Lake Victoria – Der Victoriasee

Lake Victoria is the second biggest freshwater lake on the planet with a size of 68.800 km². Parts of it belong to Kenya and Tanzania, but the biggest part is Ugandan. It is not only the source of the river Nile but also a source of food and work for around 30 million people living […]

Entebbe Botanical Garden – Der botanische Garten von Entebbe

Besides the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Entebbe Botanical Garden is another fine place worth a visit on your first or last day in Uganda. Established in 1902, the botanical garden is a wonderful retreat and home to indigenous forest as well as cultivation, horticulture and even a broad variety of animals, including several bird species, […]

Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Entebbe

The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) is the zoo of Entebbe, Uganda´s former capital about 40 kilometres from Kampala on a peninsula at Lake Victoria. Entebbe is the home of Uganda´s international airport, where Israeli military started “Operation Entebbe” in 1976 to end the hijacking of an Air France airplane by Palestinians and German RAF […]

Entebbe

The former colonial capital of Uganda, Entebbe, is situated only few kilometres north of the equator at the shore of Lake Victoria. It is still a significant town, with more than 70.000 residents, the only international airport in the country as well as its port for serving the islands of the Ssese archipelago and for […]