Accomodation within and outside the National Parks in Uganda is set to double as more than 20 sites are being developed, according to the Executive Director of UWA, Moses Mapesa.

He said 2 concessions in the World Famous Murchison Falls National Park, were about to be completed and these are Chobe and Pakuba lodges. Kidepo Apoka Lodge is being re-developed to accomodate more than 40 people, Great Lakes Safaris in Queen Elizabeth is one of the new developments.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a habitat to the globally-endangered mountain gorillas, is to get another accommodation facility at Ruhija. The park has accommodation facilities at Buhoma and Nkuringo.

By Eddy Kirya
Uganda Hotel News