Tourists flock Uganda year in and year out appreciating the gifts that God gave our land. Flocking our nation to climb our mountains that they call virgin because they have survived the heavy pollution and litter that is a characteristic of the foreign peaks such as the Everest. When we think about the country’s tourist
300 Bee Hives Distributed to Communities
On 20th May, 2020, Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area distributed 300 bee hives as part of its outreach program with frontline communities that surround the park. The hives were given to 30 organised community groups in the five districts that neighbour Rwenzori Mountains National Park. The beneficiary districts included Kasese, Bunyangabo, Kabarole, Ntoroko
Beautiful Pictures from the Rwenzori Expedition
The ITFC team has descended from setting up the GLORIA plots on the Rwenzori Mountains! We expect them back at the station later today. WCS’ Anton Seimon, who trained the team came back a few days earlier and send us some pictures. We share them here with you, as the beauty of this place is
ITFC Sets Up the First African GLORIA Plots on Mount Rwenzori
We have just come back from the footslopes of the Rwenzori mountains, on the border between Uganda and DR-Congo. We had a 1-day workshop there to introduce a new monitoring activity: ITFC will lead a new study that will set up high altitude plots (well above the treeline, around 4000 m.a.s.l.) to follow temperature and
78 Year Old Lady Hike to Margherita Peak
A Canadian 78year old lady successfully hiked to the peaks of the Rwenzori mountains. She is the first recorded advanced age lady tourist to successful reach the peaks of Mt. Stanley – Margherita of Rwenzori Mountains Guided by three recently trained Guides (two male and one Female) of Rwenzori Trekking Services, Ms. Beryl Park (78),
Climate Change Fallout Blocks Route to Rwenzori Peaks
Glaciers on the top of the Mountains of the Moon, aka Rwenzori Mountains, have shrunk considerably since the peaks were first climbed over a hundred years ago, and since satellite surveillance and mapping has started to provide detailed records, part of the progressive disappearance of the equatorial icecaps also seen on Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt.