Entebbe town

Introduction

Entebbe Town, where the only International Airport in Uganda located, is your entry point into Uganda with the destination’s introductory attractions. It is a town on a peninsula on Lake Victoria, in Central Uganda Wakiso district. Its main attractions include busy Beaches on the largest lake in Africa (Lake Victoria), Golf Course, Shopping Malls, Botanical Gardens, Islands, and the Reptiles village. The lakeside Uganda Wildlife Education Centre protects endangered species in Uganda, forest, and savanna habitats. Nearby, Entebbe Botanical Garden has diverse plants, birds, and monkeys. Also close by is the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, which protects orphaned chimps.

Entebbe municipality

Entebbe is the prettiest and most charming town on Lake Victoria. It is like a summer lake resort where no more business is undertaken than is absolutely necessary.

The town spreads in a passive, careless way over a low down which slopes, in an equally easy fashion, to the lake. Its houses are more or less lost among the trees, for a significant part of Entebbe is heavily wooded.

Entebbe is even more attractive when seen close at hand than when viewed from afar. It is a picnic-suggesting haven amid a well-timbered botanical gardens park, the grass of which comes down to the water’s edge.

On reaching the high ground, Entebbe sits on a peninsula nearly surrounded by Lake Victoria’s waters. You can see a glimpse of Lake Victoria through a gap in trees or palisade of palm trunks from every point.

The view from the height upon which the State House stands is unequalled for charm. It shows a broad arm of the sea, alive with islands, stretching inland to be lost among the tree-covered hills. It is a flood of blue water pouring eagerly into the great green forest. Its shores are marked by capes of palms, creeks full of violet mist, and gracious sand-rimmed bays of indescribable enchantment.

Sprawling along the Lake Victoria shore, some 40 kilometres south of Kampala, Entebbe exudes a tropical languor atmosphere. And particularly for those with a strong interest in natural history. It makes for an altogether more appealing introduction to Uganda than the capital city Kampala with a lot of traffic jam

And even if you stay in Kampala, this pretty lakeshore town is worth a visit if only for its wonderful botanical garden, which is teeming with birds and practically guarantees close-up views of black-and-white colobus monkeys. Ngamba Chimpanzee Island on Lake Victoria, Mabamba Swamps, Ssese (Kalangala) Islands, and UWEC Zoo powerfully introduce Uganda’s top attractions.

Spend a day or two in Entebbe before/after your countryside journey. There’s accommodation to cater to all travel styles. From budget hostels to upmarket luxury hotels, restaurants, and bars, Entebbe cuts off the crowded and noisy Kampala experience.