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AeroLink add scheduled flights to Kidepo and Kisoro
AeroLink Uganda, the new scheduled flight service in Uganda, have just announced they will soon be offering scheduled flights to the remote Kisoro and Kidepo airstrips. Kisoro is the airstrip used by those heading for gorilla trekking in southern Bwindi. …
read more ›Uganda’s Great Apes in Growth
The total population of critically endangered mountain gorillas worldwide has risen to 880. These greatest of great apes are found only in the rainforest-swathed mountains of southern Uganda and the Virunga Massif area, which spans part of Rwanda, Uganda and …
read more ›Close encounters of the wildlife kind
An update on a new behind-the-scenes tour of the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre in Entebbe, Uganda, from our General Manager Anne-Marie Weeden. The python was cold and clammy – just as I had expected – but it turned out this …
read more ›Go gorilla trekking in Uganda with a free gorilla permit!
Book a place on our 10 day Authentic Uganda tour departing 2nd December 2012, and Journeys Discovering Africa will cover the cost of your gorilla permit – effectively discounting the retail price of this amazing safari by $500 per person! …
read more ›BIRDING IN BUJAGALI
There is a birder born every minute in Uganda – Anne-Marie Weeden, General Manager of Journeys Discovering Africa, takes to the water with her binoculars in a new birding cruise at Jinja. Pulling focus on the dainty little heron sitting …
read more ›Rhinos and Reptiles – On safari with Journeys Discovering Africa
Earlier this year, our General Manager of the Uganda office went on safari to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Only four hours from Kampala, Ziwa is a great place to stop en route to exploring Murchison Falls National Park, or to visit …
read more ›The Seven Wonders of Uganda
Uganda has recently launched an online campaign to help identify its seven wonders. Everybody is being called upon to nominate their suggestions for the seven natural wonders of Uganda, from locals and ex-patriate residents to travellers and tourists. The campaign …
read more ›Getting our adventure on | Quad biking in Jinja
In July, the JDA Uganda General Manager, Anne-Marie Weeden, went on safari with her much younger brother. Fresh from sitting his ‘A’ levels in the UK, adventure was high on his agenda. First stop for the intrepid pair? A Sunset …
read more ›Half Price Internal Flights Offer
Journeys Discovering Africa are delighted to be able to offer half price internal scheduled flights with AeroLink Uganda until the end of September 2012. The service includes daily departures from Entebbe to Bugungu and Pakuba airstrips in Murchison Falls National …
read more ›Great Safari Deal – Half Price Flights
To celebrate the launch of the new AeroLink scheduled flight service in Uganda, Journeys Discovering Africa is offering a special discounted safari deal featuring half price flight transfers to Kibale Forest and from Bwindi back to Entebbe. The eight day …
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