Uganda Tourism Board

Uganda: Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE 2024), will bring together private and public sector stakeholders in the Ugandan ecosystem

“I work in the Rwenzori and some places have no network or Police. What do I do when I have a problem-client high in the mountains?”These are some the questions coming up at the four-day guides training going on at Kalya Hotel in Fort Portal, western Uganda. The mountaineering and tour guides training is being conducted by the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) with support from the WWF Uganda as part of the skilling and empowering of guides for the Rwenzori Mountains National Park (RMNP) a…

Kampala –“I have climbed many mountains, been to Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro, but none compares to what confronts you when you climb the Mt. Rwenzori Mountains,” says RavichandranTharumalingam who has just returned from the Mountains after an expedition to Margherita at 5109m.

Kampala – The Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Professor Ephraim Kamuntu launches the fourth edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) at ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. POATE 2018 will be held from 23rd to 25th February 2018 at the Sheraton Kampala Gardens, under the theme “Rediscover the Pearl”.