Field notes, trip reports, and practical advice from the people who guide these routes.
Notes from recent trips, seasonal advice, and answers to the questions we get asked most.
UTB’s news roundup of 6 July 2026, with the other announcements it sits beside, from a European market push to dragon boat racing on Lake Victoria.
Read the story →Uganda prepares to co-host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2027, and the tourism board hosted a senior Roc Nation delegation to discuss what that means for visitors.
Read the story →Explore Uganda hosts a National Geographic Traveller (UK) feature on the mountain gorillas of Bwindi and Mgahinga, and on the rangers and communities who protect them.
Read the story →Every November, grasshopper season turns roadsides into open-air kitchens. A look at how nsenene are caught, cooked, and shared, and why the season means so much.
Read the story →A first-hand account of eight days climbing Margherita Peak, at 5,109m the highest point in Uganda, through the bogs, glaciers and giant lobelias of the Rwenzoris.
Read the story →Rafting and bungee on the Nile at Jinja, the Mabira canopy zipline, climbs on Elgon and the Rwenzoris, paragliding over Bunyonyi, and abseiling the falls at Sipi.
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