At Nature Adventure Africa Safaris, we are more than tour guides who bring people from all walks of life out to experience Uganda’s amazing wilderness and fantastic wildlife. We are also conservationists, people who want to see the Pearl of Africa’s wildlife protected for present and future generations. We strive to educate visitors about the challenges wildlife in Uganda is facing, and are not afraid of answering tough questions, including addressing thorny topics that all people deserve to know about.
We want your Uganda safari tours to be amazing. But at the same time, we want you to be aware of the challenges wildlife in our country face daily. We hope that educating you can spread awareness to all four corners of the globe about the fight to save wildlife.
While Queen Elizabeth National Park is an amazing safari destination, it is not without its daily struggles. Some of these issues include bush meat poaching, invasive plant species, and human-wildlife conflict.
For example, many people live around and even within the park with their cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs. Sometimes people lose their livestock due to large carnivore species, such as lions, leopards, and hyenas. Understandably, many local people become angry with the carnivores for doing what comes naturally, and some have even killed lions in response.
Though it might be understandable to become angry about these situations, the better thing to do is look for solutions. That is why Nature Adventure Africa Safaris is partnered with the Uganda Carnivore Program, a local organization that is dedicated to the research and conservation of lions, leopards, and hyenas in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Not only does Uganda Carnivore Program engage in radio collaring to monitor the carnivores and keep track of their population status, they also help financially compensate local people if and when a valued cow, goat, sheep, or pig is lost to a carnivore. In exchange, people have become more tolerant to the presence of large carnivores.
In addition, the Uganda Carnivore Program provides education to local communities about better ways of protecting livestock and helps fund safe kraals and improved goat pens in order that livestock remains safe, especially at night.
This is just one area that we want to educate visiting tourists about. For more information on the Uganda Carnivore Program, please visit http://www.uganda-carnivores.org. You can even book an experiential carnivore tour with them through the Uganda Wildlife Authority. We would be happy to work with you in order that you come to Uganda as a tourist, but leave as a conservationist!
