Feb 15, 2017 We left Jinja after lunch at the Jinja Nile Resort. On the way, we stopped over for some site inspections before we arrived Kampala. Two days away meant we got new rooms when we arrived back at Kampala Sheraton Hotel. Our host, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) informed us that dinner was going…
June 21, 2016… It was time to leave Masvingo and we checked out of the Lodge At The Ancient City in the morning, setting out on our way to Mutare. We had a brief stopover at the ZTA office to see Daniel before finally saying farewell the the Ancient City. We stopped briefly to admire the…
February 14, 2017… Yesterday was a good day after all. The Birthday Surprise from the Uganda Tourism Board was totally awesome. If you don’t know what I’m talking about click here. Anyway, I got up early today, Valentine’s Day, but I was not in the mood to go anywhere. In any case, we’d been informed about…
June 19, 2016… It’s Sunday morning and the sun rose early. Finally, the 2016 Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo is over. The award nite/closing ceremony last night was grand. Kudos to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry and the Zimbabwe people in general. I believe the expo was a great success…
His Majesty King Mswati III has declared September 3, 2018 as Umhlanga holiday. In turn, the Ingwenyama has summoned the Imbali regiment to converge at the Ludzidzini Royal Residence on August 28 to mark the commencement of the festivities of the cultural ceremony. The King’s message was communicated to the nation by the Imbali leader, Nonduduzo Zubuko at a…
Feb. 13, 2017, We had just returned from the sunset cruise on the River Nile and made our way to the restaurant at Jinja Nile Resort. It had been a long but interesting day. Yes, it was my birthday, but I had no inkling what the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) had planned for me. We…
June 18, 2016… I got out of bed and went downstairs with my camera, knowing most of the other guys in the group were leaving Bulawayo this morning. Aminata and Peter had left the previous day, while the rest of the group were going to the Antelope Park at Gweru on their way to Harare,…
Preparations for the 2018 edition of the annual Umhlanga Festival, popularly known as the Reed Dance are in earnest in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Umhlanga is the best known cultural event from Eswatini, and in this eight-day ceremony, young virgin girls cut reeds, and present them to the Queen Mother (Indlovukazi) – ostensibly to repair the windbreak around her royal…
February 13, 2017… After breakfast, we got into the buses provided by our host and left the Kampala Sheraton Hotel, weaving our way through the fabled capital city traffic as we headed towards Jinja. We had a stopover at the Mabira Forest, and soon everyone disembarked as got ready for some ziplining fun. There was…
This is post was first published on my LinkedIn page… ***** As a traveller, an Afrotourist at that, I get to see African cities and I’m kinda choosy about where I stay. I work hard, and there is nothing I cherish more than comfort, ease and a peaceful ambience after a hard day’s job. In Zambia on…
