Uganda

Philip Briggs (philipbriggs.com) has been exploring the highways, byways and backwaters of Africa since 1986, when he backpacked on a shoestring from Nairobi to Cape Town. He is the world's leading author of guidebooks to African countries, with more than 30 years' experience. He first explored Uganda by bus and train in 1988, two years after it emerged from a decade of civil war, and returned in 1992 to research the first edition of the Bradt guide. He has since revisited the country on numerous occasions both as a tour leader and to update subsequent editions. During the 1990s, he wrote pioneering Bradt travel guides to countries that were then - and in some cases still are - otherwise practically uncharted by the travel industry. These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Ghana. When not travelling, he lives in the sleepy South African village of Wilderness. British-born Andrew Roberts first visited Uganda with a backpack in 1990 and returned three years later to help the Ugandan Forest Department set up ecotourism projects. Thirty years later he's still living there, now with a wife and two daughters. Andrew considers himself lucky to have worked in every national park in Uganda, settings which he greatly prefers to his office in Kampala. As well as updating several previous editions of Bradt's Uganda, he produces tourist maps of Uganda and East Africa.

Introduction viii

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, Conservation areas, History, Government, Economy, People, Language, Religion, Education
Chapter 2 Wildlife Guide
Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
Chapter 3 Practical Information
When and where to visit, Tourist information, Tour operators, Red tape, Getting there and away, Health, Safety and security, What to take, Money and budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays, Shopping, Media and communications, Cultural etiquette, Getting involved

PART TWO ENTEBBE, KAMPALA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UGANDA
Overview, Highlights
Chapter 4 Entebbe, Mabamba and Surrounds
History, Getting there and away, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Entertainment and
nightlife, Shopping, Other practicalities, What to see and do, The Kampala Road and
Murchison Bay, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Mabamba Swamp
Chapter 5 Kampala
History, Getting there and away, Getting around, Tourist information and tour operators, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Entertainment and nightlife, Shopping, Other practicalities, What to see and do
Chapter 6 Around Entebbe and Kampala
East towards Jinja, North towards Masindi and Gulu, West towards Fort Portal, Southwest towards Masaka
Chapter 7 Masaka and the Ssese Islands
Masaka, Lake Nabugabo, The Ssese Islands
Chapter 8 Ankole and Lake Mburo
History, Lake Mburo National Park, Mbarara, Igongo Cultural Centre

PART THREE EASTERN UGANDA
Overview, Highlights
Chapter 9 Jinja and the Upper Nile
Jinja, Bujagali, Kalagala and the Upper Nile,
Excursions further afield
Chapter 10 Mbale and Mount Elgon
Busia, Tororo, Mbale, Mount Elgon
Chapter 11 Karamoja, Gulu and the Northeast Safari Circuit
History, Teso, Langi and the Kyoga Basin, Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve, Karamoja, Kidepo Valley
National Park, Acholi

PART FOUR NORTHWEST UGANDA
Overview, Highlights
Chapter 12 Pakwach and West Nile
History, Pakwach, Panyimur, Arua, Arua to Gulu via the Laropi ferry
Chapter 13 Bunyoro
Hoima, Lake Albert and the escarpment forests, Masindi
Chapter 14 Murchison Falls Conservation Area
General information, Getting there and away, Where to stay and eat, What to see and do

PART FIVE AROUND THE RWENZORI
Overview, Highlights
Chapter 15 Fort Portal, Kibale National Park and the Toro Crater Lakes
Fort Portal, Toro Crater Lakes, Kibale National Park
Chapter 16 The Semliki Valley
Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo
Chapter 17 The Rwenzori Mountains and Kasese
Kasese, Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Chapter 18 Queen Elizabeth National Park and Surrounds
General information, North-Central Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Kasese-Ishaka Road, Ishasha and Kihihi

PART SIX THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS
Overview, Highlights
Chapter 19 Kabale and Lake Bunyonyi
Kabale, Lake Bunyonyi
Chapter 20 Mgahinga and the Virunga Foothills
Kisoro, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Lakes Mutanda and Mulehe
Chapter 21 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
General information, Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga, Nkuringo
Appendix 1 Language
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Further Information 582