International Primate Day

International Primate Day

This Friday, 1st September is International Primate Day – a dedicated occasion to honor, learn about, and take action for our planet’s diverse array of primates. With just a few hours left, it’s time to gear up for a day filled with awareness, appreciation, and advocacy for our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Primates,…

The Canopy Walk in the Nyungwe Forest National Park

Rwanda Updates 2023

Effective January 2023, the management of Nyungwe National Park made changes to its pricing for some of it’s activities with the aim objectives of: (1) Simplifying the existing pricing for visitors and harmonization of the pricing structure between two Rwandan parks whose management is entrusted to African Parks (Akagera and Nyungwe). 2) Facilitating longer stays…

Dance, Bokwe community near Budongo Lodge

Educational Fam Trip 2023

Join us on our annual agents Educational Fam Trip We would once again like to let you know that we are organizing an exciting and adventurous Fam trip to destination Uganda and Rwanda scheduled for May 2023.                              For more details about this trip,…

Experience Africa – London

Experience Africa – London

Great Lakes Safaris & Uganda Lodges will be exhibiting at Experience Africa in London 22nd-24th June. We are excited to be back meeting with our trade partners and industry friends face to face. If you are attending the event then please add us to your meeting lists or look out for our UK representative Adele Cutler…

Amos Wekesa, founder and CEO of Great Lakes Safaris
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Learn a bit more about our founder and CEO Amos Wekesa when we ask him his favourite things ….

Favourite Place in Africa Murchison Falls National Park I have been lucky to travel across most of Africa and I do like areas of north Kenya but my favourite place is Murchison Falls National Park right here in my home country of Uganda. I make sure I visit as often as I can. Its such…

Amos’ Life Lessons
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Amos’ Life Lessons

Amos Masaba Wekesa, is the founder of Great Lakes Safaris and Uganda Lodges Limited. Born and raised in Eastern Uganda, he has an inspiring and humbling background that reflects the person he is today, and the strong values and vision he has for company and staff. My life could have been very different, being born…