What is Covid-19 visitor rules towards to Uganda?

 What is Covid-19  Visitor Rules  To  Uganda

Covid -19 did not spare Uganda. Though it is still at its lowest in terms of people affected.   Visitors wishing to do uganda safaris and tours  must have tested negative for at least 72 hours. All travelers arriving in Uganda must have a negative COVID-19 certificate. The only accepted test is a SARS-CoV 2 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) performed within 120 hours of departure (meaning travelers must be tested and get results within 5 days of their first flight). Other tests, such as Rapid Diagnostics Test (RDTs), are not accepted.

  All travelers arriving or transiting through  border points of Rwanda, Kenya Tanzania and .Sudan  will be screened upon entry ton arrival and be allowed to proceed on you tour to Uganda.

For Rwanda  all travelers are required to wait 24 hours for the results of their COVID-19 test in a designated transit hotel. All COVID-19 prevention measures announced by the Ministry of Health must be respected during waiting period• The Government of Rwanda has negotiated special rates at designated transit hotels for the 24 hour waiting period. Should a guest wish to remain in the hotel after receiving negative test results, they are welcome to extend their stay at the hotel’s applicable rates.

While in Uganda visitors after showing certificate  convid -19 will be allowed to proceed on safari with your guide.  I is rtill not easy to cross from either country to another and am still gathering information as to whether will be allowed to cross from Uganda to Rwanda.  As of today they allow visitors who are passing at one entry that is airport. 

While doing Uganda safari , gorilla tracking has been resumed  and it is going on smoothly.  We at Travel Hemispheres are arranging tours and safaris to all destination parts of the country. Your  itinerary  and cost  to track gorillas  in Uganda will tailor-made for your interests and taste.  . We also have golden monkey tracking  activity in Uganda.

 

Covid19 lockdown a look into how to promote domestic tourism in Africa.

As we fight Covid 19 lockdown in Africa , we are yet to fight another  economic pandemic of no activity in tourism fraternity.  Africa will be experiencing financial problems revenue that used to be generated from tourism. Generally all tourism in Africa depends on foreign tourists who come from other continents mostly America and Europe.  These continents are being hit harder by Covid19 . What does this one mean it means that even their economies are facing difficulties and jobs are being lost.  People loosing jobs are potential tourists in Africa. For example in America it  is being speculated that only in fuel industry , about 6 million jobs have been lost  or affected.  Where does this one leave Africa. It means we shall be experiencing few  or little business of levels of inflows of tourists we were receiving in African safaris.

Here in Africa our tourism industry has been surviving on foreign tourists.  Now the future is unpredictable of the inflows. Many tours packages that were booked and confirmed are being called and few are being rescheduled. What does this one mean , it tells us that some hotels and lodges will go with empty rooms for quite some time and future is unpredictable. 

Tour and safari handlers call them tour operators  survive on commission what these tourist spend and the difference help tour operators to survive. Tour operators packages are all designed to attract foreign tourists. At any no time have tour operators targeted domestic tourism. 

Uganda countryside

Murchison falls in uganda

Its high time African  safari tourism stake holders meet and consolidate how to harness domestic tourism as we wait for the foreign tourism to come back in full swing. It’s the onus of Park /wildlife authorities call them those who look after national   parks come together with hotel and lodge owners and tour operators call them tour agents  meet and deliberate the way forward. Many countries have tourist boards that are in charge of marketing each country destination . Its high time to promote domestic tourism to fellow country men.