28 September 2010 – LAUNCH OF LAKE VICTORIA KAYAK EXPEDITION 2010

2010 Lake Victoria KAYAK  Expedition LOGO  was unveiled today . The Kayak expedition  in the largest Inland lake in the World  is a joint  effort  by  many individuals , Sponsors and  organizations from  Italy-Kenya -Uganda  to  support Drinking Water, Adventure Tourism in East Africa  and to bring awareness to the climate change threatening the Lake.

The logo design ; The paddle is to  represent the enviromentally frinedly  sport of Canoeing  , Hippo represent Tourism and the Environment of Lake Victoria and Drops of Water represent the Drinking water Project supported  through AMREF.

The Expedition will start from Source of Nile in Jinja, Uganda on 16 November  and finish at Kisumu Yacht Club in Kisumu, Kenya on 21st November. 

It will  be an epic voyage of  courage and perserverance against  Natural  and Logistical odds  by  Italy  Team led by Francesco Gambella a world record Holder , and Kenya Team Led by  Seif Patwa through 300km in rough and unpredictable Lake Victoria  for 5 days and nights.

Some opportunities for sponsorship  for logistical support do still exist before and during the Expedition .Please contact  the undersigned.
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Lake Victoria KAYAK  Expedition is supported by  the following;

Confederation of African Canoeing (CAC), Mr Francesco Gambella,  Kenya Watersports Trust,  Mayor of Kisumu, Kisumu Yacht Club , Bumbe Canoeing Club-Kenya , Italian Canoe Federation, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Destination Jungle (Uganda ), Italian Embassy in Uganda, Occhi sul mondo  TV Producer -Italy, Rai Tv -Uno Mattina

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Seifudin PATWA
Kenya Water Sports Trust
Secretary General
Confederation of African Canoeing (CAC)
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Destination Jungle after TOP RESA Paris 2010

Destination jungle Paris Destination Jungle was member of the delegation of Ugandan tour operators exhibiting at the TOP RESA International French Travel Market in Paris from 21st to 24th September 2010. This was the first time for Uganda to attend the most important professional tourism exhibition of France. It was crucial the role played by our company, Sylvia Kalembe of Tourism Uganda and the Ugandan Embassy in Paris, represented by H. E. Madam Elizabeth Paula Napeyok. She welcomed us starting from the airport up to the last toast after the show from the embassy quarters. My impression is that the French operators are still not aware of countries like Uganda or Rwanda as destinations. The number of journalists and travel writers we received is encouraging for the future and we shall support them with enough information to present our products to the French public at large. When I went for the first time in Madrid at Fitur in 2006 that was also the first time for Uganda, but a lot of progress was made with time.

We shall persist showing our professional services to French operators and not giving up for the little success of this venture. As H. E. said while toasting for Uganda, “sometimes we need to do something for the country and for the betterment of Uganda, even when the results will be far in the long term”.
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