The lakeside town most visitors see first and dismiss too quickly. Entebbe holds the National Botanical Gardens on the shoreline, the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Centre, and boat access to Ngamba Island, a forested sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees. Sunset cruises on Africa's largest lake make an easy, gentle opening or closing to a trip.
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Boat Cruises
Slow water journeys along the Nile, Lake Victoria and the crater lakes.
Uganda1 day
EntebbeFrom$180Rwanda3 days
One of Africa's Great Lakes, filling a Rift Valley trough between Rwanda and the DRC, with no crocodile or hippo and safe, swimmable water. The lakeside towns of Gisenyi, Kibuye and Rusizi are strung together by the Congo Nile Trail, which runs 227km along the shore and can be walked, ridden or dipped into for a day. Island-hopping boat trips leave from Kibuye.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 3 reviewsRubavuFrom$460
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