Welcome to the Insider's Guide to Uganda 
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Dear Reader, Welcome to sunny Uganda!Uganda has a lot to offer both visitors and locals from cultural performances to food, wildlife, fashion and sightseeing. Uganda is world renowned for its gorillas, Read More
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The Eye is a free bi-monthly magazine containing listings and directories, maps, reviews, tour and travel information plus articles of interest. It highlights everything to do with Uganda, from hospitals to hotels,shops to sporting events and from embassies to entertainment. It is distributed for readers and advertisers through national and regional airlines and tour operators, the airport information office, foreign diplomatic missions and NGOs, selected restaurants and bars, supermarkets and gift shops, all major hotels in Uganda, the Uganda Golf Club and government offices including the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Articles in This Issue
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Every visitor to the African bush wants to see an elephant. Alongside their intelligence, intense social ties, vulnerability to emotion and phenomenal memories, they're physically extraordinary too, as Travel Africa reveals. Every visitor to the African bush wants to see an elephant. Alongside their intelligence, intense social ties.Every visitor to the African bush wants to see an elephant. Alongside their intelligence, intense social ties, vulnerability to emotion and phenomenal memories, they're physically extraordinary too, as Travel Africa reveals. Every visitor to the African bush wants to see an elephant. Alongside their intelligence, intense social ties, vulnerability to emotion and phenomenal memories, they're physically extraordinary too, as Travel Africa reveals. More |
| Vehicle Review: Toyota Landcruiser | |
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Cloth interior, two air bags in front (Passenger and driver), ABS brakes, Air conditioned (With rear remote blower but no temp control), Sound system (with CD, Radio and CASSETTE (can you still buy cassettes?), assist grips, power tilt mirrors and manual retract (they don’t fold away, so get a car guard), roof racks, permanent four wheel drive. The Toyota Landcruiser comes in three models, two in diesel (VDJ200R-GNMNZ (GX) and VDJ200R-GNTEZ (VX) and one in petrol (GRJ200R-GNMNK) at prices (In US$) including all duties & VAT as listed below:- More |
| Pearl of Africa Restaurant | |
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My husband and I decided to do a little fine dining and we took ourselves off to the Pearl of Africa, Kampala Serena Hotel’s exclusive 5 Star Restaurant one Friday evening. Located on the first floor of the Kampala Serena Hotel it is elegantly and stylishly furnished with a hint of the 1920’s glamour with cream walls,My husband and I decided to do a little fine dining and we took ourselves off to the Pearl of Africa, Kampala Serena Hotel’s exclusive 5 Star Restaurant one Friday evening. Located on the first floor of the Kampala Serena Hotel it is elegantly and stylishly furnished with a hint of the 1920’s glamour with cream walls, crisp white table linen, soft to the touch carpeting and carefully selected wall motifs. More |
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When we heard that Peter & Shirray Knight from All Terrain Adventures (based in Jinja) had finally received the go ahead to do African Safaris on their ATV’s (All Terrain Vehicles, aka Quad Bikes) in Lake Mburo National Park, we leapt at the opportunity to get out there to experience this very different kind of safari. When we heard that Peter & Shirray Knight from All Terrain Adventures (based in Jinja) had finally received the go ahead to do African Safaris on their ATV’s (All Terrain Vehicles, aka Quad Bikes) in Lake Mburo National Park, we leapt at the opportunity to get out there to experience this very different kind of safari. More |
| Sports Review: Pilates | |
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Unlike traditional fitness programs that fatigue the body and create overuse injuries, Pilates is a holistic form of body conditioning that leaves you refreshed and alert with a feeling of physical and mental well-being.
Joseph Pilates, the founder of the Pilates method was born in Germany in 1880. As a frail child with rickets,Unlike traditional fitness programs that fatigue the body and create overuse injuries, Pilates is a holistic form of body conditioning that leaves you refreshed and alert with a feeling of physical and mental well-being. |
| Health Review: STDs | |
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Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that impairs the conception of children. The diagnosis of infertility is usually given to couples who have been unable to conceive a child after 12 months of regular sexual intercourse without birth control.Many people may be infertile during their reproductive years. They may be unaware. There has been a lot of alarm in Kampala recently about the perceived increase in rape cases. We always used to say Kampala was very safe compared to Nairobi, or indeed Johannesburg. When housebreaking and armed robbery in Kampala was common we noted that in Nairobi it was often accompanied by rape and murder. More |
| Ugandan Society | |
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Ugandan Society Observed is a collection of published newspaper articles from author and columnist, Kevin O’Connor.
Kevin’s first column, The Roving Eye first appeared in The Sunday Vision in 1994 and continues to this day in the Sunday Monitor.Ugandan Society Observed is a collection of the articles that Kevin has published in his column over the years.Ugandan Society Observed is a collection of published newspaper articles from author and columnist, Kevin O’Connor. Kevin’s first column, The Roving Eye first appeared in The Sunday Vision in 1994 and continues to this day in the Sunday Monitor. Ugandan Society Observed is a collection of the articles that Kevin has published in his column over the years and it is an entertaining, interesting and somewhat humorous look at Ugandan society. More |
| Entertainment: Casinos of Kampala | |
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Visiting Kampala’s nightspots would not be complete without a visit to one of ganda’s great casinos for a fun thrilled evening, with great food and entertainment waiting to make your night a true pleasure.Starting around 1990, the first of the casinos began to appear in Uganda. In neighbouring Kenya, casinos have been. Visiting Kampala’s nightspots would not be complete without a visit to one of Uganda’s great casinos for a fun thrilled evening, with great food and entertainment waiting to make your night a true pleasure.
Starting around 1990, the first of the casinos began to appear in Uganda. In neighbouring Kenya, casinos have been in operation since the mid 60”s, and in Ghana last few years has seen three, and Congo four. More |
| Society Review: The Irish Society | |
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The Irish Society in Uganda has been in existence for over 50 years. During that time, it has played a key role in bringing together the Irish Community in Uganda as well as providing a channel for sharing Irish culture with other nationalities.The Irish Society organizes a number of events throughout the year. The primary focus. The Irish Society in Uganda has been in existence for over 50 years. During that time, it has played a key role in bringing together the Irish Community in Uganda as well as providing a channel for sharing Irish culture with other nationalities.The Irish Society organizes a number of events throughout the year. More |
