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KAMPALA ACCOMODATION AND WHERE TO STAY IN KAMPALA
APARTMENTS
BUKOTO HEIGHTS APARTMENTS
481-482 Moyo Close, Bukoto, Kampala
GOLF COURSE APARTMENTS
5 Makindu Close, Kololo, Kampala
KABIRA COUNTRY CLUB
63 Old Kira Road, Bukoto, Kampala
SPEKE APARTMENTS
19-21 Wampewo Avenue, Kololo, Kampala
SUMMIT VIEW APARTMENTS KOLOLO
21/23 Kololo Hill Lane, Kololo, Kampala
THE SEVENTEEN
17 Kololo Hill lane, Kololo, Kampala
BACKPACKERS
BUSHPIG BACKPACKERS
31 John Babiha Road, Kololo, Kampala
RED CHILLI HIDEAWAY LTD
13-23 Bukasa Hill View Road, Butabika,
BOUTIQUE HOTELS
ARCADIA SUITES HOTEL
54A Kira Road, Kampala
BEST WESTERN PLUS THE ATHENA HOTEL
21 Faraday Road, Bugolobi, Kampala
CASA SOLADA HOTEL
Martin's Close, Munyonyo, Kampala
FOREST COTTAGES
17-18 Old Kira Road, Naguru, Kampala.
LATITUDE 0 DEGREES
64 & 66 Kyadondo Mobutu Road, Makindye,
LE PETIT VILLAGE HOTEL
1273 Ggaba Road, Nsambya, Kampala
THE EMIN PASHA HOTEL & SPA
27 Akii Bua Road, Kampala
VILLA KOLOLO
31 Acacia Avenue, Kololo, Kampala
HOTELS
AQUARIUS KIGO RESORT
Kigo Prison Road, Next to Mirembe Villas Kigo,
EXPLORERS HUB HOTEL
4 Lower Kololo Terrace Road, Kololo, Kampala
4 POINTS BY SHERATON KAMPALA
1 Elgon Terrace, Kololo, Kampala
FAIRWAY HOTEL & SPA
1 Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala
GOLDEN TULIP CANAAN KAMPALA HOTEL
1213 Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala
GOLF COURSE HOTEL
64-88 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
HILTON GARDEN INN KAMPALA
72 Kira Road, Kampala
KAMPALA SERENA HOTEL
Kintu Road, Nakasero, Kampala
KOLOLO COURTS HOTEL
3 Dundas Road, Lower Kololo, Kampala
METROPOLE HOTEL KAMPALA
51-53 Windsor Crescent, Kololo, Kampala
NANJING HOTEL
62B1 Lugogo-Bypass Road, 5th Floor, Lugogo
Plaza, Kololo, Kampala
ONOMO HOTEL KAMPALA
18A Akii Bua Road, Nakasero, Kampala
PEARL OF AFRICA HOTEL
10 Lugard Road, Nakasero, Kampala
PROTEA HOTEL BY MARRIOTT KAMPALA
4 Elgon Terrace, Kololo, Kampala
PROTEA HOTEL BY MARRIOTT KAMPALA SKYZ
1 Water Lane Road, Naguru, Kampala
SAFARI INN UGANDA
3 Saddler Lane, Naguru, Kampala
SHERATON KAMPALA HOTEL
Ternan Avenue, Nakasero, Kampala
SILVER SPRINGS HOTEL
76A/D Port Bell Road, Bugolobi, Kampala
SPEKE HOTEL
7-9 Nile Avenue, Kampala
SPEKE RESORT MUNYONYO
Munyonyo, Kampala
THE HUB HOTEL RESTAURANT & SPA
108 Luthuli Avenue, Bugolobi, Kampala
YUSHILI HOTEL & RESTAURANT
31 Acacia Avenue, Kololo, Kampala
RESIDENCES
FONTIS RESIDENCES HOTEL
40 Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, Kampala
SUITES
BOULEVARD SUITES
17 &19 Kampala Road, 5th-7th Floor Kampala
DOLPHIN SUITES
26 Princess Anne Drive, Bugolobi, Kampala
KAMPALA SUITES
Crane Plaza, Cooper Road, Kisementi,
PRESTIGE HOTEL SUITES
9 Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero, Kampala
ROYAL SUITES
