Uganda - A day's venture - Nile - Fidic Gama 2019

Uganda – A day’s venture
  Option 1: Jinja-Sezibwe Falls, Mabira Forest & Source of the
                              Nile
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 Pick up from Kampala early morning and drive to Jinja -visit sezibwe falls on the way,
and mabira forest for a nature walk before proceeding to Jinja for lunch. In the
afternoon we visit source of the Nile-for a boat ride and we return to Kampala in the
evening. End of service

The Mabira Forest is a rainforest area covering about 300 square kilometers in
Uganda, located in Buikwe District, between Lugazi and Jinja. It has been protected as
Mabira Forest Reserve since 1932. It is home for many endangered species like the
primate Lophocebus

River Nile is the longest river in Africa with Lake Victoria as its source. The river starts
its 6,500km journey to the Mediterranean Sea (Egypt) beside Jinja town (Uganda) and
holds the Owen Falls Dam the source of hydro electricity for Uganda with one other
dam under construction currently.

Sezibwa Falls is a Buganda Cultural Heritage Site that is found in Mukono District. It is
situated only 20 miles on the Kampala – Jinja Highway and about 1.5km off. The
Sezibwa Falls preserves an ancient African culture and has for ages been a site of
traditional cultural rituals for traditional believers.

 Option 2: Ngamba Island chimpanzee sanctuary &
              Mabamba swamp walk
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Pick up early morning and drive to Entebbe and take a boat ride to Ngamba Island the
chimpanzee sanctuary for a half day. After lunch we drive to Mabamba for a swamp
walk for the famous shoebill and return to your accommodation later

Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary was established in October 1998 to care for
orphaned chimpanzees that have been rescued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Many of the chimpanzees were rescued from poachers and are unlikely to survive
reintroduction to the wild.

Mabamba Swamp is one of the most convenient places in Uganda to spot the highly
sought-after shoebill in its natural habitat.
Birdwatching is mostly via canoe, where you’ll navigate waterways comprising lily pads
and papyrus swamp. Among the 260 species in the region, other notable birds include
the papyrus yellow warbler, pallid harrier and blue swallow.

     Option 3: Ngamba Island chimpa sanctuary &
          Uganda Wildlife Education center
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Pick up early morning and drive to Entebbe and take a boat ride to Ngamba Island the
chimpanzee sanctuary for a half day. After lunch we spend the rest of the afternoon at
the Uganda Wildlife Education centre accommodation later

Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary was established in October 1998 to care for
orphaned chimpanzees that have been rescued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Many of the chimpanzees were rescued from poachers and are unlikely to survive
reintroduction to the wild.

While it functions primarily as a zoo, this centre is actually a world-class animal refuge
that has benefited from international assistance in recent years. Most of the animals on
display were once injured or were recovered from poachers and traffickers.

                    Option 4: Kampala City Tour
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Pick up after breakfast and we spend a day doing a city tour including the Uganda
National mosque, after we visit the Kingoing a Kampala city tour w’s Palace and
Parliament, the Uganda museum, hand craft shops and local markets

The Uganda National Mosque is a mosque located at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala
area of Kampala, Uganda. Completed in 2006, it seats up to 15,000
Famously known as the Gaddafi Mosque The Colorful structure with its magnificent ...
Built on Old Kampala Hill, which is One of Kampala City's Seven Hills

Kabaka’s Mengo Olubiri (Palace) is the official residence of the King of Buganda. In
Buganda, it was customary for a new king to choose a hill where he would build a new
palace. This palace would become the new capital of the Kingdom and the King was free
to rename the place as he so wishes.

The palace became Mengo Palace and the hill became Mengo hill. When the palace
was complete, it caught fire which destroyed all the important documents for the
Kingdom. This scared the King so much that he ran away from the Lubiri and took
hostage with the Roman Catholic Missionaries at Nalukolongo. He later left the
Missionaries and went to live with Mukasa who was Katikiiro to his father Ssekabaka
Muteesa II; While at Mukasa`s place, lightning struck and destroyed everything at
Mukasa`s home towards February 1886. The Kabaka ran away from Mukasa`s home
and went to Munyonyo where he put up another palace at Mulungu hill near Lake
Victoria.

In this palace there is the Kabaka`s official house called Twekobe.

In 1966 the then Prime Minister of Uganda Milton Obote ordered a dramatic attack to
oust Kabaka Mutesa II by the forces of Idi Amin, soldiers stormed the palace and, after
several days of fighting, Mutesa was forced to flee and live in exile in the UK.

The building was duly converted to army barracks, while an adjacent site became a
notorious underground prison and torture-execution chamber built by Idi Amin in the
1970s. This site, a dark concrete tunnel with numerous dark, damp cells, which were
separated by an electrified passage of water to prevent escape, also original charcoal
messages written by former prisoners on the walls: one reads ‘Obote, you have killed
me, but what about my children!’ On the grounds are also the scrap metal remains of
Mutesa’s Rolls Royce destroyed by Idi Amin.

Uganda museum

A display of Uganda's cultural heritage where one can see ethnological and natural-
historical exhibitions. It is a vivid reminder of the country's colourful past. One of its most
interesting features is the collection of traditional musical instruments, which one is free
to                                                                                         play.

The Uganda Museum (founded in 1908) in Kampala has exhibits of traditional culture,
archaeology, history, science, and natural history. It regularly presents performances of
traditional music. Makerere University's main library in Kampala has a general collection,
which is the largest in Uganda. The most important specialized collections, all in
Kampala, are found in the Albert Cook Library at Makerere Medical School (at Makerere
University), the Institute of Teacher Education, the Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo
(formerly Uganda Technical College), the Makerere Institute of Social Research, and the
Cabinet Office.