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Mar.13.2021 Most people heading out on an African safari will have a fairly traditional list of animals in mind that they are hoping to see. But if you dig a little deeper, search a little harder, look a little longer, maybe you will spot something a little different. Finding one of these not-often-seen animals can really make your safari extra special. 1. Black Rhino: Etosha National Park, Namibia The black rhino is the rarer and smaller of Africa's two rhino species, though it is still a rather imposing animal, with its tank-like body and two lethal horns and can still grow to an impressive...

Taarifa Rwanda Published 1 month ago 2shares Ugandan experts have revealed that the country’s population is expected to rise to 75million in the next decade warning this could directly and negatively impact on forests. The revelations come at a time the world is celebrating World Wildlife Day observed on 3 March in order to celebrate the flora and fauna of the world and also raise awareness about them. The theme for World Wildlife Day 2021 is ‘Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet’. The United Nations aims to highlight the significance of how forests give a livelihood t...

Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 11:29pm Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the most popular national park in Uganda. It is home to almost half of the world’s remaining population of the mountain gorillas. The famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is located in the Kigezi Highlands of south-west Uganda. Lying on the outskirts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bwindi is located in the terraced hills portrayed by steep slopes and limit valleys as a general slope from the north and west to the south-western corner. The region constitutes a pa...

Volcanoes Safaris, a group of luxury lodges, provides ethical safaris in Rwanda and Uganda Credit: Getty Fairness. It’s something we’ve heard a lot about during this pandemic. Between the three million people excluded from financial support during the Covid crisis, to exams being cancelled and student grades chosen by an algorithm, it feels like fairness has been in short supply. And so there has never been a better, or more important, time to consider whether your holidays perpetuate inequalities or whether they are a force for good. Are they fair? While the World Fairtrade Organisation...

Credit: Andrew Walmsley Tourists could be spreading the virus causing COVID-19 to wild mountain gorillas by taking selfies with the animals without following precautions. Researchers from Oxford Brookes University examined nearly 1,000 Instagram posts and found most gorilla trekking tourists were close enough to the animals, without face masks on, to make transmission of viruses and diseases possible. Examining the photos from people visiting mountain gorillas in East Africa, lead author and Oxford Brookes University Primate Conservation alumnus Gaspard Van Hamme said: "The risk of disease tr...