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| Everything you ever wanted to know about Jinja! | |||||||||||
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Expense Guide: (Currency Converter)
Mexican Food $$$ - Orilla Del Lago (at the Palm Tree) 0752.563.636 - Open all day
Pizza $$$ - Two Friends Restaurant 0772.984.821 (Pick up or delivery) Lunch & Dinner $$ - Crossroads Baraza Caf (Narambhai Rd.)
Continental Food $$ - Ozzies (Open from 9-5) on Main Street $ - The Source Café (Open from 9-5) on Main Street $$ - Bujigali Falls Restaurant - Lunch & Dinner $$$ - The Black Lantern (Bujigali Falls) - Dinner $$$ - Gately on the Nile (across from Amani Baby Cottage) Open all day $$ - Kingfisher Safari Resort (across the bridge) 0772.510.197 Open all day $$ - Sunset Hotel (Kira Rd.) 043.120.575
Chinese Food $$$ - Ling Ling (Jinja Roundabout) - Lunch & Dinner
Indian Food $$ - Leos (Main St.) $$$ - Two Friends Phone: 077.984.821 - Lunch & Dinner
Local Food $ - Nile Foods (just off Main St.) - Breakfast & Lunch $$$ - Jinja Nile Resort (on the way to Bujigali) Open all day |
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Standard Chartered Bank Accepts Visa Debit Card at their exterior ATM machine Located on Main Street, West of town after the Bell Avenue roundabout.
Bank of Surj Best exchange rates in Jinja – Phone: 0752-700-600
Trend Forex Bureau Located on Main Street |
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| Post office is located at the corner of Main Street and Bell Avenue | |||||||||||
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Be prepared to spend a few minutes - maybe hours at the computer! The connections in Uganda are very slow!
The Source Café located on Main Street This is the best cafe' for checking your e-mail. They do not allow pornography.
There is sometimes a wireless connection available at The Jinja House where Next Generation Ministries is located. There is a computer available also, but it is shared among the staff and volunteers. Please be respectful of others time and please make a small donation (less than it would cost at the Internet Cafés) in order to help sustain this important communication service. |
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The most common form of transportation in Uganda is by foot. You can walk anywhere in Jinja, even to Lake Victoria in about 15 minutes. However, there are ways to get around without walking.
You can easily get around Jinja using boda-bodas. There are motor scooter & motorcycle boda-bodas and bicycle boda-bodas.
The average price for a one way trip down Main St. is 500 shillings. Drivers, however, may try and charge the mzungu (white man) price. If so, just bargain with them for the normal charge.
You should expect to pay 500 to 1000 shillings one way from NGM Jinja House to the banks on Main Street.
The other common form of transport is the taxi. The taxi in Uganda is the 14 passenger van, which usually carries 20 passengers. You should expect to pay 300 shillings for a trip down Main Street, but expect a few stops along the way. The taxis are only found on the larger roads, more frequently traveled routes, so you probably won’t be using them much in and around Jinja.
The last form of transport is the special hire. This is a small car that you hire for you and your friends, up to 5. They will take you directly, anywhere you would like to go. You should expect to pay 5,000 shillings from The Jinja House to the Jinja roundabout. If you choose to use this form of transportation, it is good to find a driver and get his phone number so he can pick you up at your convenience.
If you would like to go to Kampala, it is best to go to the Jinja taxi park and take public transport by taxi. The Jinja Taxi Park is located across from the Jinja market. Ask where the coasters to Kampala are and someone will direct you. The coasters are small buses, but larger than taxis, that go all the way to the old taxi park in Kampala. You will just wait for a few minutes until the bus is full and then they will depart. They do not pick up passengers along the way, as some taxis do, they only drop off. This makes for a faster and usually safer trip to Kampala. It normally takes about 90 minutes to get there and costs 4,000 shillings one way.
When you decide to return to Jinja, find your way to the old taxi park and ask someone where the buses to Jinja are. |
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There are many adventurous things to do in Jinja if you come for more than a short term mission. If your time in Uganda will be for a month or more you may want to experience some of these adventures. Jinja is one of the best tourist’s spots in Uganda and it is one of the best white-water rafting spots in the world!
As you get to know the town, you will see and here about many things to do. Here are just a few:
You will find brochures for these adventures all over town, or just ask! |
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