ALGERIA MAURITANIA MALINIGER LIBYA EGYPT SUDAN MOROCCO WESTERN SAHARA SIERRA LEONE BURKINA FASO NIGERIA GHANA CAMEROON CHAD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO GAMBIA LIBERIA ANGOLA ZAMBIA BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA ZIMBABWE ETHIOPIA MADAGASCAR Victoria ? ? Kinshasa INDIAN OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN MEDITERRANEAN SEA RED SEA TOGO Kampala ? BENIN CONGO MALAWI To Amsterdam To London Harare ? GUINEA SENEGAL Abidjan ? Lusaka ? Johannesburg ? KENYA Bamako ? Dakar ? CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ERITREA ? Addis Ababa Khartoum ? Asmara ? To Paris ? Djibouti ? Maputo msafi ri 166 ? VITAL STATISTICS The capital of Uganda since 1962, Kampala is located in the southern part of the country, close to Lake Victoria. The city's population has grown to around a million, of whom around 84% are Christian, while most of the remainder are Muslim. ? BEARINGS Kampala is fairly spread out and you'll probably need to use the local minibuses ( matatus) and taxis to get around; alternatively, boda bodas ( pillion seats on motorbikes) are cheap but hazardous. ? SPEAK Most people speak Luganda, while many also speak English. Swahili may also be heard in northern Uganda. ? WEATHER Temperatures remain fairly constant year round; there are two wet seasons ( March– May and Oct– Nov). ? SEE Visit the Uganda Museum, the Kasubi tombs, last resting place of the kings of Buganda and the imposing Rubaga and Namirembe Cathedrals and Kibuli Mosque. ? EAT Local specialities range from matoke, often served with groundnut sauce, to fried grasshoppers ( nsenene), a seasonal delicacy during the rains. ? DRINK Ugandan Waragi gin is popular as a cocktail base, or try some of the local beer, made from fermented millet or bananas. ? VISIT The attractive town of Jinja, an hour's drive from Kampala. NEW ROUTE Lubumbashi ? Cairo ? BURUNDI GABON SEYCHELLES Douala ? ? Yaounde EQUATORIAL GUINEA Kigali ? RWANDA Bujumbura ? Freetown ? To Guangzhou UGANDA GETTING TO KNOW KAMPALA WORDS GAVIN THOMAS ? Lagos COTE D'IVOIRE Monrovia ? Accra ? ? Entebbe ? PRECISION AIRWAYS To Bangkok To Mumbai SOMALIA ? Malindi ? Mombasa Dubai ? MOZAMBIQUE ? Lilongwe ? Blantyre TANZANIA ? Tabora ? Kigoma ? Shinyanga ? Musoma ? Bukoba Cotonou NAMIBIA KNOWKAMPALA AFRICA NETWORK Explore KQ's extensive direct route network FLIGHT ROUTES TUNISIA ? NAIROBI ? Zanzibar ? Dar es Salaam ? Arusha/ Kili ? Kilimanjaro ? Mwanza ? mtwara ? Lindi COMOROS ? & MAYOTTE ? Antananarivo