Safari in Uganda – Kampala City
Safari in Uganda is one of the best things any traveller can decide to engage in because our country is blessed with tones of attractions for travellers to experience. From the places where your plane lands you, Entebbe international airport, and before you embark into another chartered plane to take you to one of the 10 national parks of Uganda such as Queen Elizabeth national park for the game drives, Murchison falls national park for sightseeing, bwindi impenetrable national park for the great gorilla trekking, Lake Mburo national park for the nature walks or kibale national park for the chimpanzees, it is best for your African safari to first take a move around as enjoy the city lifestyle in the capital city Kampala. Entebbe is the first destination you visit in Uganda, from Entebbe international airport; it is about 30 miles to reach Kampala capital city, also the nation’s capital of Uganda.
Kampala capital city has done well to a number of visitors who stay around before the big safari and treat themselves with a night or two in the cosy luxurious hotels in the city of the sun, Kampala. The other self-drive travellers get stuck in one of the Kampala night clubs and enjoy the beautiful women and the tasteful drinks on an African rhythm. Kampala is some joy to explore by many travellers who love the African lifestyle, such as the cosy bars, charming restaurants, very beautiful art exhibition galleries, malls and so much more. Definitely, Kampala is the garnish on your Uganda safari experience.
What to do for a Uganda safari in Kampala
You do not have to ask yourself this question, Kampala city is full of interesting activities, sites and a lot more for you to enjoy, actually some travellers just love to stay in Kampala for like a week before, and others still return to Kampala after their wildlife safaris in the countryside Uganda. Kampala in the main administrative city sitting on seven hills with a number of administrative offices, banks, theatres, hospitals among others;
Uganda museum
Visiting the Uganda museum offers you a great opportunity to understand the culture of Uganda and other parts of Africa. The Uganda museum is one of the few museums in East Africa with a wide range of ethnographic material, plus entire Africa. Your Kampala tour will take you into the epic walls of the Uganda Museum where you can have a glance at the past of Uganda and the long way of modern transformation to the present-day development and the sky scrapers in the city centres. Visits to the Uganda museum will also give you a chance to see some of the remains of the animals that once lived in Uganda and, presently, are no more. The different departments of the Uganda museum such as the department of natural history, ethnography, musicology and archaeology department, allow you to dive deep into greater knowledge about the pearl of Africa.
Buganda trail trip
The Buganda kingdom is the key the modernity sweeping through Uganda; it is one of the most vibrant kingdoms and cultures in entire Africa. Buganda is also one of the kingdoms in entire Africa that has tried to promote cultural tourism in the world and upholding the African cultural authenticity. The Buganda trail if for you who love learning and diving deeper in the African culture and beliefs. The Buganda trail takes you to the Buganda kingdom palace, also known as the Lubiri, the kingdom is the way for you to understand all the different steps that the Uganda kingdom has moved and the transitions it has gone through. The trail into the Buganda kingdom and culture will take you to the kabaka’s lake, the kasubi tombs, the Buganda kingdom parliament among others.
Religious sites
The Kampala tour is a chance for you to find out a lot about the religious sites, beliefs and he different history journey in the realm of faith. Uganda, also the pearl of Africa, seems to be a truly liberal nation when it comes to faith and the different beliefs of its citizens. The Kampala tour will show you around the different religious centres for the most significant religious denominations in the pearl of Africa. Rubaga Cathedral is one that represents the catholic denomination of Uganda and namirembe cathedral on the other side is for the Protestants located on namirembe hill among other cathedrals.
The trip around the religious sites of Uganda will take you to seminarian temple for the Hindu faith, where you can learn a lot about the Hindi faith and community in Uganda. You also have a chance to visit the Uganda national museum which is the major Muslim mosque of Uganda; it is also where the supreme council of the Islamic faith in Uganda sits. From the arch of the national mosque, you can have a clear panoramic view of the city below the old Kampala hill like the new and the old taxi park, among other interesting features of Kampala city.
The Bahai temple is another religious site for you to see during the Kampala city trip on your Uganda safari. The bahai temple is located on kikaya hill in Kisaasi, one of the suburbs of the major city, Kampala. The Bahai temple in Kampala is the only mother temple of the Bahai faith in Africa, however, there are other Bahai mother temples in across the world. The bahai temple in Kampala is situated in cool and quiet vicinity. The visit to the bahai temple is away for you to understand more about the Bahai faith and its origin into the world. However, you can also enjoy the flower gardens around the temple, the birds and other interesting creatures like rodents, around the temple.
Market trips
During your Kampala tour on a Uganda safari, make sure that you visit some of the markets in the city. The local markets in Kampala offer you an opportunity to learn a lot about African foodstuffs like fruits, root foods, cereals, among others. The Kampala market trips also allow you to engage into the real African market lifestyle and also learn a lot about the Ugandan business industry. The Kampala market tour can take you around nakasero market, well known for all the fruits in the world, and owino market, which is the major market in Kampala, located in the downtown. You can also visit the shopping malls as part of your market tour in the sunny city of Kampala, such as forest mall, village shopping mall Bugolobi, acacia mall, the biggest mall in Kampala, among others.
Other activities to enjoy on a Uganda safari in Kampala city
Kampala city tour is another chance for you to spend some time in the cosy bars, clubs and other entertainment centres in the town. No offence if you and your friends bang some clubs on a night in the sunny city of Kampala. You can also take an evening and eat or have coffee from the finest dining areas in the city such as café javas at victoria mall, the lawns smokehouse, khana Kazana, la patisserie, la Meza, Mediterranean restaurant, an Italian among others. You can also enjoy some games in the casinos within the city such as star casino and pyramids casino among others.
During the day, you can enjoy cycling through the silent green hills of Kololo, nakasero or muyenga. You can also enjoy the morning jogging with in Makerere university where you get to race with the morning birds called the marabou stork, plus you can also enjoy the view of the city in wandegeya and further like the view of the pearl of Africa hotel and other sky scrapers in Kampala city.
A Uganda safari in Kampala can break open the wonders of the pearl of Africa or can golden seal the experience in the mother land of Africa. The Kampala city tour is a wide door open for you, and you can book your package with a trusted tour operator. Visit any time of the year and enjoy a stay in the sunny city of the pearl of Africa, dive in into the African culture and lifestyle on a trip around Kampala city.
