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In the Wild: Uganda’s Top Lodges to Visit This Year

Trevor LutaloFood, Wine & Fine Dining Lifestyle The Executive TravelerJune 15, 2025June 16, 2025

Uganda, rightfully dubbed the “Pearl of Africa,” continues to cement its reputation as a premier luxury safari destination. From the misty mountains home to endangered mountain gorillas to the vast…

TOURISM SECTOR RECOVERY: Uganda must put money where its mouth is; we talk too much⏤ Amos Wekesa

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO Perspectives News & Analysis The Big StoryMarch 22, 2024March 22, 2024

And he doesn’t just talk, he also puts money where his mouth is. His new Tanzanian outfit, Mwamba Lodge Tarangire Limited has gotten a 50-year lease to run the former…

BIG MOVE: Amos Wekesa acquires tourist lodge in Tanzania

CEO East Africa MagazineHospitality & Tourism News & Analysis The Big StoryMarch 22, 2024March 22, 2024

Amos Wekesa, the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Great Lakes Safaris and Uganda Lodges has expanded his regional footprint, by acquiring a tourist lodge next to Tarangire National…

Amos Wekesa’s 12 tips on how to make money in tourism

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryOctober 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Amos Wekesa’s 22-year tourism story is a typical ‘started from the bottom, now we are here’ story. He proudly indicates on his CV that he started out as a…