Links
Check the following links for more information about the Great Lakes region:
Flights to Uganda
- British Airways
For flights from the UK - Brussels Airlines
For flights from Brussels, Belgium – Visit Brussels Airlines for great deals on flights and hotels worldwide - Emirates
For flights from Dubai - Ethiopian Airways
For flights via Ethiopia - Fly 540 – Africa's low cost airline
Flights from Nairobi, across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zanzibar, South Sudan - Kenya Airways
“The Pride of Africa” for flights from Nairobi - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
For flights from Amsterdam - Precision Air
Flights from Tanzania - Rwandair, the national carrier of Rwanda
Flights from Rwanda, Johannesburg, Brussels, Bubai and West Africa - South African Airways
For flights via Johannesburg - Turkish Airlines
Flights and airline tickets to more than 200 destinations worldwide
Not To Be Missed
- EMPOWER African Children
A non profit organization that tranforms the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children through innovative education. Learn more about the Spirit of Uganda 2012 Tour, sponsored by Great Lakes Safaris Uganda. - Ndere Centre
Ndere Troupe Centre with entertaining cultural performances - Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust
The CSWCT Chimpanzee Sanctuary is on Ngamba Island on Lake Victoria - The Adrift Adventure Company
Whitewater rafting on the Nile and other adventure activities - Uganda School Project Kitwe
Project from four Dutch travellers supporting a primary school in Kitwe – southwest Uganda – in cooperation with project leader Gerald in Uganda. - Volunteer School Uganda
Let us tell you about our school and the wonderful Volunteer Project Great Lakes Safaris clients and staff have developed!
Uganda travel advice
- AllAfrica – a voice of, by and about Africa
AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa – aggregating, producing and distributing 2000 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. - Bradt Uganda Travel Guide – buy it online
The Bradt Uganda Travel Guide - Bradt Uganda Travel Guide – the latest updates
This is the update website for Philip Briggs’ Bradt Guide to Uganda and should be read in conjunction with the printed guidebook - Embassy listings for Uganda
List of all embassies present in Uganda - Expedition Uganda – JC Lemaire
Follow JC Lemaire’s journey to the Source of the Nile and explore the many, vast and beautiful national parks of Uganda. - Jetset Forex Bureau Uganda
Jetset forex bureau is a 24 hour service forex bureau with unbeatable rates, with brances around Kampala, Entebbe and Gulu. With agents in Kenya and Juba. - Konsulat of Uganda in Germany
Uganda Informationen, Uganda Reisen und Gorillatrekking zu den Berggorillas - Lonely Planet Thorntree Travel Forum – Uganda
Join fellow travellers to exchange travel information, advice, hints and tips. Get help, get connected, get inspired and have your say. - Lonely Planet travel guide to Uganda
See for yourself why Lonely Planet voted Uganda the number one destination to visit in 2012! - Malaria Hotspots Map of Uganda
Malaria Hotspots Map of the world – check it before you travel - Maps of Kampala and Uganda
Maps of Uganda and Kampala available to download free - Nshenyi Village, western Uganda
Community-led tourism – a cultural immersion in the heart of Africa! - The Eye Magazine – Uganda
Shopping, travel features, where to eat, features about Uganda - Tourism Uganda
The Uganda Tourism Board: travel information, activities and tour operators - World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda country profile
Uganda health information and statistics
Volunteering
- African Impact
Volunteer Work Africa – Working Holiday Abroad - Volunteer School Uganda
Let us tell you about our school and the wonderful Volunteer Project Great Lakes Safaris clients and staff have developed!
Wildlife, conservation and National Parks
- African Wildlife Foundation
- Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH)
CTPH achieves gorilla conservation by enabling humans, wildlife and livestock to coexist through improving primary health care in and around Africa’s protected areas - Jane Goodall Institute
The Jane Goodall Institute for research and protection of chimpanzees - Rhino Fund Uganda
Visit the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola - The Gorilla Organization
Working with communities to protect the habitats of the Mountain Gorillas of Uganda, Rwanda and the DR Congo - Uganda Conservation Foundation
UCF works with the Uganda Wildlife Authority to tackle poaching of elephants, hippo and other wildlife - Uganda Wildlife Society
Uganda Wildlife Society - UWA – Uganda Wildlife Authority
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is a semi-autonomous government agency that conserves and manages Uganda’s wildlife for the people of Uganda and the whole world. - UWEC Uganda Wildlife Education Centre – Entebbe
A visit to Uganda Wildlife Education Centre can be combined with a trip to Ngamba Island - Wildlife Conservation Society
International charity whose work in Uganda includes protection of habitats, gorillas, lions and elephants
