Uganda is a country that is gifted by nature, nobody can question that.
From the water bodies, forests, good weather and mountains, but how have we used all these to promote tourism in Uganda.
We can promote some of our mountains by introducing mountain biking, this game has become popular in South Africa and Uganda can take some lessons from South Africa.
The South African mountain biking events calendar is headlined by the awesome Cape Epic, a 700km ultra-marathon that has its own international fan base from 40 countries around the globe.
In South Africa, mountain biking events range from the Barberton Mountain Bike Classic in gold country to the BekkerBundu Bash in the ancient Magaliesberg Mountains. There’s the classy Vigne a Vigne meander through the wine lands of the Western Cape to the amazing Trans-Baviaans Challenge from Willowmore to Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape.
Every week, it seems, there’s something new on the South African mountain biking events programme.
The MTN National Bike Series consists of five hard cross-country and downhill races and a seven-event National Marathon series.
If you’d like to keep on top of what’s going on in mountain biking in South Africa, then get hold of Tread Magazine. The founding editor, Sean Badenhorst, works with journalists and photographers who are dedicated mountain bikers. Tread rides the wave of what Badenhorst describes as ‘the coolest sport in South Africa’.