Kampala is adynamic city of close to3million people built on seven hills,Kampala during day time of the British colonialits had a lot of impalas in the forests around and that’s where derived its name Kampala.
In this one or half day around Kampala your able to see the following interesting places with a lot of history attached to them.
the uganda museum
The Uganda martyrs shrine Namugongo (Christian martyrs)
Bahai temple
Kasubi tombs
And art and craft galleries
Makerere university
Under ground prisons of Amin Dada[former president]
The kingspalance of Buganda
Visit the catholic and protestants main churches
Jinja is located East of Kampala 80km,about one and half hour.Jinja was once the capital city of Uganda and its from here that the nile starts its long journey of 4000miles to the miditerenean sea.
Other interesting things to see include:
The source of the mighty river Nile,
Do aboat trip on the river nile and lake victoria.
Visit mabira natural forest with monkeys,
Tea plantations,
Sugarcane plantations,
Drive around jinja town,
The owenfalshydro electric dam,
The ssezimbwa falls,
OdayChimpanze tour to Ngambaisland.
This island is aproject of chimpanzee sanctuary and wild life conservation trust established in 1997by the born free foundation[UK]
The island consists of approximately 100acres, 98 of these acres are forested.The island was official opened to visitors in October 1999 and currently home to over 40orphaned chimpanzes.
Have aclose up chimpanzee encounter and make adifferenceint the lives of chimpanzes.
There are two trips for this one day chimpanzee exprieence, the morning trip which leaves at 9am and comesback at 1pm then the afternoon trip which leaves at 1pm and comes back at 5pm.
Motorized modern engine empowered boats are used while visiting these memorable island both in the morning and afternoon trips and always life jackets are provided and these boats take between 10 to 20people.
On your way to the island you travel on lake victoria necessitating you to new nice sceneries, bird,monkeys plus other Islands.
Entebbe is famous for the EtebbeInternationa Airport and i’tsboardered by the farmouslake victoria almost in all directions and in Entebbe you see the following.
The Uganda wild life education centre and here are able to see almost all the animals we have in Uganda and while here your taught or brieferedmore about the animals we have in Uganda while seeing them such as the Lions,Leopards, Hynas, Gorillas,Chimpanzes Elephants Giraffe,Crocodiles.
In Entebbe you also visit the famous botanical gardens.Its agovernment reserved area well covered by big trees of with therebioloagical namesplaced on them and some have stayed for more than 100years.its awell protected big area and looked after well by the government plenty of nice flowers,birds plus avariety of monkeys.
You also visit the snake packs/reptile village
Visit the sand beaches on lake victoria
It’s the nearest park inUganda from kampala, its about 250km which takes about 4hours towards western Uganda.The park is famous for having zebras and other animals like the antelopes,buffalos,Hippos,Warthogs,birds etc. Aboat trip can also be taken while at lake mburo national park to view plenty of Hippos,birdsetc
This island is located on Lake Victoria, about 30kms from Entebbe. The island is well endowed or famous for hosting a lot of birds than any other places in Uganda, having more than 300 species of birds, with the famous being the shoebill, others include the white winged tern, gill-billed tern etc. Other activities while here include shoebill tracking, village walks, crafts hops, canoe trips, cultural tours, nature walks, bird watching etc.
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