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Murchinson Falls NP, Lake Bunyoni, Lake Chahafi, Mgahinga NP, Lake Mutanda and Bwindi NP NB: some practical info may be outdated as the report is more than a … Continue reading 2014 trip report
Category: Kabale
Wild Olives Lodge, Bwindi
Richard, owner of Wild Olives Lodge, writes: Wild Olives Lodge is in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and is located in Rubuguri town. It has 9 self contained rooms, they serve clients doing gorilla trekking to the Nkuringo and Rushaga gorilla families, and the current gorilla habituation experience in Rushaga. The lodge has restaurant and bar. It … Continue reading Wild Olives Lodge, Bwindi
Birding at Echuya Forest Reserve
Fred Hodgson writes: Lots of birders will no doubt have driven through parts of Echuya Forest Reserve as it lies on the main Kabale to Kisoro road. Fewer have found the time to stop and sample what it has to offer? I myself am guilty as time has always been pressing and the earlier roadworks … Continue reading Birding at Echuya Forest Reserve
August 2013 trip report
Geoff Wellard writes: Money With few exceptions, prices far higher than current edition, late 2009 accommodation +50%, food > double, transport, whether public or private too. MasterCard still very limited throughout country. Best still to change as much as possible at Forex bureaus in Kampala – can often up rate with a bit of encouragement, … Continue reading August 2013 trip report
Piet & Evelien’s trip report
Piet & Evelien write: We have been traveling for 3 weeks in Uganda, and hired a car with campingequipment from the company: Roadtripuganda, a Toyota RAV $60/day. and with good service. Address: Grace Musoke Road, Bukoto, Kampala I PO Box 1881 Kampala I http://www.roadtripuganda.com I Tel RTU: +256 773363012 I Okke: +256788925800 I Laura: +256788925799 some … Continue reading Piet & Evelien’s trip report
Uganda trip report, June 2012
General: - Maestro/MasterCard can be used with any Stanbic ATM, the limit per withdrawal was 250kS (250’000 Shilling), even if sometimes higher limits were stated on the screen; in my experience only one withdrawal per day per ATM, just try the next one for another withdrawal (mostly they have several) - Attention: Travelers Cheques are … Continue reading Uganda trip report, June 2012
Various updates
TRAVELLERS CHEQUES Do NOT take TRAVELLERS CHEQUES to Uganda. Stanbic bank no longer cash them apart from possibly in Kampala or Entebbe.. The only bank I saw on my travels that advertised cashing travellers cheques was Crane Bank in Kabale and there was a 13% penalty on £ sterling versus cash and about 8 % on US$. … Continue reading Various updates
