Entebbe Travel Guide

Entebbe is a city built on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda. The city is the location of the international airport. The drive to or from Kampala is about an hour. The United Nations uses Entebbe as a depot and staging area for their vehicles and heavy equipment that are part of peace keeping and other missions in the central African region. Entebbe offers a relaxed stop-over alternative to Kampala on your way into or out of the country by airplane, as the air is clean, the streets are safe to walk, and the old colonial gardens and parks with the lake in the background make for a serene atmosphere. Temperatures in Entebbe range from 15.4 to 29.15 (Celcius). Rainfall in Entebbe varies from 225.0 to 711.0 (mm/month). Get in To get to Entebbe, one must show intrepid and insightful research skills. It is not hard to catch a ride to Entebbe--the difficulty lies in understanding the journey itself. There is a small minibus go to Entebbe from Kampala every 30 minutes or 1 hour. The fee is USh 2000 (1.8 USD) but for foreigners ussually the driver will ask for USh 2500 (2.3 USD. The journey itself will take 45 minutes to 1 hour. You can take the minibus in the minibus station near to the Kampala central market with sign of every town destination. The road between Entebbe and Kampala is very good, it takes about 40 minutes if there is no traffic jams in Kampala. A taxi (shared mini-bus/matatu) costs 1000 shilling if going to Kampala and 1500 to Entebbe! Get around Boda-boda (Motorcycle Taxi) is the easiest choice to go around. As boda-boda accidents are one of the most common medical concerns in Uganda, hiring a taxi from a trusted source (decent hotel, friend, or colleague recommendation) may be wiser. See The Botanical Gardens - while not spectacular, the gardens are of interest to botanists and bird-watchers. They host stands of large trees in a parklike setting, an alleged filming site of a "Tarzan" movie, a troop of colobus monkeys, and various bir...
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