Category Archive for : ‘Travel Africa’

Switzerland is among the major tourist destinations in Europe. Below are some of the factors that influencing the development of Swiss Tourist attraction:
The good climate which attracts tourists – the beautiful mountain sceneries is also owe some. Tourists love to look at and take photographs of the amazing relief in Switzerland.
In summer, during the warm sunny days, tourists are able to see magnificent scenery of snow caped peaks, clear blue lakes and water falls, swimming and sunbathing.
In winter, there is an abundant snow on the mountain slopes. This accelerates activities

The two terms move hand in hand or they are complementary where by tourism becomes difficult without transport.
What is meant by tourism?
Tourism is the act of moving from one place to another for adventure purpose or discovery reason. Some people travel for study purposes, business among others.
Define the term transport
It is the act of moving people and commodities from one place to another.
Means of transport
There are four major means of transport; Water transport, Air transport, Railway transport and Road transport.
Water Transport
It’s meant to move people and their commodities on water

THE MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON MOUNTAIN RWENZORI
Mountain Rwenzori is the highest mountain in Uganda. It is situated at the boarder of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo in south western Uganda. The major tourist attractions on Mountain Rwenzori were formed as aresult of Glaciation.
Glaciation refers to the flowing of ice down slope due to influence of gravity. When the mass of ice (Glacier) flows down slope, the following tourist attractions were formed on the slopes of Mountain Rwenzori:
Aretes – they are formed by plucking of the back walls of the

Rwanda’s tourism is growing rapidly due to her effort to preserve wildlife. Some of the preserved areas for tourism include Akagera National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park and Volcanoes National Park.
The positive results have been achieved due to strict government laws, wildlife preservation policies, community involvement in the preservation process among others.
What lessons can be learnt to improve other protected areas in Rwanda?
There are only a limited number of gorilla permits available, and therefore product diversification and promotion is required to encourage visitors (particularly repeat visitors) to stay longer, spend

Imagin spending an hour of full day with the amazing chimpazees. In Uganda, you can do normal trekking or chimpanzee habituation in which trekkers spend an hour of full day respectively. In Uganda, chimpanzee trekking and habituation is done in Kibale Forest national park with an estimate of 1500 members of them and 12 other primates.
Other places with chimpanzees in Uganda include Queen Elizabeth national park, Toro – Semliki game reserve, Kalinzu Forest and Budongo Forest situate near Murchison Falls national park.

In Rwanda s are found in Nyungwe Forest national

The two terms move hand in hand or they are complementary where by tourism becomes difficult without transport.
What is meant by tourism?
Tourism is the act of moving from one place to another for adventure purpose or discovery reason. Some people travel for study purposes, business among others.
Define the term transport
It is the act of moving people and commodities from one place to another.
Means of transport
There are four major means of transport; Water transport, Air transport, Railway transport and Road transport.
Water Transport
It’s meant to move people and their commodities on water

Visit Ssezibwa Falls for cultural and tourism and education purposes. Situated in Buikwe district in Buganda Kingdom where the past Kabakas (Kings) like Kabaka Mwanga ll planted a tree there which is one of the largest trees around. It was serenity for past Kabakas.
Today the Baganda people still come here to seek out those who practice traditional healings and are purported to perform miracles. The falls and the river that splits into two has meaning to the Baganda people regarding the legend of a woman giving birth and out of

MOUNTAIN ELGON NATIONAL PARK Uganda with the largest volcanic base

Mountain Elgon is located on the mountain Elgon which has the largest volcanic base in the whole world at 4,000km². Mountain Elgon demarcates Uganda and Kenya. The mountain’s cool heights offer respite from the hot plains below, with the higher altitudes providing a refuge for flora and fauna.

This mountain protects over 300 species of birds species encountered here include Hartlaub’s Turaco, Eastern Bronze-napped Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Dusky-Turtle Dove, African Hill Babbler, Alpine Chat, Black- throated Wattle-eye, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Thick-billed Honey

In Uganda, each region has got its tourist attractions. Some attractions are similar with those in other regions while others are unique. Below are some of the tourist potentials in central Uganda:

KABAKA’S LAKE:

It is among the largest manmade lakes in Africa and the largest in East Africa. Kabaka’s lake is situated in Ndeeba in Kampala district. The lake is situated near the official Kabaka’s palace in mengo.  The Lake was dug in 1886 Under the instruction of kabaka Mwanga II.

Kabaka Lake was dug to connect Munyonyo to Mengoand it was

REASONS WHY TOURISM IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) IS CATCHING UP

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second largest nation in Africa after Algeria. The country is endowed with Mountain Gorillas, Lowland Gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants, Rhinos, monkeys, Bonobos and Antelopes among others.

Tourist industry in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the countries toured by tourists and her tourism industry is catching up because of the following factors:

The growing population of Gorillas, the country has both mountain and Low land Gorillas. Gorillas are among the rarest and amazing primates