Gorilla Safaris To Increase In Uganda

More tourists have picked the interprets in taking a gorilla trekking safari to Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda or to Virunga volcanoes National Park in Rwanda . The Uganda Wildlife Authority is habituating more two groups to add on the existing six and come November, it will be launching the new gorilla families so as to add on the number of gorilla tracking individuals in order to accrue more revenue.

This was aired out by Dr Andrew Seguya, who is the UWA acting executive director. He said that Oruzogo and Kahungye, both in the Southern part of Bwindi National Park, increase the number of habituated gorilla families ready for gorilla tracking. They will be totaling to 8 gorilla families.

Each family, according to Dr Seguya, is toured by eight people per day. When the two new groups are launched, there will be an increase in the number of gorilla tracking permits sold to track the eye-captivating primates from 48 to 64 daily. These groups will be opened for visitors following the conclusion of their habituation programme.

Among the countries that harbor these gentle eyed apes, Uganda is the home for the biggest number of mountain gorillas with over 50 per cent of the leftover huge primates in the world living in Uganda. A gorilla tracking permit goes for $500 for foreign non-residents.
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Despite the gift, a lot has remained unknown to the outside world because of the limited funds to market and showcase the country’s treasures and make it a destination of choice.

He mentioned that there is need to market these precious attractions. An example may be drawn from Uganda which spends $330,000 (Shs907.4 million) on marketing tourism each year compared to Kenya which invests $23 million, $10 million for Tanzania and $5 million for Rwanda.

He mentioned all this as he addressed those who attended the Sustainable Tourism Media Awards 2011 dinner, which recognizes and rewards excellent media coverage of sustainable tourism.

The winner in the Radio broadcast category KFM’s Benjamin Jumbe, NTV’s Craig Kadoda was chosen the best journalist in the television broadcast category whilst New Vision’s Gerald Tenwa won the print media category.