Rainforest Lodge Mabira set to reopen on Monday
UGANDA’S ‘JEWEL IN THE FOREST‘ SET FOR REOPENING NEXT WEEK (Posted 29th May 2020) (All pictures courtesy of Geolodges Africa and Peter Hogel) The Rainforest Lodge in Mabira Forest will open its doors again next Monday and the new lodge operators will relaunch – following an extended lockdown over #COVID19 directives by the Ugandan government […]
RainForest Lodge Mabira comes under new management
CITYBLUE HOTELS TAKE ON MANAGEMENT OF MABIRA’S RAINFOREST LODGE (Posted 04th March 2020) Effective this week has the management of the RainForest Lodge in Mabira Forest changed, moving from GeoLodges Africa to CityBlue Hotels. GeoLodges leased the property to Zakya Limited which will operate it under a franchise from CityBlue Hotels. This move widens the […]
#RITRF2 returns to the RainForest Lodge with #JungleBoogie
RAINFOREST LODGE CHOSEN AS VENUE FOR VIDEO SHOOTS The award winning RainForest Lodge in Mabira forest, only recently mentioned here in a major feature article about Mabira, the Endangered Forest was last week the venue for a second video shoot in the space of a month, after first providing the back drop for one of […]
Uganda tourism news – RainForest Lodge Mabira to stage Jazz night
RAINFOREST LODGE MABIRA SET FOR A NIGHT OF JAZZ, RYTHM AND BLUES Raising awareness and drumming up support for the survival of Mabira Forest comes in many different forms and key stakeholder, GeoLodges Africas RainForest Lodge will be breaking new ground when they hold a night of music at the lodge deep in the forest. […]
GeoLodges – 20 years and counting
GEOLODGES CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF SUPERB HOSPITALITY WITH SPECIAL OFFERS (Posted 21st January 2014) 20 years and counting it is for what is today known as GeoLodges Uganda, a boutique lodge operation which took off – and it seems like yesterday really – in 1994 with their first property on the River Nile just outside […]
Volcanoes Safaris reopen Mount Gahinga Lodge after renovations
MOUNT GAHINGA LODGE REOPENS WITH A NEW SHINE (Posted 16th November 2013) Almost unnoticed and certainly without much fanfare has the Mount Gahinga Lodge, located just outside the main park gate of the Mgahinga National Park, opened again earlier this month, reason enough to boost their re-entry into the Ugandan hospitality market. The lodge is […]
Seychelles on course to have Mission Lodge recognized as a UNESCO WHS
MISSION LODGE – WHERE SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE SEYCHELLES COMES ALIVE The history of the Seychelles archipelago is well described elsewhere, with the islands changing hands between colonial occupiers ranging from the Portuguese way back in the 15th and 16th century over the French to the British, before becoming independent from Britain on […]
GeoLodges Africa make it into the top 50 brand names of Uganda’s who is who in business
GEOLODGES AND EAGLE AIR MAKE IT INTO UGANDAS TOP 50 BRANDS GeoLodges Africa, owners and operators of some of Ugandas best known lodges like the Nile Safari Lodge, Jacana Safari Lodge, the award winning RainForest Lodge in Mabira and the upcoming Equator Snow in the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon, has beaten more […]
Geo Lodges Uganda’s Jacana Safari Lodge bags TripAdvisor regognition
GEO LODGES JACANA SAFARI LODGE BAGS TRIPADVISOR RECOGNITION Geo Lodges Emily Wissanji wasted no time yesterday to spread the good news, that TripAdvisor had awarded their Jacana Safari Lodge, embedded in the rainforest surrounding Lake Nyamusingire in Queen Elizabeth National Park, with a Certificate of Excellence. Jacana, an intimate small and very personalized lodge at […]
Nyungwe Forest Lodge, the gateway to the Enchanted Forest
NYUNGWE FOREST LODGE THE GATEWAY TO THE ENCHANTED FOREST When I write about Rwanda, anything to do with Rwanda, my readers often get back to me and say they feel the passion I have for the Land of a Thousand Hills and it is true. Be it the capital Kigali, well lit, clean streets, disciplined […]
Uganda tourism news – Nile Safari Lodge makes it into bestselling travel guide
NILE SAFARI LODGE MAKES IT INTO THE 1.000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE If it had to be any closer to the River Nile, it would have to be in it I wrote many years ago following a visit to the then Nile Safari Camp, now the Nile Safari Lodge, the first to be […]
Uganda tourism breaking news – CNNGo selects Chobe Safari Lodge’s Spa as 5th best in the world ‘with a view’
CHOBE SAFARI LODGES SPA DECLARED 5TH BEST IN THE WORLD WITH A VIEW Uganda’s Chobe Safari Lodge, owned and operated by the Madhvani Group’s Marasa Africa, has put the country in the spotlight when CNNGo, in its annual listing of the 10 Spas with the most amazing views, has rated Chobe in a very respectable […]
#DiaryofaMuzungu’s Charlotte Beauvoisin asks searching questions about the future of tourism
The future of travel in East Africa: Interview with Prof. Wolfgang ThomeJun 1, 20 Interview with Prof. Wolfgang Thome: travel post covid-19 in Uganda and East Africa With over 40 years’ experience working in tourism and aviation in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, Professor Wolfgang Thome is uniquely placed to share his insights on the future […]
