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Tourism news, the people behind it, and the businesses it moves — reported from the ground.

The Rwenzori mountains rising behind Kasese town in western Uganda
news4 min

Kasese joins the world road-running map

The fifth Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon ran as a World Athletics Label Road Race — a first for Uganda, and only the third in East Africa.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 24 August 2026

Open savannah under a wide sky in western Uganda
business7 min

Inside Uganda's next tourism boom

Arrivals are climbing again, but the shape of the recovery is not what the sector expected. A look at who is actually coming, and what they want.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 18 August 2026

Dense rainforest canopy in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
wildlife6 min

The conservation maths behind every permit

What a gorilla permit actually pays for, and why the number is set where it is.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 11 August 2026

A crater lake ringed by forest near Fort Portal
news5 min

Can a town brand itself into a destination?

Fort Portal was designated Uganda's tourism city. Four years on, what has actually changed on the ground.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 4 August 2026

Snow-covered peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains
people8 min

The guides who built the west

Before the lodges and the labels, a generation of Kasese and Fort Portal guides taught the first visitors how to look.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 28 July 2026

Open country and low hills in the West Nile region
adventure6 min

Race the Nile

Eight hundred kilometres across West Nile by bicycle, and what a cycling route does for districts that no safari circuit reaches.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 19 July 2026

A view across the city of Kampala
business5 min

One visa, six countries, and the gaps in between

Regional tourism integration reads well in a communiqué. Here is what it looks like at a border post.

Pack 'n Go Desk · 9 July 2026