Discover Gulu this Christmas Season

Gulu to Murchison Falls this Christmas Holiday
Depart Gulu at 6.30am after an early morning cup of tea/coffee start the day with a  drive to the MFNP. We access the park via the northern gate that is Tanga Gate. The game drive then begins as soon as we enter this gate, On the drive you may see different animals unique to the African Savannah vegetation. These include lions, leopards, giraffes, antelopes, elephants, and many warthogs. Go to the lodge for lunch and later take a launch cruise on the Nile River. The cruise which takes you to the bottom of the thundering falls involve a scenic view of schools of hippos, huge crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and a variety of water birds such as the rare shoebill, cormorants, ducks, bee-eaters, skimmers, fish eagle, kingfishers and herons.
After the boat safari we drive back to Gulu.
Feel free to visit www.gulutours.com to arrange this trip.

Visiting Sir Samuel Baker Fort in Patiko,

The Sir Samuel Baker Fort in Patiko, is one of the few historical sites that we have in Uganda today. Fort Patiko as its commonly known was a site where slaves were being assembled by the Arabs before being shipped off to the Middle slaves. This fort was later taken over by Sir Samuel baker who set up a military base here to partly  try to fight this vice.
A visit to Fort Patiko today still carries with it fresh memories of the past, the trenches that were used by the soldiers are still visible, the cells were captives were being held still existent, the monument of Sir samuel baker also stands tall in this area. The Fort Patiko despite not being a well developed Tourism site has a rich history as can be told by the Tour guides and local communities with this area.

Presidential Election trail in Gulu

The President of Uganda Federal Alliance Beti Olive Namisango Kamya yesterday blamed the two-decade northern war on government’s deliberate failure to grant Ugandans a federal system of governance.

While addressing a mammoth crowd  in Gulu town yesterday, Ms Betty Kamya said rebel leader Joseph Kony was prompted to fight the government because of the uneven distribution of national resources, a problem which federalism addresses.
Olive Betty Kamya is one of the candidates contesting for the 2011 presidential elections in Uganda. She also suggested that Northern Uganda's tourism potential would benefit the locals more under the federal system of governance.

Fire guts Gulu Town

Residents of Gulu Town awoke to a rude shock when fire gutted a number of building in the Gulu town centre on saturday morning. The fire is said to have been caused by an electric short circuit in one of the buildings, writes Okello Anthony. Properties worth millions of shillings was destroyed in the incident. The residents of Gulu town also blamed the slow response of the fire brigade who took alot of time to arrive at the scene. Nevertheless they blocked the fire from spreading to other buildings.