter)
- A rainy season journey: ‘nsenene’ grasshopper road trip to Fort Portal
- Expats in Uganda Magazine amateur photography competition 2015: the winners
- My journey to Uganda: First Impressions
- Why do I Blog? 10 Surprising Life Lessons from a Self-Confessed Blogaholic
- How to take your dog from Uganda to the UK
- Bang! goes my day
- The Kingfisher and me
- Driving in Kampala – not for the nervous
- Yes, we have no bananas
- Chimp alert! Muzungu bolthole? Kibale Forest
- The Muzungu meets Wandering Trader in Kampala
- Still counting myself lucky! 2 years on …
- Percy the Rescue Puppy – the first 24 hours
- Last days as a VSO volunteer …
- An English summer- more scones, less ignorance please
- Somebody ill, somebody dead – start of another week
- Shotgun wedding – a surreal and intense day
- Lest you think I’m just sunbathing in paradise
- Early morning sights and sounds
- It’s official: life in a developing country wears you down
- Do I just need a holiday?
- Modelling condoms on World AIDS Day
- Power off – who gives a dam(n)?
- Girls’ adventure in Jinja and a sneak preview of an amazing new lodge
- A lazy week-end in Kampala marked 18 months in-country
- The emotional rollercoaster continues
- A one minute pitch in the car park
- On a Mission(ary) – remembering the Muzungu’s first Christmas in Uganda
- Prizes for my “indigenous mix” and my first 10k race
- How do you catch a house gecko?
- Count yourself lucky
- My ‘new’ new life
- Ants in my pants
- While the cat’s away….
- Four months in Kampala and am I making a difference?
- “Living above the shop”
- D Day …
- Locomotion commotion
- And then there were three …
- Dealing with insects (aka Therapy with Simpson)
- I am fed-up
- The First Fortnight (is that all it is…?)
- Week 2 in Nam’ – My new home
- First days in Nam’ – a lesson in Luganda
- Welcome to Namuwongo
- Touchdown in Africa – a letter home
- Yikes!
- Four days to go … leaving home for Uganda
- Leaving London – bye bye old life
- Three weeks to go!
- Read the Independent on Sunday!
- ‘Preparing to volunteer’ VSO training week
- The Missionary Position
- Five weeks to go
- My new pad in Namuwongo, Kampala
- Impressions of Uganda
- Diary disaster
- Six weeks to go!
- Point of no return!
- Calm before the storm
- Welcome! How this blog works … (I think!)
- Why Kampala?
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Category: Guest Posts
- Sustainable stars at the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo
- Out of my element: climbing Mount Elgon
- “I saw things” Nyege Nyege Festival
- Why I believe there’s witchcraft (A tribute to my dog)
- Why orphanage tours are wrong
- Chinese tourism in Uganda – opportunity or threat?
- On The Ball – inspiring Ugandan kids through football
- “Love letter to Motherland Uganda” and the National Anthem debate
- Ugandans Adopt – “Why I do what I do”
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Category: Society and culture
- The world’s BIGGEST rolex wins Guinness World Record!
- History in your hand – exploring Kampala, Jinja & Entebbe with a mobile app
- From Silverbacks to Silverchefs!
- NEXT UP: Bayimba! “An unparalleled feast of music, dance, theatre, film & visual arts”
- “Vintage is elegance” – classic cars & fashion at the Kampala Sheraton
- Downtown dreadlocks. The muzungu’s blind date
- The Muzungu stays home – while #UgandaDecides
- Karibu! – welcome to East Africa – Pope Francis
- Kampala City Festival – Tips for enjoying the Festival
- Mandela and Me. A homage to Nelson Mandela
- KLA ART 014 – “Unmapped” – Kampala Contemporary Art Festival
- Kampala Art Biennale – what’s it all about?
- All roads lead to Namugongo
- Shake your kabina! A musical, dancing tour of Uganda
- Interview with a rebel: Ugandan cultural activist Stephen Rwangyezi
- Why do Muzungu women like dating Rastas?
- Were Toto right about Africa?
- How to date a Ugandan
- On my knees again: an audience with the Bunyoro King
- A Royal Wedding – the muzungu gets an invitation
- The changing face of Kampala slums
- Are muzungus all rich?
- Down in the slum, after the rain
- #UgandaisnotSpain – first published in 2012
- Kony2012 and what it means for Uganda – the Muzungu’s view
- Slumming it, Kampala style
- Kampala’s thirsty policemen
- The son-in-laws I never knew I had: funeral of my namesake, Jajja
- Just don’t cry out ‘Thief!’
- Election* fever part II – feeling the heat
- A new start for the Sudanese but ‘same same’ for Ugandans
- Erection* fever
- Justice in the balancing act – Owino Market Kampala
- Grasshoppers back on the menu!
- Choking through the potholes of Kampala
- Fun and games at the ballot box
- Driving us potty!
- The new Kampala post-11/7
- Would you be a Ugandan child?
- Go Ghana! Go Ghana! Gone …
- Can we stick with the mammals please?
- Carrots, cabbage and eggs
- An ode to foreign exchange
- It’s all relative
- Grasshoppers – nsenene: eat them or smoke them? Discuss.
- Bon appetit Simpson! An introduction to Ugandan foods
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Category: Travel Health
- What is the risk of Yellow Fever in Uganda?
- Uganda travel health tips [UPDATED]
- An American asks: should we reconsider travel because of Ebola?
- Uganda travel advice I ignored
- Coronavirus survival tips: how to work from home
- Bracing ourselves for Coronavirus in Uganda
- Where NOT to swim in the River Nile
- Beware the Travellers’ Health Book! Tropical disease diary
- How to avoid Bilharzia
- How to avoid Malaria
- How to ride a boda boda
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Category: Travel Reviews
- Uniquely Semliki
- Bradt Uganda – the definitive guidebook. Edition 9 out now!