18-20 Binayomba Road, Bugolobi, Kampala
RIVONIA SUITES
1A - 7A Mbuya Road, Mbuya, Kampala
MEILIN INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
15 Mackinnon Road, Nakasero, Kampala
KAMPALA FOOD AND DRINK
RESTAURANTS
LAZIO RESTAURANT
47A Upper Kololo Terrace/Archer Road, Kololo,
Kampala
PIATO RESTAURANT
20 Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero, Kampala
ISHAAZI RESTAURANT & CAFE
1515 Kira Road, Bukoto, Kampala
NYANJA RESTAURANT
Speke Resort Munyonyo, Wavamunno Road,
Munyonyo, Kampala
THE ASIAN FUSION RESTAURANT
(Fairway Hotel & Spa), 3 Kafu Road, Nakasero,
Kampala
THE COPPER CHIMNEY RESTAURANT
Lugogo Cricket Oval, opposite Lugogo Mall),
Lugogo, Kampala
ITALIAN ACCHI RESTAURANT
Spring Road (opposite Jazz), Bugolobi,
Kampala
LINOVE RESTAURANT
53 Naguru Drive, Naguru & The Drop, Tank Hill
Road, Muyenga & Explorers Hub, 4 Lower
Kololo Terrace, Kololo
MEDITERRANEO RESTAURANT
Villa Kololo Hotel, 42 Windsor Crescent, Kololo,
Kampala
YAMASEN JAPANESE RESTAURANT
Tank Hill Park, Tank Hill Road, Muyenga,
Kampala
BARS
BANANA BAR & BISTRO
26 Luthuli Rise, Bugolobi, Kampala
BRIM LOUNGE, BAR & RESTAURANT
Kira-Kasangati Road, Buwate, Kampala
CANTINE DIVINO
4A Mabua Road, Kololo, Kampala
CATWALK LOUNGE
16 Acacia Avenue, Kololo,
Kampala
ENCANTO TAPAS BAR
(Spanish & Cuban) Sturrock Road & Cooper
Road. Kisementi, Kampala
EQUATOR BAR
(Sheraton Kampala Hotel) Ternan Avenue,
Nakasero, Kampala
HOT SPRINGS BAR & GRILL
Quality Shopping Village, Lubowa
LEGENDS BAR & RESTAURANT
Off Lugogo-Bypass Road (behind Forest Mall),
Kampala
MEZO NOIR
8 Somero Road, off Kabojja, Kololo, Kampala
NINETY9 ROOFTOP BAR
(Protea Hotel By Marriott Kampala Skyz)
1 Water Lane Road, Naguru, Kampala
CAFES
CARAMEL CAFE & LOUNGE
Acacia Avenue, Kololo, Kampala
CAFESSERIE
Acacia Avenue, Acacia Mall, Ground Floor,
Kololo
THE NEST CAFE
(Canary Hotel), 1496 Kira Road, Bukoto,
Kampala
THE VITAMIN CAFE
Wampewo Avenue, Centenary Park, Kololo,
Kampala
GREEN BEAN CAFE
1-3 Coral Crescent, Kololo, Kampala
CAFFE ROMA
47A, Tank Hill Road, Muyenga, Kampala
CJ'S
9A/B Kira Road, Kampala
KAMPALA THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS
ADVENTURE PARKS
Extreme Adventure Park Busika (40kms from the city center),
along Gayaza-Zirobwe Rood, Busika, Kampala.
Lakeside Adventure Park, Bule Island (10 min boat ride from
Ggaba), Kampala.
AMUSEMENT PARK
Wonder World Amusement Park, 847 Kansanga Nabutiti,
Ggaba Road
BALLET
The Kampala Dance Studio, 3 Kanjokya Street, Kamwokya,
Kampala.
CAPOEIRA
Capoeira Kampala, Sharing Youth Centre, Nsambya,
Kampala. Monday & Thursday 6-8pm. Classes for groups
or individuals.
CHILD-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS
Dancing Cup, 15 Luthuli Avenue, Bugolobi, Kampala.
Kabira Country Club, 36 Kira Road, Bukoto, Kampala
The Makindye Country Club, 59 Makindye Hill,
Makindye, Kampala.
