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Hello Uganda, we have exciting news for you 📣
Oct 17th & 18th are Open Park Days!
For 2 days, we are offering free entry & game drives for Ugandan Citizens & Foreign Residents in 5 of Uganda’s breathtaking wildlife destinations.
More details👇
#OpenParkDayUG
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#ExploreUganda
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EXCITING NEWS: African Painted Dogs (commonly Wild Dogs) which went extinct in Uganda in the 1980’s were sighted this morning around the Narus River in Kidepo Valley National Park. One of our resident rangers captured these images hastily before the pair skipped out of view.
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It was an exciting morning today in Queen Elizabeth National Park as tourists enjoyed a game viewing at Kasenyi.
@ExploreUganda
#VisitQueen
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WE HAVE A NEW BABY! 🦍
Adult female Tomvi of the Mukiza mountain gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park gave birth to a healthy baby on Valentines Day (14/2/2023).
#gorilla
#conservation
#babyanimals
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BABY NEWS:
We are excited to announce that Bella, one of our oldest female rhinos gave birth to a cute calf 🦏 yesterday. Enjoy these images from our first sighting. We now have 39 healthy rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. We look forward to bringing you more updates.
#SaveRhinos
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Last week, our Problem Animal Capture Team swung into action to relieve the people of Kacwankumu landing site on Lake Albert of a giant crocodile that had for long terrorized fishermen in this area.
#ConservingForGenerations
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JUST IN: Today marks 64 days since we intensified monitoring Julia, a tree-climbing lioness in the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park who we suspected to have given birth.
Her cubs hadn’t been seen until earlier today.
🎥 IG/: simo_fogliagram
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Happy new week! Here is the first image by our field team of Uganda’s newest addition in the Ruhija sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Adult female Mugwere of Mukiza gorilla family gave birth to a healthy baby yesterday. The group now has 28 individuals.
#GorillaBirth
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Mr. Njonjo Charles presented with a tracking certificate upon successfully tracking Gorillas in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. It has been a pleasure hosting you and we wish you the best as you look forward to celebrating your 100th birthday on January 23rd 2020.
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BREAKING NEWS
We are excited to announce another birth in Mubare Gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable NP. 30 minutes ago, Karungi gave birth.Mother & baby are healthy. 2 babies in 3 weeks👏
@SoftPowerNews
@newvisionwire
@DailyMonitor
@observerug
@ChimpReports
@MulengeraM
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Hail Corporal Agaba Hannington UWA Community Conservation Ranger in Semliki National Park for this selfless act of putting others first and rescuing stranded people. That is what we stand for as we work with communities.
We are proud of you.
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BABY NEWS:
We are excited to announce that adult female Kibande of the Rushegura mountain gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has given birth, bringing the number of gorillas in this family to 17. The baby, mother & father are all in perfect health.
#ExploreUganda
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Our very own
@jacobkiplimo2
Jacob Kiplimo wins the ZevenHeuvenloop 7 Hills race in the Netherlands, clocking 41.04. We are proud of you, Jacob.
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Congratulations to our very own Julius Obwona who received the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award yesterday from the Duke of Cambridge for his dedication as a ranger protecting the wildlife at Murchison Falls National Park.
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This elephant was spotted in
#QueenElizabethNationalPark
with a snare that was about to cut off it's foot. Our team quickly swung into action with appropriate interventions. The elephant was treated and released. Quick recovery Jumbo.
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Join us to congratulate UWA's elite athlete Ronald Musagala upon winning the 1500M race in Paris.we are proud of you Ronnie. Hongera Sana!
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The rescue of kidnapped tourist Kimberly Sue and driver guide Jean Paul is complete. Both captives back in safe hands. We thank our security agencies who led the mission. This was a one off and isolated incident. Our national parks have been and remain safe to visit.
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Gorilla Baby Boom in Bwindi -Fifth new baby in just 6 weeks! The Rushegura gorilla family welcomes another bouncing cute baby gorilla from Adult female Ruterana increasing the family membership to 18. The birth takes the tally of new births in the forest to 5 in just six weeks!
