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Central Line Train, Dar es Salaam to Mwanzw

Posted by rnveditor

... need to travel via Kenya at all. A Kenya visa allows multiple entry, but a Tanzania one doesn't. Fri.27.5.11: Bus Kampala (Uganda) - Bukoba. MV 'Victoria' overnight to Mwanza. Sat.28: Bus to Tabora. Train overnight to Mpanda. Sun.29: Train ...

Road trip to Pemba - Pemba travel question

Posted by homingpigeon

Some friends and I are considering driving from Kampala, Uganda to Pemba, Mozambique. What would be the best route to take. We have 2 weeks holiday in July.

Gorilla Trekking

Posted by gorillaguide

... Impenetrable National Park. Maximums of 8 gorilla permits per day are sold for each of these groups at UWA Headquarters in Kampala. Book at least 3 months (but not more than one year) in advance to ensure that requested dates are available. Gorillas ...

Urgent Help Required - Weekend Trip to Entebbe

Posted by candyshoppe

... my friends who went with me were not interested in safari/nature tours so we restricted ourselves to Entebbe and Kampala. I think now i can plan a better visit to Uganda next time. Hopefully it will be soon. However, i do find your charges a bit too much. ...

East Africa Insider Tips from Local Expert

Posted by lusibaaa

... you have been to Queen elizabeth national park then you defininately drove through mbarara. Almost forgot - how about accomodation? Somewhere in kampala would be great - still on a budget! look forward to your reply. i want to give my boyfriend a ...

East Africa Insider Tips from Local Expert

Posted by jr44

... The wet season is March - May in the Southern Uganda, with April - October in the North. If you are in and around Kampala, the rainfall in June/July here is minimal, around only 2 - 3 inches in a whole month. Entebbe experiences somewhat more around 4.5& ...

9 Week South and East Africa Expedition

Posted by dcm

... - Dar es Salaam - Zanzibar - Pemba - Tanga - Mombassa Leg 2: 07/01/07 to 19/01/07 Mombassa - Lamu - Nairobi - Mbale - Kampala - Kalangala (Ssese Islands) - Kasese - Ishasha Leg 3: 20/01/07 to 31/01/07 Kigali - Bujumbura - Kigoma - Mpulungu - Lusaka - ...

10 Surprisingly Good Destinations

Posted by introducinlyric

... , a trek through the jungle to see mountain gorillas, but that's not the half of it. There was the rough charm of Kampala, the rolling green hills around Lake Bunyonyi, the roaring source of the Nile at Jinja, and cows with the biggest damn horns I' ...

East Africa Insider Tips from Local Expert

Posted by jr44

... , with Arab merchants selling the slaves to the Europeans who bought them to work in the Carribean and the new world ) UGANDA: Kampala, the capital city. LAKE VICTORIA ( Source of the Nile river ) MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK ( Boat journey down ...

Central Line Train, Dar es Salaam to Mwanzw

Posted by ricduncombe

... option if i decide i have to take this route My wildcard is a flight from Zanzibar to Mombasa and then go via Nairobi to Kampala but as i wish to fly out of Nairobi to Cairo this will mean paying for two entry visas for kenya options options! Any ...

Looking for travel buudy/buddies in Kenya, Tanzania and possible Uganda

Posted by tenacioustravel

From the sounds of it, I would be better off getting to Uganda via Kenya. The bus service from Nairobi to Kampala seems to be less hassle than dealing with a ferry. Not that getting stuck in the middle of Lake Victoria for a week wouldn't be an ...

Nairobi, and other good places to get shot

Posted by introducinlyric

... much desperation, that's not something you want to have. The inner city itself is not as threatening as, say, Kampala in neighbouring Uganda, where bank security guards cradle sawn-off shotguns (what the hell do the criminals have?), or Phnom Penh, ...

The grottiest place on Earth

Posted by cristeeen

... of Angkor are kept spotlessly clean. Uganda's bulging at the seams with grot, although in quite a lovable way. Strolling around Kampala is like stepping back into a much dirtier version of the '80s, clothing included. The markets are full of as ...

The grottiest place on Earth

Posted by introducinlyric

... of Angkor are kept spotlessly clean. Uganda's bulging at the seams with grot, although in quite a lovable way. Strolling around Kampala is like stepping back into a much dirtier version of the '80s, clothing included. The markets are full of as ...

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