Maasai Villa Guest & Backpacker’s Home, Fort-Portal

Immaculate, owner of the new Maasai Villa Guest & Backpacker's Home, writes: Based on Rukurato Road, Boma, Fort-Portal, our new budget guesthouse has self-contained rooms, which can be used privately or on a shareable basis. while sharing each pays $10 per night without break fast which can be ordered desperately. one can order drinks, eats and hire …

Email address for Ruwenzori View Guesthouse, Fort Portal

Apologies to the Ruwenzori View Guesthouse for including an obsolete email address in the coming 8th edition of Bradt Uganda. The correct address is ruwview@gmail.com. Bra

Uganda Crater Lakes Tours, Fort Portal

Wei Jan Wang writes: I would like to inform you of a new tour called Uganda Crater Lakes Tours, at Fort Portal. I visited Uganda in December 2015, where I met Noah, who lives in the Fort Portal area in Uganda. Noah studied tourism and has been working as a tour guide for a number …

2016 trip report

Ninna writes: We were just in Uganda and had an amazing time! We used your guide book, which was of great help - informative, interesting and funny. Thank you so much! We were backpacking and realized that it wasn't that easy to get around with local transport. Perhaps (probably, hopefully) many more will be in …

Various 7th edition corrections

Ronald writes: Ever since 2003 when I started to work in Uganda I have used the Bradt guide for the trips we made in Uganda. I advised the guide to all our friends who came to visit us. I have always been impressed by the accuracy of the guide but I also understand that it cannot …

2014 trip report

Goran writes: Route travelled: Entebbe-Kampala-Fort Portal-Kasese-Kampala-Mbale-Sipi-Kampala-Murchison Falls NP-Kampala-Kabale-Kisoro-Buhoma-Butotoga-Kanunga-Kabale-Katuna-Kigali(Rwanda) Places visited: Entebbe, Fort Portal, Crater Lake Valley, Kibale NP, Rwenzori NP, Kampala, Sipi Falls, Mount Elgon NP, Murchinson Falls NP, Lake Bunyoni, Lake Chahafi, Mgahinga NP, Lake Mutanda and Bwindi NP   NB: some practical info may be outdated as the report is more than a …

Go Swamp Walk & Vanilla Tours Community Project

Stephen Akugizibwe  writes: We are 10 members from the crater lakes zones in Fort Portal trying to campaign for environmental conservation vis ecotourism. We have established an organization called Go Swamp Walk & Vanilla Tours, a community project located at Rwaihamba Trading Centre. This lies 22km from Fort Portal, taking the Kamwenge Road to Kasiisi Junction then forking right …