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New for 2015: You can join our avian team in training and providing enrichment of birds. Learn about the different bird behavior and conservation status. Get an insight on how our team works with them during open sessions on Saturday morning. Meet interesting feathered friends including; peacocks, hens, parrots and many more every Saturday and […]

Be part of the first people to take part in a thrilling one hour walk and experience with the cheetah as they make their daily enrichment exercises through the centre. Discover many amazing facts and experiences as you listen to the keeper talks and take photos of a life time. Contact our marketing and reservation […]

Since July, our Education and Information Department has had a busy outreach schedule in both East (Jinja) and South Western Uganda (Kisoro, Hoima). The team reached out to over 5000 people, school and communities in the above areas. Your school or community can invite our team for a conservation talk. . Uganda trip planner

Following the end of his four months quarantine period and two weeks integration with a physical barrier between the pride and Letaba. It was all joy and excitement as our new male lion- Letaba finally joined the three girls. There was no aggression or any attacks on the females as anticipated by the keepers, except […]

On 31st July, 2015 the management of Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Uganda Wildlife Authority and Santa Barbara Zoo, California- USA signed a three year Memorandum of Understanding. The main objective of the tripartite collaboration is to maximize the conservation and preservation of the giraffe and ostrich populations in Kidepo Valley NP, and to improve livelihoods […]

Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Wildlife Day on 3rd March, 2015. The celebrations started with pre events on 2nd March, 2015 in Kampala. These were presided over by the Minister for Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities, Honorable Maria Mutagamba. They included public match which ended at the Uganda Museum with […]

It was all joy as Letaba, a 6- Year old lion that was donated to Uganda by the Lion Park- South Africa, touched grounds at Entebbe International Airport on Saturday 18th April, 2015. Letaba went through the normal customs clearance and was immediately handed over to the waiting crew that largely comprised Ministry of Tourism […]

We were scheduled for a half-day excursion to Ngamba Island but the boat motor wasn’t working so our Wild Frontiers guide substituted this “Behind-the-Scenes” zoo tour. What great luck! Our guide, Nicholas, offered in-depth information on each of the exhibits and carefully explained the mission-specific rehabilitation work of this organization. We piled in the back […]

I hate zoos. This is not like the ones back home in Singapore or the western owrld. It is many many acres (bring your walking shoes!). The animals here have all been rescued from poachers, found injured or orphaned or otherwise saved. The enclosures are roomy and imitate the animals natural habitat. Not exactly like […]

It was all pant hoots and excitement from our residents- the chimps, immediately they accessed the new enrichment facilities at the island. This was after a few hours wait, when the team worked tirelessly in constructing swings. Through our collaboration with the three Yokohama zoos; Zoorasia, Nogoyema and Kanazawa. The three Japanese experts that spend […]