Entebbe
Fly to
Entebbe
flying time
8 hours 15 minutes
time difference
GMT +3 hours
Visas
Required for UK passport holders
Health Requirements
Yellow fever certificate required
Best time to travel
December - March, June - September
Weather
With a tropical climate, the hottest months are December to February. The main rainy season tends to be between April and May and then again from October to November. Due to the altitude the mountain air is a lot cooler. The best times to visit are Uganda are from December to March and from June to September.
Itineraries
Uganda Gorilla Safari
Highlights - Track rare mountain gorillas; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; Private tented accommodation... Read more ...
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Entebbe is a sleepy lakeside town and a starting point for any Uganda safari holiday not least as a staging post for visits to points of interest in and around Lake Victoria, most particularly Ngamba Island, and Jinja, the source of the White Nile.
Established as a chimpanzee sanctuary in 1998 and part of the Jane Goodall Institute, Ngamba Island is where chimpanzees saved from a life in captivity have been bought to for care and rehabilitation. A raised platform enables close viewing and makes feeding time an exciting activity to watch. An overnight stay, at a simple mobile camp, can be arranged.
Jinja caused much interest in the latter half of the nineteenth century as many of the great explorers of the age - Burton, Stanley, Speke - traversed the region to understand the connection between the different rivers and lakes in Africa's central highlands. Nowadays its interest lies with those with a thirst and thrill for white-water rafting and bungee jumping.
Suggested Entebbe Accommodation
Lake Victoria Serena Resort
Located on the shores of Lake Victoria in the Kigo District just a short twenty minutes drive from Entebbe International Airport is the Lake Victoria Serena Resort. Built in the style of a Roman villa...
The Boma Entebbe
Set in tropical gardens in a suburb just minutes form Entebbe International Airport, The Boma is one of Entebbe’s original and most exclusive hotels.
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Guest Testimonial
Quite simply excellent. If I could say one thing it is that Egypt is the place to go right now, as there were virtually no tourists at some of the sights and that,I should think, is quite rare!
- JW, Gloucestershire
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A&K Philanthropy
Bwindi Community Hospital
Near Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp provides health care to rural communities living adjacent to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, among some of the poorest people in the world.
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