Uganda - Getting There

* AIR

* The main gateway airport is Entebbe (Kampala):
+ Check in time: 2 hours recommended.
+ Airport to City: Buses and taxis available, journey time approximately 30 minutes.
+ Airport tax: International departure tax US$20.
+ Scheduled airlines flying to Entebbe and their direct, scheduled destinations include:
- Aeroflot (to/from Moscow).
- Air Burundi (to/from Bujumbura).
- Air Rwanda (to/from Kigali).
- Air Tanzania (to/from Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro).
- Alliance Air (to/from London Heathrow twice a week) Contact London office of SAA.
- British Airways (to/from London).
- Egyptair (to/from Cairo).
- Ethiopian Airlines (to/from Ethiopian Airlines, Lilongwe).
- Gulf Air (to/from Abu Dhabi, Muscat).
- Kenya Airways (to/from London, Nairobi).
- Royal Swazi Airways (to/from Manzini).
- Sabena (to/from Brussels).
- Sudan Airways (to/from Khartoum).
- Uganda Airlines (to/from Bujumbura, Dar es Salaam, Harare, Johannesburg, Nairobi).

* LAND

* There are land borders with Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaire.

* BUS services operate from:
+ Kenya, Nairobi to Kampala.
+ Zaire, Kisoro (border) to Kabale.

* TRAIN services operate from:
+ Kenya, Nairobi to Kampala. There appears to be frequent interruption to this service.

* WATER

* FERRY services operate from:
+ Tanzania, Mwanza to Port Bell, on Lake Victoria.


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