The cost of #COVID19 – close up and personal
GLOBAL PANDEMIC WRECKS FAMILY SAFARI (Posted 27th May 2020) 2020 was to be a special year. My sister and I had for the past nearly 2 years planned a safari across Kenya and Uganda, which was to cover all the highlights the two countries have to offer. Myself turning 70, my sister turning 60 and […]
Sharing my best experiences during my travels in 2018
THE OFTEN ASKED QUESTION: ‘WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND‘ IS ANSWERED RIGHT HERE (Posted 31st December 2018) I decided to be positive at the end of the year and only share the best of my experiences during the past 12 months, though there would be plenty to tell about bad, worse and worst experiences, with airlines, […]
In Memoriam Jean-Michel Hausmann
SAYING FAREWELL TO A GOOD FRIEND IS NEVER EASY (Posted 02nd November 2017) (Jean-Michel’s Facebook picture … he just loved flying) Following the huge success of the Uganda Paramotor Tour 2014 (https://atcnews.org/2014/12/23/23-december-2014-0221/) did Jean-Michel Hausmann earlier this year begin his planning in earnest to do a similar aerial tour of Rwanda, again to showcase the […]
The Valentines Collective Uganda 2016
In Uganda over the upcoming ‘Lover’s Weekend’? Here are some suggestions where to go and what to do and some of the properties I have actually reviewed on TripAdvisor so you can be sure of quality and not walking into a minefield of poor service and lousy food … What is the world without love? […]
Uganda by bike – the Pearl of Africa is never short of surprises
UGANDA BY BIKE – OLD AND NEW TRAILS AWAIT (Posted 15th July 2015) That Uganda is a major African adventure destination is beyond doubt. Be it rafting on the upper Nile, hiking up Mt. Elgon, climbing the Rwenzoris, aka Mountains of the Moon, tracking gorillas or chimps, there is plenty going on across the country […]
No Paramotor flight, no Hyrax sightings and yet a successful visit
THE TALE OF THE HUNT FOR THE HYRAX (Posted 15th April 2015) Spending a night or a few inside the Mabira rainforest inevitably brings one close up to the sounds of the forest, during the day with birdsong, the chatter of the monkeys high up in the giant trees and at times the sudden flight […]
Paramotoring Uganda – Reloaded
UGANDA PARAMOTOR TOUR PART TWO (Posted 09th February 2015) Uganda’s first ever paramotor tour in November last year proved to be a major success and the first edited ‘teaser’ 5 minute clip was recently uploaded on YouTube. This will allow potential visitors to Uganda to see some of the country’s wide range of attractions from […]
Valentine’s Day – big business for hotels and restaurants in Uganda
LOVE WILL BE IN THE AIR ON VALENTINE’S WEEKEND (Posted 22nd January 2015) First out of the starting blocks to promote this year’s Valentine’s weekend – the 14th of February falls on a Saturday making it a perfect weekend event – was as usual the Sheraton Kampala Hotel, where the regular programme of food and […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, First edition August 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Bride and Groom Fair visited by thousands of aspiring couples
BRIDE AND GROOM EXHIBITION DRAWS IN HOTELS, RESORTS AND LODGES (Posted 03rd August 2013) Uganda’s fifth Bride and Groom Expo at the Uganda Manufacturers Association showground has again drawn thousands of visitors, keen to see what the over 100 exhibitors and service providers had to showcase, to make that dream wedding become a reality. Participation […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Fourth edition March 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Mabira Forest – the silent assault continues
THE SILENT ASSAULT ON MABIRA CONTINUES UNDER THE NOSES OF NFA (Picture by Bernard Werber Officiel – given the title ‘The Forest Fights Back’ by this correspondent) This week the world celebrated the International Forest Day and, I guess true to form, I felt the time was right to dedicate some thoughts to the forests […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Third edition March 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Same old Same Old in Kampala? Try the Sheraton Weekend Treat
SHERATON KAMPALA DOES AWAY WITH THAT ‘SAME OLD SAME OLD’ FEELING Another weekend and what to do, many of my fellow Kampaleans do ask me with a regularity which borders on the monotonous. They have been to Jinja, done the rafting with Nalubale, the horsebackriding with Natalie, the bungee jumping and the quad biking and […]
Weekly roundup of news from Easten Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Third edition January 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Mabira must not die
LEAVE MABIRA ALONE CONSERVATION FRATERNITY TELLS PRESIDENT (Picture courtesy of Wikipedia) Media reports in Uganda suggest that President Museveni, while addressing a retreat of members of parliament a few days ago, appears to have raised the issue of the Mabira Forest give away again, reopening, if correct, a long standing saga. Opposed by civil society, […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, Second edition January 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
