News from Home of Friends in Kapchorwa

Daan from Home of Friends in Kapchorwa writes: I felt it was time for a little update from our side.  Rooms The situation with rooms at Home of Friends is: 8 rooms & a 3-bedroom house From the 8 self-contained rooms, 5 rooms are single/double, 2 rooms are twin and 1 room is a triple. You can download …

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Mount Elgon and Kibale Forest

Jan & Mark write: We are working our way through Uganda with the help of your guide book and loving it. Just thought you would like to know that the road from Kenya into Uganda from the Suam border crossing on Mount Elgon is currently horrendous. The Chinese are working in it but as a …

Mount Elgon trip report

  Wil Resing writes: I did an Elgon trek in February 2015. Five days, dry weather, hardly anyone in the huge national park. No tents needed. On page 266 you wrote "Once on the trail there is only hut for hikers ...". But I have seen the Sasa Camp hut (looked new, but it was closed), …

Jinja, Mbale & Mt Elgon updates

Thanks to my co-author Andrew Roberts for these latest updates: Jinja The Deli has moved to a new site at the western end of Main Street. The new location, which is part of the Post Office building, has a large street frontage which is obviously the place for local expats and volunteers to hang out.  They do …