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We have arrested four people over the death of Rafiki, the Silverback of Nkuringo Gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. They will be prosecuted in the courts of law. See statement below;
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More Gorilla Baby News from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Adult female Siato of the Kyaguliro mountain gorilla group 'B' gave birth yesterday to a healthy baby. The group composition now becomes 7 individuals.
Join us in congratulating her.
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JUST IN: His Majesty The Omukama of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV returns from successfully summiting the highest peak in the Rwenzoris, becoming the first monarch to do so.
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
#KingOyoHikesRwenzori
🏔
#TulambuleWild
#ExploreUganda
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Good news from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Kori one of the oldest female Rhinos has given birth to a male calf
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Awwww, it is another baby Gorilla. Nshuti of Nyakagezi group in Mgahinga Gorilla NP gave birth on 2nd September 2020. This brings the number of baby Gorillas to 6 in 7 weeks.
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Lake Mburo National Park welcomes another giraffe calf bringing the number to 31 in the park. Carolyn the mother of the newest calf had not in the recent past shown signs of pregnanacy only to pop a new bundle of joy! Congratulations team
#UWA
Lake Mburo.
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Jidenna visiting the Murchison Falls National Park is a whole mood! 💚
This should be you and your crew on your next trip. Draw the plans already. 😉
#visituganda
#tulambuleuganda
#tulambulewild
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Gearing up for the Chimp Olympics...
Come take that trek deep into the rainforest that is Kibale National Park and get to share 60 special minutes with a community of these wild and lively chimpanzees:
#ExploreUganda
📷 IG/anneclairity
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It is a Gorilla birth in a lockdown as Nsongi group in Rushaaga welcomes a new family member. This infant is 7 days old. Mother Kabagyenyi and father (Silverback)Bweza are tightly guarding baby Gorilla.
@SoftPowerNews
@newvisionwire
@DailyMonitor
@ChimpReports
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#DidYouKnow
: Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, is one of the few last places on earth where the elusive African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) live?
Their populations across the African continent have faced a very steep decline. We continue to
#conserve
them.
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Have you ever seen so many elephants at once?
This large breeding herd was captured crossing the road in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park. The kind of roadblock many people are happy to see 🐘
🎥 [X/:wekesa_amos]
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Our translocation team successfully released 30 kobs last night in Kidepo Valley National Park as part of the ongoing exercise of translocating 200 Kobs to the park from Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve.
Cheers!
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Our team today rescued these 5
#Statungas
that were stranded at
#Karuma
HPP trash intake after being carried by floating sud.
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Meet the world’s newest baby mountain gorilla 🦍 born in the Bikingi Mountain Gorilla Family.
We are glad to share with you this first mobile image from our field team in Rushaga - Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda
📷 Nvuyekure Brian (Ecological Research & Monitoring Ranger)
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GREAT NEWS! We are excited to announce our newest mountain gorilla baby, born this week in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Adult female Kebirungi of the Nshongi gorilla family was first seen with her healthy newborn baby on 9th May 2022.
#Gorilla
🦍
#BabyAnimals
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Great sighting today from
@ugwildlife
staff Jimmy in Queen Elizabeth NP of
#Lions
crossing highway close to Queen's Pavilion. Mother, father and cub returning from the crater area to Kasenyi plains.
#conservation
@newvisionwire
@DailyMonitor
@SoftPowerNews
@primateeats
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Rhino baby news 🦏
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary celebrates another baby rhino born last night (8th September 2023) to adult female KORI. This female calf now brings the total number of Rhinos at Ziwa to 41 healthy individuals. The news comes ahead of this year’s
#WorldRhinoDay
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It's a mountain gorilla BABY BOOM 🦍 in Uganda. Meet the newest member of the Christmas family in the Nkuringo sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. In this photo captured by our field team yesterday (16/05/2022), adult female Kiiza is seen holding her baby so dearly!
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Uganda Wildlife Authority is delighted to announce the birth of a new mountain gorilla 🦍 today January 20, 2022 in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and this is the first image of the new baby captured by our team in the wild...
