With some great road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore all that Entebbe, 16 miles away, has to offer. Entebbe Botanical Garden should be high up on your list here. Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre and Sesse Islands are also not to be missed. Locals are also likely to point you toward Kampala, 30 miles away. If you can only find time for one attraction here, make sure it’s The Acacia Mall. (But we’re also huge fans of Uganda National Museum and Rubaga Cathedral.)