Mweya In the News

Mweya Safari Lodge features in National Geographic Magazine, March 2012

February 16th, 2012; Visions of Earth by National Geographic Magazine

Each month, National Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth. In their March 2012 publication, they feature an image from Mweya Safari Lodge.

Mweya Safari Lodge Welcomes USAID-Uganda’s Economic Team

January 23rd, 2012 by Ashley Silver

On January 23rd, 2012, Mweya Safari Lodge had the pleasure of hosting USAID’s Economic Development team on their field visit to projects in the Kasese region.

Count Hippos at Mweya Safari Lodge in Africa

January 7th, 2012; Uptake by Nancy D. Brown

You don’t have to be an African safari expert to become a volunteer hippo census-taker. In fact, if you have never set foot in East or South Africa, you are more than welcome to come along on this adventure. Mweya Safari Lodge invites travelers to Queen Elizabeth National Park to help the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) cruise along the water in a six-passenger boat, counting hippo heads.

Queen Elizabeth National Park, a protected birding paradise

November 8th, 2011; The New Vision by Deusdedit Ruhangariyo

In 1954 the Government of Uganda gifted 1978km of land to the world, a nature preserve to be used as a living laboratory for scientific research, eco-tourism and tropical forest management. The Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Park stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori range in the North, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the South, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from Savanna and wetlands to gallery and lowland forest.

Africa Wild & Welcoming

September 22nd, 2011 by Ross Gerber - Shorline Magazine

Uganda has been dubbed "The Perl of Africa" by Sir Winston Churchill and so it is. A country located on the northwest shores of Lake Victoria, it is a fertile gem in sub-Saharan Africa. This East African country is known for its retiring, gracious inhabitants whose smiles speak volumes above their soft voices and whose gentle demeanor welcomes visitors.