#gorillabirth
#mountaingorilla
#wildlifenews
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What do you call a hippo 🦛 in your native language? We are eager to know in the comments below 👇
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
#Wildlife
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On this occasion of
#WorldRangerDay
we would like to shout out to all those courageous men and women in Uganda and around the world who are at the frontline of
#Conservation
, dedicated to defending our natural treasures and ensuring the safety of our most
#Endangered
Species.
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Bitukura gorilla group in Ruhiija is blessed with a new born baby.This increases the group number to 13 individuals. Congratulations to the group and welcome baby Gorilla.
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Have you seen that new video by Grammy-nominated Ugandan superstar
@eddykenzoficial
of the legendary ‘Born In Africa’ song by Philly Bongoley Lutaaya with scenes largely shot in several of our national parks?
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
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Today we hosted
@UNAIDS
ED
@Winnie_Byanyima
along with her son Anselm Kizza Besigye for a gorilla 🦍 trekking experience in Rushaga - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
They successfully tracked the Busingye family.
We thank them for choosing to
#ExploreUganda
’s national parks.
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Greetings from the “Primate Capital Of The World”
It’s a very busy day at Kibale National Park today as visitors enjoy their chimpanzee tracking experience. Perfect way to end the year!
Which of Uganda’s national parks are you exploring this festive season?
📷
@MauriceMugisha
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It’s officially chimpanzee week! Uganda is undoubtedly the best destination on the planet to view and study chimpanzees. We are doing everything it takes to conserve them.
#WorldChimpanzeeDay
Have you seen them on safari in Uganda? Let us know in the comments below 👇
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Yesterday, December 3, 2023, we hosted
#Queen
Sylvia Nagginda, the
#Nabagereka
of Buganda
@BugandaOfficial
in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where she tracked Katwe gorilla group. She was impressed with the guiding and promised to promote the park.
@ExploreUganda
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Gorilla baby news!
We have a new baby mountain gorilla born to adult female Munini of the Nshongi gorilla group of Rushaga in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on 8th August 2024.
#ConservingForGenerations
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Meet 100 year old Mr Njonjo Charles former Attorney General of Kenya. He is in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park to track Gorillas as one of the activities leading to the celebration of his 100th birthday on January 23rd 2020. Wish him a pleasant birthday.
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The UWA training academy at Lugaya in Murchison Falls National Park is taking shape. Classrooms, offices, multipurpose hall, and accommodation blocks for learners are all complete.
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Thank you
@nbstv
for letting the world know that
#QueenElizabethNationalPark
is a safe place to be.
#VisitQueen
@ExploreUganda
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Uganda featured in famous travel publisher
@BradtGuides
' list of "The Best Places to Travel in 2024". We are glad this notable mention includes 4 of our national parks.
#ExploreUganda
🦍 Bwindi
🌊 Murchison Falls
🏔️ Rwenzori
🦁 Queen Elizabeth
Full list🔗
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Our team in the Murchison Falls Conservation Area acting on a report from a stakeholder, traced this giraffe that had got entangled in a poacher’s wire snare.
The giraffe has been treated and we will continue to monitor it over the coming days.
#ConservingForGenerations
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Yesterday this beautiful leopard was found with a snare in Karachi (between Lira & Soroti) in Mt. Elgon Conservation Area. Thanks to our excellent team of vets, the animal was rescued, treated and has been translocated to its new home in the Murchison Falls Conservation Area.
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“Just lion around” 🦁
All it takes is 15 seconds to be virtually transported to one of the most pristine wildernesses. Good morning from Uganda’s Ishasha - Queen Elizabeth National Park
#ExploreUganda
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#TulambuleWild
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INTERFORCES GAMES 2023
Range Shooting competitions D-Day!
Current happening 👉🏾📝 Match Four
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COMING SOON - brand new 31-seater UWA game drive truck!!!
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JUST IN: With the world's largest volcanic base, Mount. Elgon (which we share with our Kenyan brothers) has joined
@UNESCO
's latest list of approved Biosphere Reserves; the only Transboundary Biosphere Reserve on this list of 11.
