Entebbe is in the Buganda Kingdom, and here we’ve just crossed into the Tooro Kingdom. Uganda is divided up into many different kingdoms. JP takes a shortcut through mud roads to beat the highway traffic and soon we are on a relatively decent highway to Kibale National Park. Even at this time, the roads are getting crowded: school children dressed perfectly in their uniforms, boda-boda bike taxis weaving their way in and out, cyclists ferrying bananas back and forth. We leave at dawn to beat the morning traffic. It’s going to be a quiet evening before our safari begins at 6 am tomorrow. Kampala, I hear from JP, is 32 kilometers away and can take anywhere between 2 to 5 hours depending on traffic. Karibu Guesthouse in Entebbe is quite an oasis. We make it to Karibu Guesthouse within 10 minutes, a beautiful sanctuary within a beautiful town. It’s evening in Entebbe and the roads are rather quiet. Easy as that! I exchange some money at the forex counter immediately outside the customs area and am greeted by my guide, JP. After filling up an immigration form, I walk to the online visa counter, submit my application form, give my biometrics, and receive my visa (on payment of USD 50). The airport is relatively small and has the sepia tint of Soviet-era airports. I remember reading that there has been an outbreak of YF earlier this year, so I’m glad that precautions are being taken. Entebbe Airport with Lake Victoria in the distance.Īs we walk across the tarmac of Entebbe Airport to the arrivals area (the airport is undergoing renovations at the moment), we are immediately checked for our Yellow Fever Vaccination cards. We land on the very edge of the water, a beautiful entrance into a beautiful country. In the distance is the shoreline: rolling green hills speckled with the sloping red-tile roofs. I eagerly look out of the window and spot the shimmering blue waters of Lake Victoria. The captain of the Kenya Airways flight announces that we will be shortly descending into Entebbe.
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