Kampala-The ministry of State for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities has launched Easter holidays getaway packages for various destinations across Uganda ahead of Easter season.
The ministry has partnered with major domestic holiday hubs that attract the bulk of Ugandans and in each of these destinations identified some moderately priced l odges and hotelsason that Ugandans can contact for great Easter packages using the “DTF Easter 2022” promo code.
While launching this partnership at Uganda Media center on Monday, Martin Bahinduka Mugarura, the Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities said this is one of the strategies the ministry is undertaking to promote domestic tourism service in the country.
“For many years, the marketing of the tourism services in Uganda has been heavily skewed towards key international markets. Very little effort is targeted towards the domestic form of the service or the domestic market. Destinations for international in bound tourists are marketed for domestic tourists, yet the two tourists have different motivations” Said the minister
He said as a ministry and most especially after the Covid 19 pandemic, they have decided to make some very strategic inroads towards promoting the domestic tourism service.
“In order to be able to achieve this, we have teamed up with the private sector members like the Uganda Hotel Owners Association, the Domestic Tourism Forum comprised of leading domestic tourism service providers like Breathtaking Uganda, TravelNeza, Umoja Conservation Trust, Vilakazi Safaris, Ikorom Safaris, various domestic airlines plying the local routes like Aero Link, Bar Aviation, public transport providers and several leading regional tourism clusters” added Minister Mugarura
Below is a list of the destinations and hotels the ministry has partnered with under this campaign
| Destination | District | Hotels/lodges |
| Lake-Bunyonyi | Kabale | i) Kabale Safari Club
ii) Keije Lodge iii) Birdnest Lodge iv) Villagio Eco Lodge v) Tuzza vi Little Ritz
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| Ssesse Islands | Kalangala | i) Brovad Sands Lodge
ii Ssese Leisure Beach Hotel iii) Victoria Forest Resort iv) Pelican Beach Resort Hotel
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| Jinja Adventure City | Jinja | i) Nile Bridge Cottages
ii) Lemala Wild Waters Lodge iii) Bunjee Uganda iv) Ziplining Mabira v) Rain Forest Lodge, Mabira vi) Kingfisher Lodge, Jinja
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| Kapchorwa-Sipi falls | Mbale | i) Sipi Valley Resort
ii) Rafiki lodge iii) Sipi River Lodge iv) Noah’s Ark lodge v) Endiro Café Sipi vi) Home of friends, Kapchorwa vii) Kapkwai Mt. Elgon Bandas
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| Semuliki | Kabarole, Kibale | i) Rwatera Safari Lodge
ii) Home Bliss Lodge iii) Nyaika Hotel iv) Mountains of the moon v) Chimpundu lodge vi) Rwenzori Travellers Inn
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| Queen Elizabeth, Rwenzori Mountains | Kasese, | i) Equator Snow Lodge, Rwenzori
ii) Equator Voyager Lodge iii) WildTrack Overlanders Camp iv) Simba Safari lodge v) Njovu Lodge vi) Kikorongo Safari lodge vii) Ihamba Lodge viii) Mweya UWA Bandas ix) Kazinga Channel Resort Hotel x) Twin Lakes Safari Lodge xi) The Observatory and Cloud Nine Homestays
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| Bwindi, Ishasha sector | Kanungu | |
| Murchison falls | Masindi, Hoima | i) Ikorom Safari Lodge
ii) Vilakazi Safari lodge iii) Tilenga Safari lodge iv) Red Chilli lodge v) Kabalega Resort Hotel, Masindi vi) Kabalega Resort Hotel, Hoima vii) Mika Resort, Hoima, viii) Kikonko Lodge ix) Bugoma Jungle lodge x) Sambiya River Lodge
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| Kampala, Mukono, Entebbe, Mpigi
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Kampala, Mukono, Entebbe, Mpigi
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i) Speke Resort Munyonyo
ii) Nature’s Green Resort iii) UWEC Bandas iv) Ngamba Chimpanzee Island Sanctuary v) Shirland Hotel, Bwebajja vi)Kisubi Cottages
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