- Scrabble and a roaring fire: recipe for a cosy weekend at The Peak Spot Lodge, Rwanda
- Chasing chimps in Kibale? Then the Bee Hive is your next stop!
- The day my suitcase got upgraded to business class
- Sundowners, star-gazing & tales from the bush
- Kyaninga Lodge – the dancing, running (and relaxing!) lodge
- Crossing continents – the Muzungu’s Istanbul city tour
- Turkish Delightful – the restaurant in the sky
- A day in … Istanbul
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Category: Travel Tips
- Uganda tourist visas – what you need to know [UPDATED]
- Flying into Uganda? Latest health rules at Entebbe International Airport [UPDATED]
- Rwanda – visa on arrival for all travelers [UPDATED]
- What is the East Africa Tourist Visa? A definitive guide [UPDATED]
- Kibale National Park
- Yes! Travelers vote Uganda “Best Safari Country”
- Tanzania
- Are mountain gorillas endangered?
- Top things to do in Kampala [UPDATED]
- How to make international calls from Uganda [UPDATED]
- MASH-tastic! The muzungu’s bus tips from Kampala to Nairobi [UPDATED]
- Advice to would-be Ugandan travel writers – a competition!
- Rwanda Uganda land border reopens after 3 years [UPDATED]
- Huge boost for Kenya tourism as UK relaxes travel restrictions
- A world class welcome at Entebbe Airport
- Diary of a Muzungu’s tips for staying sane during lockdown!
- Nairobi in lockdown – but Kenya still open for international tourists
- Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo goes virtual! Register now
- “I have liked you”
- Travel to Rwanda during COVID-19: step by step guide
- Entebbe International Airport, Uganda: travel in ‘the new normal’
- Entebbe International Airport reopens
- When can I travel to Uganda? Post-lockdown FAQs
- Now is the time to take precautions! Says US Embassy
- Uganda’s tourism private sector demands airport reopening
- The future of travel in East Africa: Interview with Prof. Wolfgang Thome
- The land of 1000 … surprises! A solo exploration of Rwanda
- How to tour Africa from the comfort of your Nairobi hotel
- Oranges and Ebola – a night crossing at the Uganda Rwanda border
- Welcome to Uganda
- Uganda’s National Parks – An Introduction
- Rwanda
- Kenya
- Burundi
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Mount Elgon National Park
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Semliki National Park
- Kidepo Valley National Park
- The Kigali Marriott Hotel: American luxury with Rwandese class
- Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
- Kenya’s dazzling marine life: where to snorkel in Watamu
- Why visit Uganda? Dispelling a few myths
- “Eating fish” on Lake Victoria – the Muzungu’s guide
- 5 Years a Blogger
- “No hurry in Africa” – journey by bus from Kampala to Kigali
- Where’s my wall gone? Uganda’s weather gets the better of us
- 50 reasons why I love Uganda
- Sir Winston Churchill’s pearls of wisdom about Uganda
- Lonely Planet votes Uganda No. 1 for 2012!
- Ethiopia calling me – from my sickbed
- Around the World with 40 Lonely Planet bloggers
- Cholera outbreak in Namuwongo
- “The cheque’s in the post ….” apparently
- Advice from Nursie…
Travel Directory
- Masindi Hotel
- Kwezi Outdoors Limited Uganda
- Chris Austria Safaris
- Confidence Africa Tours & Travel
- Primate Safari Experiences
- Kisoro Homely Suites
- Epic Uganda Vacations
- Euphorbia Safari Lodge
- Dolphin Tours and Travel
- Manya Africa Tours
- Amari Travels
- Kasese Mountain Tour Guides Association
- All Seasons Adventures
- Ishasha Wilderness Camp
- Wild Frontiers Boat Excursions – Murchison Falls & Lake Victoria
- Buhoma Lodge
- Verdoro Safaris
- Africa Tours Adventure Uganda
- One Village Tours and Travel Uganda
- Kyaninga Lodge
- Uganda Railway Museum
- Herping Tour Safaris Uganda
- Samweb Bed & Breakfast Kampala
- Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary swamp walk with KAFRED
- EBS Tours and Safaris Uganda
- Makindye House Kampala
- Abanya Rwenzori Mountaineering Association (AMA)
- Isunga Lodge
- Hiccup Circus Uganda
- “Bees and elephants” tour Kibale Forest
- Semliki Safari Lodge
- The Observatory
- Emerald of Africa Safaris
- The Haven Eco River Lodge, Jinja
- Four Gorillas Lodge, Rushaga, Bwindi
- Kayak the Nile
- Gorilla Conservation Coffee
- CTPH Gorilla Conservation Camp
- CTPH Conservation Through Public Health
- Abacus African Vacations
- Trekkers’ Tavern Cottages, Ruhija
- Kazinga Tours
- Gorilla Walking Safaris, Uganda
- Safari Vacations & Travel Services
- MuAfrika Adventures Uganda
- F&M Adventure Safaris
- Soho Greens Apartments, Gayaza, Kampala
- In The Shadow of Chimpanzees
- Gallery Antique Uganda
- Agartha’s Taste of Uganda Tour
- Philo Leisure Gardens, Kalangala
- Nkima Forest Lodge
- Primate Journeys Africa
- Chigo Tours Africa
- Gecko Safaris Africa
- Amahoro Tours
- Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development
- Red Rocks Backpackers
- New Court View Hotel Masindi
- Entanda Traditional Hunting and Cultural Experience
- Sights & Sounds of Africa Safaris
