Feb 18, 2017 Day 2 of the expo and exhibitions continued at the Kampala Sheraton grounds with various entertainment activities to excite the crowd who came around. There wasn’t much to do besides visiting the stands and networking. Cephas and I, along with Nkiru caught up with Ms. Carmen Nibigira the Regional Coordinator for the…
Feb 17, 2017 The 2017 Pearl Of Africa Tourism Expo kicked off this morning at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel, and the highlight of the morning session was the launch of the East Africa Tourism Platform (EATP). Exhibition was on at the grounds of the hotel and as I navigated the stands, I ran into Mr….
Feb 16, 2017 Today was dedicated to site inspection and after breakfast, we left the Kampala Sheraton Hotel and visited the Munyoyo Commonwealth Resort and its sister facility, the Speke Resort & Conference Center. We spend quite some time exploring Speke Resort & Conference Centre and the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, and at some point I couldn’t tell any…
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…
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…
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…
February 11, 2017… We had another early morning game drive and this time we finally met a pride of lions having breakfast. We didn’t have to cross the Nile for the game drive, since we were now on the northern banks of the longest river in the world. The usual suspects were the first to…
February 10, 2017… Another early morning wake-up to get to river bank and get on the first ferry crossing. We waited a while for the guys from Pakuba Safari lodge to join us before setting off. I can’t be too sure, but it seem we drove about an hour after the ferry crossing before getting…
February 9, 2017… Got up early and had a rushed breakfast. We were out of Kabalega Wilderness Lodge by 06:35 and in a jiffy were at the Paraa Crossing. We crossed the Nile and drove to Paraa Safari Lodge, our new home for the next couple of days. We had to wait awhile to get rooms because they…
February 8, 2017: Woke up and found out it was almost 06:30 and everyone was waiting for me so we can go on the early morning game drive as planned. I barely had a shower, rushed into some clothes and sped to meet the rest at the restaurant cum reception area. No time for breakfast,…
