Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Dear madam, sir,
Last september and october we have visited Uganda and Tanzania. In Uganda we were impressed by the number and big variety of animals and beautifull birds we have spotted, most of the times very close by. Uganda has a lot to offer especially since the people are very friendly, great parks and wildlife to explore and the accomodations fairly priced.
As we had some wonderfull experiences with local tour operators and hotels especially in Uganda we would like to recommend them to you.
Via the internet we found Micheal of Sunlink Travel Adventures Ltd. We’d like to highly recommend him as he provided us with a well balanced six days safari including gorilla and chimpansee tracking, game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and a visit to Kibali forest. It was absolutely great to have seen gorilla’s this close. The accomodations were very clean, comfortable and the staff very kind. But most of all our driver and guide Eddy, assisted by Evelyn made this trip a marvellous experience. Very good value!
Another trip to Jinja and Mbale with Sunlink travel adventures was well arranged by Micheal Kasadha, Mbale resort hotel turned out to be an very good hotel with good kitchen.
Last but not least New city annex hotel. Great value considering the prices for the rooms and the location in the center of the city. Moreover the restaurant of this hotel served very good food, in a nice ambience. The service and prices were more and better than we had estimated.
We hope that any of this information is usefull for your guides and internet websites.
Best regards,
Mirjam Keijzer
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The main tourist products that will be packaged include:-
- Adventure Holidays
- Bird Watching
- Sport Fishing
- Walking and Trekking
- Mountaineering
- White Water Rafting
- Mountain Gorilla Tracking
- Cruises
- Eco-Tourism
- Game Drives in the Major Parks of East Africa.
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Sunlink Travel Adventures Ltd
Coline House , 3rd Floor
( New Wing)
Pilkington Road,
Kampala City
P.o Box 11058,
Kampala - Uganda
Tel:
+256 414 533770,
+256 712 840035,
+256 712 123715
Email:
info@sunlinktravel.co.ug
Website:
www.sunlinktravel.co.ug |
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Two Gorillas born in Bwindi
Thursday, January 06, 2011
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TWO gorillas have been born among a group known as Kyaguriro at Bwindi National Park, according to Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials.
One of the gorillas was born by Siatu on December 18 and another by Binyindo on December 31.
“The mothers are still protective and aggressive, so we cannot tell the sex of the babies,” said Stephen Masaba, the UWA business development manager.
He said the babies were discovered during routine monitoring of the group.
“The births are important for conservation and show that UWA’s effort to protect mountain gorillas is paying off,” Masaba said.
Kyaguriro is a group of habituated gorillas which was set aside for research at Ruhija in Bwindi. The 15-member group grew in number recently when two wild gorillas and an infant joined it.
Habituation is the process through which animals get used to human presence without losing their wild character.
Kasadha Micheal
Tours Manager
Sunlink Travel Adventures Ltd
+256-414 533 770
info@sunlinktravel.co.ug
www.sunlinktravel.co.ug
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UWEC needs help to feed rescued parrots
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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WHILE conservationists are excited over the recovery of 142 parrots from suspected traffickers, officials at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) have started feeling the burden of feeding them.
The endangered African grey parrots, which are the most traded birds globally, were intercepted at the Uganda-Congo border yesterday and have been relocated to the former Entebbe Zoo, now UWEC.
According to Noel Arinteireho, a veterinarian at the centre, six of the parrots were found dead, while 10 were injured. The remaining 126 are out of danger.
The sick parrots have been isolated from the healthy ones and are now being closely monitored.
“It is exciting to recover such clever birds from traffickers,” Arinteireho told New Vision at the centre. “But it is also demanding to rehabilitate them before releasing them back to the wilderness.”
Arinteireho added: “The parrots need food worth sh300,000 daily and the treatment is expected to cost sh2m every month. They will be quarantined for about a month as we test them for various diseases.”
Currently, the talkative parrots, which imitate human words, are being fed on sugarcane, mangoes, pineapples, boiled eggs, maize, sorghum and rice.
Julius Kyaligonza, an animal and horticulture manager, said this was the largest consignment of impounded parrots recorded at the centre.
“It has a lot to do with the insecurity and poor governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Traffickers easily penetrate into the country and trap the parrots,” Kasigwa said.
“This has probably gone on for a long time, but with security on high alert at the borders, it was possible to impound the consignment,” he added.
Last year, nine parrots were recovered in November from an Egyptian diplomat and another five in October from a VIP.
Both incidents took place at Entebbe International Airport. The birds were taken to the wildlife centre.
“We need support from well-wishers to feed and treat these parrots,” said Kasigwa, adding that: “The parrots are very active and we feel overwhelmed to handle such numbers.”
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