Due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the world, it is indeed unpredictable to tell what changes may happen so at Biiso Africa Safaris we encourage all our travel clients to pay a deposit of 20%  only,  which is enough to cater for the essential Gorilla and Chimpanzee  trekking permits. All tours / trips that are book now are done with utmost flexibility.

Changing dates are easily without additional costs even if it is a week off to the starting date. Offering constant updates of the events happening periodically and occasionally share ideas along the way as the dates of travel approach. Incase of the event that the situation becomes worse or any other reason why the guest are unable to travel at all, we sell the permits and refund the deposit.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS in UGANDA

• Arriving Travelers are required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result from an accredited laboratory in their country of origin, issued within 72 hours of departure for Uganda. (Infants aged three years and under are exempt from COVID-19 negative test requirements, so long as they are with their by parents with COVID-19 negative certificates.)
• Face masks are to be always worn by all people above the age of 6 years old in public places.
• All Travelers must undergo temperature checks and health screening on arrival.
• Travelers departing are always advised to arrive at the airport at least four hours before their scheduled flights.
• Travelers must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, issued within 120 hours of departing.
• Travelers will always undergo temperature checking’s and health screening.
• The Nationwide curfew remains in place between 9:00pm and 6:00am, local time; social distancing of 1.5 m apart is required always
• Travelers exhibit signs and symptoms of infectious disease will be always transported to an isolation center for a COVID-19 test. waiting for their results, being available within 24 to 48 hours. If foreign nationals test positive for COVID-19 and wish to be repatriated to another facility outside Uganda, they can do so at their own cost and according to COVID-19 medical evacuation protocols..

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS in RWANDA

• All travelers arriving in to, and departing from Rwanda must be tested negative for COVID-19 within 120 hours of departure (meaning that you get tested and get results no more than 5 days before your first flight.)
• All travelers arriving in Rwanda must have a negative COVID-19 certificate. The only accepted test is a SARS-CoV 2 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), performed within 120 hours of departure for Rwanda. Other tests such as Rapid Diagnostics Tests (RT-PCR) are not accepted.
• Prior to arrival, all travelers must complete the Passenger Locator Form and upload their COVID-19 test certificate via www.rbc.gov.rw/travel.
• All travelers arriving in Rwanda will be screened upon entry and take a second RT-PCR test to confirm the negative results of the test done prior to arrival. Visitors will be required to wait about 24 hours for these test results in a designated transit hotel.
• If you are visiting any national park in Rwanda, you are required to schedule your visit within 72 hours of receiving a negative PCR test result. If your visit/s are more than 72 hours after the initial test on arrival in Rwanda, you will be required to take another COVID-19 test before visiting the National Parks.
• Travelers departing  are always encouraged to book and pay for their tests at least 2 days prior to departure.
• Preventive measures must be followed while traveling in Rwanda: physical distancing where possible; the wearing of masks is mandatory; temperature screenings before entering certain buildings are mandatory.
• A nationwide curfew is in place between 8:00pm and 4:00am local time.
• Face masks are to be worn by all people at all times in public places.

What You Can Do to Prevent Illness

There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease  (COVID-19). The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person:

• Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
• Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.

It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

African Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are categorized into two; the savanna elephants ( Loxodonta Africana ) and forest elephants ( Loxodonta cyclotis ). At the moment, the largest populations of Elephants in Uganda are found in Queen Elizabeth National Park, other Protected Areas with elephants are Murchison Falls National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park and Kibale Forest National Park and few in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Toro Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Katonga Wildlife Reserve, Budongo Forest Reserve.

They play a critical role in their ecosystem. They always shape their habitat in many ways. During the dry season, they dig up dry riverbeds and create watering. Their dung is full of seeds, helping plants spread across the environment also making good habitat for dung beetles too!

Both male and female African Elephants have tusks, which are continuously growing teeth. They use these tusks to dig for food, water and strip bark from trees. Males, whose tusks tend to be larger than females’, also use their tusks to battle one another.