GYMNASTICS & YOGA CLASSES
Benard Otabong, Gymnastics classes on Tuesday &
Thursdays 5-6 pm. Yoga classes on Wednesdays 4-5 pm
and Fridays 5-6 pm at the Emerald Hotel, 3 Semiliki Valley
Crescent, off Bombo Road, Kampala.
HORSE RIDING
Flametree Stables, Kijabijo Village, Gayaza Road, Kampala
MUSIC LESSONS
Kampala Music School, 18 Kitante Close, Kampala.
PAINTBALL
Adonal Paintball Kampala, off Entebbe Road, Nyanama,
Kampala.
PARTY ORGANIZERS
Kidz Fun House
Jumping Jacks, 1704 Tank Hill Road, Kampala.
SOCCER
Edgars Youth Programme, kids 4 to 17 years old, male and
females welcome, Weekend training at Nakawa MUBS
University Grounds and Mengo senior school grounds.
10 Martin Road, Kampala
SWIMMING
Equator Swimming Club, Club Coach: Abel Damulira
TAEKWON-DO
Big Mike's Taekwon-Do Club, ITF Taekwon-Do Club offers good
physical exercise with emphasis on self defense.
Kids Monday & Friday 4-5 pm. 19 Acacia Avenue, Kololo,
Kampala.
WEEKEND ART CLASSES
Karibu Art Gallery (Painting and Drawing), Bukoto-Kisasi Road,
Bukoto, Kampala.
KAMPALA THINGS TO DO WITHOUT KIDS
TOUR OF THE BAHA’I TEMPLE
There are Baha'i Houses of Worships all around the world, at least one in every continent. The only Baha'i Temple in Africa is located in Kampala, Uganda.
If you had previously visited the Baha'i House in other parts of the world, you might be excited to see the temple in Uganda.
The Bahai religion is quite new and a mixture of nine religions throughout the world. Every Baha'i temple also has nine entrances and a central dome. Climbing up the hill to the temple, you'll get a beautiful view of the city of Kampala.
KASUBI ROYAL TOMBS TOUR
The Kasubi Tombs is a site of the burial grounds for former kings of the Buganda Kingdom and some members of a special warrior tribe. This place is an important spiritual and political site, and it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. In 2010, some of the major buildings there were almost completely destroyed by a fire.
OWINO MARKET SHOPPING TOUR
The biggest market in East Africa where you get lost easily, but it's a nice visit and interesting to see what people sell there. You can find for example clothes, fruits, vegetables and electronics. Be ready to bargain a lot and don't bring any valuables with you.
LUBIRI PALACE CULTURAL AND HERITAGE TOUR
Lubiri Palace is the former royal compound of the kings/presidents/dictators of Uganda. It's a great place to take a tour and learn more about the history of the country.
BUGANDA BULANGE, BUGANDA’S PARLIAMENT CULTURAL AND HERITAGE TOUR
Just halfway between the royal palace (Lubiri Palace) and the parliament (Buganda Bulange, Buganda’s Parliament) is an interesting round-about where only the Kabaka is allowed to drive through.
This round-about is not a mere ordinary place but a place highly respected with significant symbols of different meanings in the Buganda kingdom.
The Kabaka’s round-about has a special cleaner to keep it clean, a gate that is always kept locked with a guard on a stand-by to open when the Kabaka is nearing to go through it and close after. With this arrangement of the Kabaka passing straight through the round-about, he attained a name “Lukoma Nantawetwa” meaning “the king does not go around the round-about”.
IDI AMIN’S TORTURE CHAMBERS HISTORY AND HERITAGE TOUR
Just next to the Lubiri palace are located prison chambers which were built by Idi Amin, Uganda's former dictator.
The chambers didn't have any bars, so the prisoners thought there was an escape route.
However, the chambers were on a higher level than the hallway, so it created a ditch which was flooded with water and electrified. Once the prisoners tried to enter the water and swim to the freedom, they were electrocuted.
OLD TAXI PARK CITY TOUR
This is not the place for a long visit but worth seeing for great photography opportunities. You'll be amazed by how many matatus (minibusses) there are and it's even more fun to see how they get out. If you've been traveling overland in Africa for a while, you've probably seen this kind of places before though.
