Day Trips

North of Kampala

Extreme Adventure Park Busikka is a great day trip for older kids, with Paint-balling, Bungee Trampolining, and a high ropes elements course. It’s a 45 minutes drive north of Kampala, with accommodation available.

Kavumba Recreation Centre has a swimming pool, outdoor playground, horse riding, bouncy castles, bicycle riding and a small zoo. It’s open 10am – 8pm and has accommodation options. Near Wakiso, it’s a 45 minute drive North of Kampala.

The Great Outdoors is an hours drive north of Kampala, with 200 acres of space to immerse you in nature. There are forests with well maintained trails for walking, or cycling (bikes are available to hire). Just sitting on the Verandah listening to the birds sing and enjoying the calm atmosphere is rejuvenating. Have a lesson about gardening at the Nursery. Cottages and camping are available.

Entebbe

Track Chameleons, see some snakes, crocodiles and monitor lizards and meet a 120 year old Tortoise at the Uganda Reptiles Village. Based 3km off the main road in Entebbe, the visit took us about an hour, so it’s worth combining a visit here with some of the other attractions in Entebbe.

The Zoo in Entebbe (Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre) has many animals, including Lions, Leopards, Chimpanzees, Giraffes and Elephants. You can book behind the scenes experiences, go on a forest trail, have donkey and camel rides, play in the big playground, and have fun on the sandy beach. Open 8.30am – 6.30pm. Here are the rates.

If you want a stroll through nature then head to the Botannical Gardens, with the option of hiring a guide to show you the wide range of trees, plants and birds. The gardens are organised into different zones, including a Rainforest zone.

45 minutes by speedboat from Entebbe (or 20 minutes by air from Entebbe or Kajjansi airstrip) is the Chimpanzee Sanctuary on Ngamba Island. Observe the 49 resident chimpanzees and learn what it takes to care for them, with the option to help feeding them. Make sure you book in advance.

Contact Bike 2 Go about taking older kids on a cycling tour of Entebbe.

There are many restaurants with sandy beaches in Entebbe: Goretti’s, 2 Friends

Aero beach is a sandy private beach next to the UN base, with 2 massive abandoned aircrafts and various sculptures. It can get incredibly busy at the weekends, and is more of a lively beach than a relaxing one.

Lido Beach is next door to Aero Beach, it’s a beautiful party spot, often busy at weekends.

One Love Beach isn’t as far as Entebbe, it’s located in Busabala to the South of Kampala. It’s a more chilled place than other beaches, a nice spot for sunbathing, playing beach games.