Located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Entebbe was established as the headquarters of the colonial administration in 1863. Designated Uganda’s capital city until independence in 1962, Entebbe is the location of Uganda’s sole international airport and lies just 34km south of the present day capital city, Kampala. With an estimated population of 90,000, Entebbe is one of Uganda’s most vibrant cities, offering a popular weekend retreat for the inhabitants of Kampala who come to ..

The second largest city in Uganda and the principal industrial centre, Jinja was claimed as the source of the Nile in 1862 by John Hanning Speke and it is from here that the river begins its 6,400 km journey to the Mediterranean. Becoming the headquarters of the colonial protectorate in 1901, in 1908 Sir Winston Churchill wrote’ Jinja is destined to become a very important place in the future of central Africa’, a prophecy that later became a reality as Jinja established a series of ....

Before the arrival of the British, Mutesa I the Kabaka (king) of Buganda had chosen the area that was to become Kampala as one of his favourite hunting grounds. The area was made up of numerous rolling hills and lush wetlands. It was an ideal breeding ground for various game, particularly a species of antelope, the Impala (Aepyceros melampus). The British called the area the hills of the Impala. Translated to Luganda it became "kasozi ka Impala".