GADAFFI NATIONAL MOSQUE TOUR
Gaddafi National Mosque, also known as Uganda National Mosque, is one of the biggest mosques in Africa. Idi Amin started building the mosque, but when funds were running low, Libyan leader Gaddafi helped finance its construction.
BUGANDA CRAFT VILLAGE HANDCRAFTS AND CURIO SHOPPING TOUR
A marketplace for buying Ugandan made crafts like paintings, clothes, bags, sculptures, dolls, banana leaf animals, necklaces and bracelets.
MUYENGA TANK HILL WALKING AND CITY TOUR
Muyenga Tank Hill is a great place to wander around and enjoy the view. Muyenga is also an upscale neighborhood. The area is very green, safe to walk around and there are lots of good restaurants. You can also get a great view over the hills of Kampala and Lake Victoria.
BICYCLE ADVENTURES
BOAT CRUISES
FISHING
GO-KARTING
GOLF
HORSE RIDING
KAMPALA PLACES OF WORSHIP
ANGLICAN CHURCHES
All Saints Cathedral, 1-4 & 6 Akii Bua Road, Nakasero Hill,
Kampala.
St Paul's Cathedral, Namirembe, Kampala.
BAHA'I HOUSE OF WORSHIP
Baha'i House of Worship, Gayaza Road, Kikaya Hill,
Kampala.
BUDDHISM
Uganda Buddhist Centre
Kampala Branch: off Ggaba Road, Kulwazi
Close, Bunga, Kampala
Garuga Branch: Off-Entebbe Road, Bulega,
Garuga
CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Christ the King, Colville Street, Kampala.
Mbuya Catholic Church Parish, Mbuya, Kampala.
Rubaga Cathedral, Rubaga Road, Kampala.
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Port Bell Road, Kampala
EVANGELICAL
Bukoto Evangelical Church-Rural Ministries, Kampala.
Lutheran Church Mission in Uganda, white tent next to
Kabalagala Police Station, Kampala.
HINDU TEMPLES
SSDM Hindu Temple, 8 Snay Bin Amir Street, Nakasero Market,
Kampala.
BAPS Temple, 2/8 Nakivubo Place (opposite Shoprite), Kampala.
Shree Kutch Satsing Swaminarayan Temple, Martin Road,
Kampala.
MUSLIM MOSQUES
Gaddafi National Mosque, Old Kampala Hill, Kampala.
Kibuli Mosque, Kibuli Road, Kampala.
Nakasero Mosque, Snay Bin Amir Rise, Nakasero, Kampala.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES
Bukoto Evangelical Church, Bukoto, Kampala.
Christian Life Church, 713 Bombo Road, Bwaise, Kampala.
Calvary Chapel Kampala, 12 William Street, City Centre, Kampala
& The Space, Acacia Avenue, Kololo, Kampala.
Deliverance Church Ministries, (Nakasero, Kololo & Nsambya).
Freedom Church Kampala, Cineplex Garden City
& Makerere University Guest House Bamboo Hall.
Full Gospel Church, 49-55 Makerere Hill Road,
Makerere, Kampala.
Good Samaritan Ministries, 135 Katwe Road, Kampala.
Kampala International Church, Ambrosoli International
School in Bugolobi, Heritage International School in
Kansanga & Mildmay in Suubi Hall Lubowa.
Kansanga Miracle Centre, Off Ggaba Road, Kansanga, Kampala.
Life Church, Bata Bata, Namasuba, Entebbe Road, Kampala.
Makerere Community Church, Makerere University, Kampala.
Miracle Centre Cathedral (MCC), (Kabaka's Lake), Kampala.
One Life Church, meets 10am Sundays at MacKinnon Suites,
MacKinnon Road, Nakasero, Kampala.
Prayer Palace, 23853 Mobutu Road, Kibuye-Juuko Zone, Makindye, Kampala.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, 5A Mabua Road, Kololo, Kampala.
Watoto Church, 87 Kampala Road, Kampala.
