TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS BY DESTINATION

Uganda Airlines has undertaken the necessary safety measures in compliance with approved guidelines by host Governments aimed at protecting passengers and crew. The following guidelines will be applicable for all our flights.

All travellers will be required to present to the airline, proof of a negative PCR test result for COVID-19, conducted within 72 hours of departure and done by a health facility accredited by the host Government. Passengers must carry along an official printed certificate as SMS and digital certificates will not be accepted.

While in transit, the returnee will be required to adhere to the host country’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for safe travel and the SOPs provided by the airline while on the plane. This includes wearing a face mask and sanitisation.

Every individual traveller is advised to carry a spare mask(s) in case they need to replace the original one that they have. Used masks will only be disposed of in a facility provided for that purpose.

UGANDA (ENTEBBE) All departing and arriving passengers will be subjected to temperature checks and enhanced screening. Passengers who may have a body temperature above 37.5℃ (99.5°F) or any symptoms of coronavirus will be referred to further management which may include testing and/or quarantine. (72 hours) No quarantine will be applicable for travellers with a negative PCR test, body temperature below 37.5℃ (99.5°F), and who do not present any symptoms of COVID-19. For more information check: https://www.traveldoc.aero /

TANZANIA (DAR ES SALAAM, KILIMANJARO, ZANZIBAR ) All travellers whether foreig or returning residents entering or leaving the United Republic of Tanzania will be subjected to enhanced screening for COVID-19 infection. There will be no 14 days of mandatory quarantine. All travellers whether foreigners or returning residents whose countries or airlines require them to get tested for COVID-19 and turn negative, as a condition for travelling, will be required to present a certificate upon arrival. Travellers from other countries with symptoms and signs related to COVID-19 infection will undergo enhanced screening and may be tested for RT-PCR. While in the country, all international travellers should observe adherence to Infection. Prevention and control measures such as hand hygiene, wearing masks, and keeping physical distancing are deemed appropriate. All travellers are required to truthfully fill out a Traveller’s Surveillance Form available onboard or in any other transport means and submit to Port Health Authorities upon arrival. All international arriving passengers shall dispose of their masks after use during travel at designated waste collection containers upon arrival. In case of any medical emergency while in the United Republic of Tanzania, please call the toll-free Health Emergency Number 199. For more information check: https://www.traveldoc.aero /

SOUTH SUDAN (JUBA) No quarantine is mandated in South Sudan. All arriving passengers are required to present a valid Covid-19 certificate from an approved laboratory in a departure country, tested within 72 hours before travel, and must provide a letter of No Objection while entering South Sudan. For more information check: https://www.traveldoc.aero/

KENYA (NAIROBI, MOMBASA) Passengers will be refused entry if not holding a hard copy of a negative PCR test certificate obtained within 96 hours before departure. This does not apply to passengers holding a diplomatic passport and their accompanying family members, provided they are holding a negative PCR test certificate obtained within 7 days before departure. Passengers are required to submit a Travellers Health Surveillance Form online at https://ears.health.go.ke/airline_registration/. Passengers are required to fill a Passenger Locator Form during their flights to Kenya, due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. Passengers must have a body temperature not above 37.5℃ (99.5°F) and must not have any symptoms of coronavirus. They must hold a QR code showing they have completed a Travellers Health Surveillance Form online prior to departure. This is completed online here: https://ears.health.go.ke/airline_ registration / For more information check: https://www.traveldoc.aero/

SOMALIA (MOGADISHU) Check: https://www.traveldoc.aero /

BURUNDI (BUJUMBURA) Check: https://www.traveldoc.aero /

Travel advisories Please note that some travel advisories have been issued by a number of countries and may include travel restrictions. Some of the countries on our network that have issued travel restrictions include Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan, and Bujumbura. For more details, please visit: https:// www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-documentnews/1580226297.htm

Important: All travellers on Uganda Airlines are required to reconfirm their flight within 72 hours to their travel date.

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Bugisu’s Imbalu

A teenager’s bittersweet rite of passage

The African Kanga

A traditional form of African twitter

Trekking The Magnificent RWENZORI MOUNTAINS

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Mahogany Springs Lodge

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK

Mahogany Springs is situated in one of the most intimate, secluded, beautiful, and most importantly, natural settings in the world – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. The mist covered hillsides of Bwindi are blanketed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, a habitat for over 450 mountain gorillas, roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups which can be tracked. Surrounded by over 300 sq. km of tropical rainforest, Mahogany Springs makes the most of its location, offering guests privacy and serenity in a spectacular setting.

All 11 huge luxurious suites have their own exquisitely designed terrace with magnificent panoramic views over the forest, lodge gardens and Munyanga River, giving a feeling of total immersion in this lush rainforest.

Being in the middle of the forest means gorilla families in the surrounding area often pay a visit to the lodge gardens, giving a surprise gorilla experience for guests.

Spend the day tracking gorillas through the forest, engaging with the local community and tribes, or sitting on the terrace of your room listening to the sounds of the forest, and maybe the odd primate visitor as time slowly passes by.

Mahogany Springs is open year-round and offers luxurious suites from $240 per person per night sharing, including all meals.

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Lunatic Express Crazy times on the

The plan to build a thousand-kilometre railway track from the Indian Ocean into the heart of Africa was considered by many to be utterly insane. Mark Eveleigh boards the train that, a century later, is still called The Lunatic Express.

Words and photos by Mark Eveleigh W ith the blast of a horn, like a wounded bull elephant, the old train rumbled into Nairobi Station. There was a flurry of activity as passengers hauled luggage to the edge of the platform. To the Swahili travellers, this train is known as gari la moshi (the car that smokes), but most tourists know it as The Lunatic Express.

There have been accusations of lunacy ever since the idea was conceived to build a railway line from the Indian Ocean over a thousand kilometres to Kampala, in the heart of Africa. Now, more than a hundred years after the project was started, friends in Nairobi looked at me like I was equally crazy when I told them that my girlfriend Nina and I planned to take the train to Mombasa.

“But the plane is so much faster,” a bush-pilot friend exclaimed. “Even the matatu minibuses are quicker and cheaper and probably more comfortable too,” a park ranger told me. “You are crazy to go by train,” they all seemed to agree.

Just as I was on the verge of being convinced, an old friend who is an experienced East Africa correspondent weighed in on the side of lunacy: “The building of that railway line was one of the crazy things that could really only happen in Africa. Everybody should experience the Lunatic Express while they’re in Kenya,” he said. “I’ve done it three times.”

Reassured by his enthusiasm, I booked two tickets and by mid-afternoon the next day, we were already dragging our bags into a surprisingly crowded Rift Valley Railway carriage. “Either there are a lot of crazy people in Nairobi, or there are a few good reasons for taking the Lunatic Express after all,” Nina pointed out.

Within a few minutes, we were already convinced that our decision had been the right one. The tracks slithered quickly away from the grumbling traffic on Mombasa Road and further ahead, we passed within a few metres of the

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