It was supposed to be the highlight of our trip – the visit to the gorilla. We were in touch with several guides/agents in advance but could not fix the date because of our travel style. But they said that Bwindi would not be possible, so we drove to Kisoro – the gate to the...
We took a beautiful scenic route from Kabale around Lake Bunyonyi towards Kisoro town. The road is well paved, and it took us just 2.5 hours to get there with all our photo stops. The road has many sharp curves and stretches that immediately rise to a hill and drop down a steep incline...
Kabale is a small town between Mbarara and Kisoro, and it is near the southwest’s national parks and wildlife reserves, including Bwindi. We only drove through to the region’s star attraction, Lake Bunyonyi. As for Kabale itself, this lively market and university town...
We made another stop at the school in Katunguru, mainly because of the Czech flag on the school’s wall. We met the principal, who explained that some Czech people are helping the school, so they painted the flag on the wall to promote friendship between Uganda and the Czech Republic...
We had a terrible storm at night, and rainy weather continued today, so we were not sure if we should go on a game drive, but we risked it and jumped into the safari car (130 USD) and went to the Queen Elizabeth National Park (🎟️44 USD). It is often ranked highly as one of Uganda’s...
From the main road, we drove on gravel for around one hour through Queen Elizabeth National Park to the local community information center. We arrived late afternoon and paid for entrance to the lake area (🎟️36000 UGX, including a guide on a motorbike). Later, we used the place behind the...
On the way to Lake Katwe, we stopped at the new Equator Monument, designed by Eric Prince Ondia, who won the Joadah Innovation Challenge under the category ‘Best Equator Monument.’ The new monument is made of stainless steel and ‘elegantly showcases the globe with the equator line...
We stopped for lunch and some shopping in the provincial town of Kasese. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in Uganda and a stopover destination for tourists who flock west to explore the Queen Elizabeth National Park, hot springs, the Kazinga Channel, Kibale National Park, and access...
Friendly kids wawed on us from their nursery at the church, so we stopped and gave them some lollipops. The government doesn’t provide public pre-primary education, so families must rely on private providers, which can charge high fees. This was the community-run nursery, where...
We enjoyed the nice weather and drove around the legendary, mist-covered Rwenzori Mountains, which UNESCO named a World Heritage Site in 1994 because of their beauty and biodiversity. It’s the tallest mountain range in Africa, and several peaks are permanently covered by ice and glaciers...