Getting in and visas for Uganda

By plane

• Entebbe Airport is the hub for Ugandan air travel. Many flights to cities in Africa take place from here. Direct flights to and from Johannesburg run three days a week on South African Airways.
• Direct flights to and from London run every other day on British Air.
• Emirates offers flights from Entebbe to Dubai via Nairobi and Addis Ababa on Airbus A340S

with onward connections to Europe, N. America, and Asia from Dubai.

• Ethiopian Airlines offers service to Addis on Boeing 737s.
• Kenya Airways and KLM fly daily from Entebbe to Amsterdam either via Nairobi or direct.
• Brussels AirlinesBrussels airlines flyes non-stop from Entebbe to Brussels, where you can take a connecting flight to the rest of Europe or to India, China or the USA

By train

There is currently no passenger train service to or in Uganda.

By car

Contact the staff at Mitandi in the Rwenzori Mountains. They arrange cheap transport with local minibuses. The crew is friendly and service-minded.

By bus

Several bus companies offer direct lines between Kampala to Nairobi, Kigali and Dar-es-salaam. A nightbus from Kampala could start at 4PM to arrive at 6AM in Nairobi, costing 23000 USh. Alternatively do the trip in stages. Take a matatu or bus up to the border and walk to the other side.

By boat

By Land

Going South from Sudan the border is not all that stable, but after the peace agreement between the South and North of Sudan, the border is open, and anyone can cross freely.