#ExploreUganda
Read more:
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For a moment we thought he was riding.
Our
#PhotoOfTheDay
is from Murchison Falls National Park by tourist IG/dirkjan_steehouwer_photography
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
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UWA to the rescue! This African Rock Python was rescued by our staff in Buhwangu Village Ngoma S/C Nakaseke. It had hurt itself while swallowing a bushbuck. Thanks to the locals for notifying us. Report problem animals to our toll free line 📞 0800100960
#ConservingForGenerations
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Our attention has been drawn to a video clip and still images circulating on various social media platforms showing a man close to a pride of lions and commentary that he was eaten by the lions.
We would like to clarify as follows 👇
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We have a new member 🦍
Here’s the first mobile image of the world’s youngest mountain gorilla born yesterday (18th July 2024) to adult female Mukidebe of the Kahungye gorilla family in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. 📷 Tracker Elius
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QUIZ TIME: How well do you know our national parks and wildlife reserves? Where was this lovely gorge view captured? Clue: It is in a volcanic region.
📷: Rand Snyder
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
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Thanks to devoted
#conservation
efforts, Uganda’s elephant population has steadily recovered seven-fold since 1996. We continue to protect this majestic keystone species as we count down to
#WorldElephantDay
.
📷 Jack Losh
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Our team, captured these lions in Kiyenge village, Kabirizi parish, Katwe Subcounty Kasese District on January 3, 2019. The lions had strayed out of Queen Elizabeth National Park and were translocated back to the park.
#Conservation
#Wildlife
#Torism
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We are thrilled to inform you that Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is now also a ranging area for giraffes 🦒 and hartebeests following our recent translocation.
On your next trip to
#ExploreUganda
’s Ziwa you stand a chance to see them alongside other biodiversity at the sanctuary.
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The Murchison Falls are safe thanks to Cabinet for a wise decision to save the falls. Cabinet has demonstrated government commitment to conservation & prioritizing tourism as a driving force of Uganda's economic transformation. We thank all who played a role in this.🙏🙏🙏
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In a collaborative effort, in 2019 & 2020 we reintroduced giraffes back to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve’s vast wilderness; over 25 years after they’d gone extinct. We now share with you some recent images of this population that’s grown to over 30 giraffes.
#ConservingForGenerations
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Our field teams spend years habituating chimpanzees so that they do not feel threatened by the presence of tourists. This means that our guests can enjoy intimate encounters and unrivalled photo opportunities like this one in Kibale National Park.
#ExploreUganda
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In the fine words of William Shakespeare, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
Greetings from the small but abundant wilds of Uganda’s Lake Mburo National Park. We hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
#MondayMotivation
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@IUCN
Tomorrow our teams in the field will head out to track them, to collect some data vital for conservation. Hopefully we can get you some better images too.
📷 Gilbert Manyimanyi
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Like a scene out of the Jurassic Park movie. Good afternoon from Murchison Falls National Park. (Photo by tourists 📷 Jill Hurst and Jay Hessey).
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
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We announce the temporary suspension of hiking activities to the Margherita Peak 🏔️ in Rwenzori Mountains National Park. This decision comes as a precautionary measure.
Details in our Press Release 👇
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We are overjoyed to announce the birth of another mountain gorilla this week. The baby was born earlier today, 23rd January 2022 to an adult female called Twijukye of the Mukiza family in the Ruhija sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
#GorillaBirth
#ExploreUganda
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When is the best time to visit Uganda’s National Parks and Wildlife Reserves?
Every month reveals something new. The presence of a diversity of wildlife, and the vibrance of colours are all reasons to be excited.
#ExploreUganda
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If you could pick just one activity on the list below to do in Uganda, what would it be and why?
#WildlifeWednesday
#ExploreUganda
A- Safari Game Drive
B- Safari Boat Cruise
C- Nature Walk
D- Birdwatching
📷 Courtesy images
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Guess the animal in this picture.
Hint: Picture was taken from Pian Upe wild life reserve.