TRAVEL KAMPALA
KAMPALA AIRLINES
AEROLINK UGANDA
2nd Floor, Passenger terminal building
AIR TANZANIA
Park Royal Mall, Upper Ground Floor, Room
208, Buganda Road, Kampala
BRUSSELS AIRLINES
1 Lumumba Avenue, Rwenzori House Ground
Floor, Nakasero, Kampala
DELTA AIRLINES
PSL Building, Uma Centre, Lugogo Show
Grounds, Lugogo, Kampala
EGYPT AIR
Nile Avenue, Shop 10, Grand Imperial
Shopping Arcade, Kampala
EMIRATES AIRLINES
Acacia Place, First Floor, 6 Acacia Avenue,
Kololo, Kampala
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
1 Kimathi Avenue, Kampala
FLY DUBAI
14 Parliament Avenue, Jubilee Insurance
Centre, Podium Level, 1st Floor, Kampala
KENYA AIRWAYS
Jubilee Insurance Building, 14 Parliament
Avenue, Kampala
KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
14 Parliament Avenue, Jubilee Insurance
Building, 3rd Floor, Kampala
PRECISION AIR
3 Kimathi Avenue, UTB Holidays, Pan Africa
House, Kampala
QATAR AIRWAYS
1st Floor, Rwenzori Towers, Nakasero Road,
Nakasero, Kampala
RWANDAIR
Ground Floor, Rwenzori Courts, 27 Lumumba
Avenue, Nakasero, Kampala
TURKISH AIRLINES
15a Clement Hill Road, 3rd Floor, Ruth Towers,
Nakasero, Kampala
UGANDA AIRLINES
Victoria University Towers, Esso Corner, Jinja
Road, Kampala
KAMPALA AIR CHARTERS
BAR AVIATION LTD
Gate 3, Kajjansi Airfield, Kajjansi, Kampala
EAGLE AIR
Adam House, 11 Portal Avenue, Kampala
KAMPALA EXECUTIVE AVIATION
Gate 1, Kajjansi Airstrip, Kajjansi, Kampala
KAMPALA FLYING SAFARIS
SAFARI SKIES
Kampala
SAVANNAH WINGS
Kampala
KAMPALA BODA BODA
Boda Boda's are bicycles and motorcycle taxis commonly found in East Africa.
FARAS
@farasugapps
SAFE BODA
Kyebando - Kanyike Road, Kampala
KAMPALA BUS COMPANIES
GLOBAL COACHES UGANDA
Kafumbe Mukasa Road, Kisenyi, Kampala
HIGHWAY COACHES
Kafumbe Mukasa Road, Kisenyi Bus
Terminal, Kampala
JAGUAR BUSES
Namirembe Road bus terminal, Kampala
LINK BUS SERVICES LTD
63 Muteesa I Road, 1st Floor, Solar House,
Katwe Kampala
MODERN COAST EXPRESS
De Winton Road, Kampala
POKO POKO EXECUTIVE BUS
(Fort Portal-Mubende I Mbarara-Kasese)
Kafumbe Mukasa Road, Kisenyi Bus Terminal,
Kampala
SWIFT SAFARI BUS COMPANY
Kafumbe Mukasa Road, Kisenyi Bus Terminal,
Kampala
TAUSI COACHES
(Kampala-Bushenyi I Kampala-Mbarara)
KAMPALA CAR HIRE
CAR RENTAL UGANDA LTD
Room 03E, Najja Shopping Centre,
Entebbe Road, Najjanankumbi, Kampala
INTERCAR UGANDA LTD (EUROPCAR)
17 MacKinnon Road, Nakasero, Kampala
KAMPALA SELF DRIVE
ROADTRIP UGANDA
Kampala
SELF DRIVE UGANDA LTD
Namasuba, Kikajjo, Kampala
KAMPALA FERRIES
MV NATHALIE AND MV VANESSA operated by Nyanza Evergreen Waterways
MV NODIL
Head office, KCB Bank Building, NODL, Kampala
MV PORTBELL/KALANGALA
KAMPALA BOAT HIRES
GREGG UGANDA TOURS
36-40 Sebugwawo Drive, Entebbe Road,
Entebbe
MARINE EXPERIENCE UGANDA LTD
MV Kazinga Boat
NYANZA EVER GREEN WATERWAYS
Heaven Rise, Kitiko, Mutungo Hill, Kampala
THE MVULE BOAT
Kampala, Uganda
