2012 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which runs November 2-4, have gone on go sale globally today. Now in its fourth year, it is anticipated that the weekend will again host a sell-out crowd with 50,000 spectators gathering atYas Marina Circuit to watch the excitement. “We work very hard to raise the bar every year,” saidRichard Cregan, Chief Executive Officer, Yas Marina Circuit....

A number of tour operators from Uganda have visited Seychelles for four days sponsored by Uganda Travel Bureau and Seychelles Tourism Board to know what the country has. This has been the first time the Ugandan tour operators have received such invitation yet they have been selling the destination to Ugandans mostly those on a honey moon. The managing Director of UTB, Pearl Hoareau said 643 Ugandans  ...

Day 1: City Tour Arrive at Entebbe international airport. You will be met by a representative from Katona tours who will transfer you to your hotel. Embark on the city tour and visit prominent places like: Namugongo matyres shrine, Bahai temple, Uganda Museum, Makerere University, Kasubi tombs, Iteso cultural dance near Kasubi, Namirembe and Rubaga cathedral, Kabaka’s lake, shopping arcades in...

The Mbulia Group Ranch, located along the boundaries of Tsavo West National Park, has recently signed a long term agreement with New African Territories to turn 11.400 acres of their land into a wildlife conservancy on which a new tented eco lodge is being set up to cater for tourist visitors. Overwhelmingly a dry area the acreage proved to be of little value to either farming or livestock grazing...

Day 1 Morning arrival or mid afternoon arrival into Kanombe International Airport at Kigali. Our representatives will meet you and transfer on a lovely 2.5 hour drive through winding roads to the Mountain Gorillas Nest Lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight. Day2 With gangers, guides and security personnel. Start the days gorilla trekking in the parc des volcans. The trek ends approximately one...

After threatening attack on the wildlife in Virunga National Park, Conservationists have condemned massive measures to track down poachers and increase patrols to avoid such threats onto the mountain gorillas as they are the most important tourism attraction in the National Park. The Virunga Massif, which is shared by Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is the only mountain...

Italians will be able to take their Valentine to the Seychelles on a new nonstop service when it was confirmed overnight that Italys Blue Panorama Airline will commence operations from Milan via Rome to Mahe on the 14th of February this year, following an agreement between the two countries over traffic rights. The initial single weekly frequency will be doubled to two flights a week from July onwards. (STBs...

In an extraordinary spirit of Christmas did the MAIA Luxury Resort and Zil Air team up with the Rotary Club of Victoria to fly Santa Claus to over 40 children of the Presidents Village, assembled near the MAIA helipad. Corporate Seychelles has for long made special efforts, and been quite creative in the past, when it came to giving orphans and the disadvantaged in society the spirit of Christmas but...

Urahirwa with lesionOn Tuesday, one-and-a-half-year-old infant Urahirwa from Ntambara’ s gorilla group was found to be lethargic, not moving much and, worst of all, not suckling. Mother Kubaka was carrying the infant on her back. Urahirwa had a severe skin lesion around her nose and mouth. She had been fine on Sunday, and on Monday the group was not monitored because the gorillas were in a deep...

(Today in the skies over Kenya, the new B787 Dreamliner. Picture courtesy of Boeing) When the Dreamliner will land later this morning, at 10.45 hrs eta to be precise, in Kenyas capital Nairobi for the first time ever, and by the looks of the programme captained by a Kenyan pilot, history will be made for not just for the aviation fraternity, who will be cramming the area outside the security fence...