Let’s see who has a keen eye. 😉
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And the Champion's dance! At UWA we don't only nurture talents,we nurture Champions!
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NKURINGO GORILLA GROUP STABLE.
Nkuringo group has stabilized with 11individuals under the leadership of Rwamutwe the dominant black back. Tabu is taking the 2nd in command role. This morning Furaha, was seen adjusting the position of the baby while moving and feeding .
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Message from our Executive Director Sam Mwandha on the attack in which 2 tourists and a guide were killed on Katwe Kabatoro road in Kasese District.
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Happy
#WorldEnvironmentDay
! We continue to safeguard a significant area of Uganda’s total land mass, ensuring that all vital habitats are preserved and
#biodiversity
can once again flourish for the benefit of both the planet and people.
#conservation
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Just a sleepy tawny cat in Kidepo Valley National Park.
The weekend is here. Which of Uganda’s national parks is on your mind and why? Let us know in the comments below 💭
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
 📷 viewsoffabianleu/IG
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Animals big and small congregate around the waterholes. In the spirit of nature, everything is connected. Greetings from the wild. We wish you a beautiful week ahead.
#ExploreUganda
#MondayMotivation
📍 Queen Elizabeth National Park
🌍 Uganda
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Our very own
@jacobkiplimo2
has won the New York City half marathon.
Congratulations from team UWA.
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The Silverback 🦍 does it again at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Surely the undisputed king of the 10,000m for the third time straight!
👑 2019 | 2022 | 2023
Congratulations
@joshuacheptege1
. You make us proud!
#ExploreUganda
#WorldAthleticsChamps
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Finally all our parks are now open. See full statement below
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A lion chills at one of our visitor viewpoints in Kidepo Valley National Park. Be reminded that our protected areas are very wild, so while on safari, don't get out of your vehicle unless accepted by one of our expert rangers. 📷: Rod Waddington.
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
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Been a long week, hasn’t it?
Delight in a relaxed safari weekend & soak up the heartwarming natural beauty of the African savanna. Our park entrance fees are as low as UGX 20,000 for Ugandans
📍 Lake Mburo National Park
#TulambuleWild
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#ExploreUganda
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Hide & Seek - African Edition 🌍 👀
#PhotoOfTheDay
captured by our guest viewsoffabianleu/IG in Uganda’s Kibale National Park
#ExploreUganda
and experience the magic in the Primate Capital Of The World:
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Uganda Wildlife Authority currently has 850 vacancies for rangers. Interested & qualifying candidates should report to the nearest recruitment centre by 8:00 am on June 8, 2022 with their handwritten applications. Read more 👉 .
#ConservingForGenerations
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Today one of our gorillas 🦍 celebrates its first birthday. Born on Valentines Day last year to adult female Tomvi of the Mukiza mountain gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National, the baby is enjoying a wild and happy life.
Happy
#ValentinesDay
!
📷 Baby & Mother 14/02/2023
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Sights from Queen Elizabeth National Park. Where are you and your buddies exploring this weekend?
#ExploreUganda
#TulambuleWild
📷: Jimmy Odur
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The best way to start a new week is to have a Lion sighting first thing Monday morning. From our wild family to yours, have a wonderful week full of wins.
#MondayMotivation
#ExploreUganda
📍 Murchison Falls National Park
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HAPPENING NOW: Uganda Wildlife Authority is translocating several Uganda Kobs from Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve to Kidepo Valley Conservation Area. The operation has been flagged off today by Director For Conservation John Makombo. More details will follow.
#ConservingForGenerations
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Good morning from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Meet Muhoozi one of the Black Backs in the Nkuringo mountain gorilla family.
#ExploreUganda
📷 Mpastwe Emmanuel (UWA Ranger)
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No-one would dare try to pull that tail...😄 Greetings from the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of the only few locations in the world where lions climb trees and laze on fig branches. We wish you a great week ahead.
#MondayMotivation
📷 IG/explorastoryfilms
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Have you heard of any folk tales about the origin of antelope horns? Where could these magnificent species have got their long and strong horns?
#ExploreUganda
Share in the comments below:
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