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16) Pr3stige Apartments, 9 lumumba Avenue, nakasero, kampala UgandaTel: 0312265307 mob: +256702820100 Email: info@prestige-apartments.com website: www.prestige-apartments.com

17) Regency Suites and Apartments, 30 lugogo bypass, kampala. Tel: 0414251878 mob: +256752743212 Email: info@regency-suitesug.com website: www.regency-suitesug.com

18) Shangri-La Nyonyi Gardens hotel and apartments, kololo hill, nyonyi gardens. Mob: +256772222622/+256772222612 Email: nyonyi@hotel-apartment-uganda.com website: www.hotel-apartment-uganda.com

traditional colonial lodge

19) Speke Apartments, 19 Wampewo Avenue, kololo kampala Email: spekehotel@spekehotel.com website: www.spekehotel.com

20) Speke Resort munyonyo, kampala tel: 0414227111 Email: spekeresort@spekeresort.com website: www.spekeresort.com

21) Summit view Apartments kololo, 21/23 kololo hill tel: 0312298208 Email: contact@summitviewapartments.net website: www.summitviewapartments.net

22) Backpackers, natete road, lungujja. Tel: 0414274767 mob: +256772430587 Email: backpackers@infocom.co.ug

23) Red chilli hideaway, off portbell road mbuya, kampala. Tel: 0414223903 mob: +256772509150. Email: chilli@infocom.co.ug website. www.redchillihideaway.com

24) Lakeside Adventure Park, Bule Island, kampala mob: +256755214166 Email: info@lakeside.ug.com website: www.lakeside.ug

25) Africana Hotel, 2-4 Wampewo Avenue, kampala Uganda. Tel: 0414777000 mob: +2567752748080/1 Email: Africana@hotelafricana.com website: www.hotelafricana.com

26) Equatoria Hotel, 37-39 Will street. Tel: 0414250783

27) Fang fang hotel, 9 sezibwa road, nakasero kampala Uganda. Tel: 0414235828. Email: fangfanghotel@yahoo.com website: www.fangfanghotel.co.ug

28) Golf course Hotel, 64-88 yusuf lule road kampala Uganda. Tel: 041 4563500. Email: reservations@gofcoursehotel.com website: www.golfcoursehotel.com

29) Humura resorts, 3 kitante close, nakasero kololo. Tel: 041 4700400. Email: reservations@humura.or.ug website: www.humura.org

30) Kampala Serena hotel, 6-8 Nile Avenue, nakasero. Tel: 0414309000. Email: kampala@serena.co.ug website: www.serenahotels.com

31) Lake Victoria Serena Resort, Lweza-kigo road. Entebbe. Tel: 0417121000. Email: lakevictoria@serena.co.ug

32) Protea hotel: 4 upper kololo terrace, kololo kampala. Tel: 0414550000 Email: res@proteakla.co.ug website: www.proteahotels.com/kampala

33) Sheraton Hotel, Ternan Avenue, Nakasero kampala. Tel 0414420000. Email: reservations.kampala@sheraton.com

34) Sky hotel international limited, 1423, ntinda-naalya road. Mob: +256701838967. Email: info@skyhoteluganda.com website: www.skyhoteluganda.com

35) Emin Pasha Hotel, 27 Akibua road, nakasero. Tel:0414236977 email: info@eminpasha.com website: www.eminpasha.com

Comprising of only 11,000, the Ik community from northern Uganda are an attraction that is feared to be almost extinct. They reside in Kabong district on top of the Morongole hill. They mainly live in isolation, far away from other tribes up on the hill which takes 55 minutes to climb. They are not karamojong but look exactly like the karamojong. The Ik migrated from Ethiopia, crossed through Kenya and finally settled in Uganda on Morongole Mountain. Unlike the karamojong who dedicate their lives to keeping livestock, the Iks are farmers. They don’t have a staple food, to them, anything provided by God is food. However, hunting is a main activity. They practise hunting where men, women and children participate mainly to promote unity but most importantly to initiate the children into adulthood. It is during these hunting trips that helpful teachings are transferred from father to son.

the Ik have a striking resemblance with the Karamojong

The Ik strike a remarkable resemblance to the karamojong mainly because of the body piercing which are made using sharp razorblades and pins. These markings are considered to be serious beauty markings. They pierce big holes on their ear lobes, in this case the bigger the hole, the better. In these holes, they wear jewellery that work hand in hand with the body markings to bring out the beauty. The ear jewellery is crafted from cow horn while the waist and neck jewellery is carefully assembled from brightly coloured beads.

For a small community, the Iks have a rich culture which is evident in their way of life in general. this has in its own way, contributed to the tourism sector of Uganda as journalist/visitors travel from far and wide to participate in their communal activities in order to get to know much more about the few but closely woven IK.

mountain Elgon

Mountain Elgon is a high 4,321 extinct volcanic mountain with Wagagai as its peak. It is located near Mbale on the eastern border with Kenya. It’s a watershed with its slopes rich with a variety of vegetation zones ranging from montane forest to high open moorland that is home to the famous lobelia plant which the locals refer to as the love plant. Hikers prefer this mountain mostly because of its spectacular scenery. However, there is also a wide variety of other attractions like monkeys, antelope, elephant and buffalo. Elgon also boasts of 300 bird species that is not recorded elsewhere in Uganda. Researchers discovered ancient cave paintings at budadiri. The settlers around mountain elgon have occasionally visited the hot springs within the crater for medicinal purposes.

slopes of mountain of the moon

It has been recently discovered by the Uganda Wildlife Authority that encroachers are cutting down trees and poaching animals’ within Mountain Elgon National park. “The future of the mountain as a tourism site might be at stake following the relentless incursions by poachers” said Mr. Masereka John who is the chief warden at the park. Mr. Masereka said neighbouring residents have of late increased human activity into the protected wildlife zone mainly in search of game meat, lumbering and extraction of medicinal plants and establishing human settlement.

Tourism industry in Uganda is threatened and might decline due to the unchecked massive encroachment that has seen fancied birds and animals that have been the source of tourist attraction fleeing to Kenya and neighbouring countries where they can live peacefully.

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