Phone:
+256 (0)712 849973 , +256 (0)782 241044 , +256 (0)702 473534

Where we are

Entebbe Backpackers is located on Plot 33/35 along Church Road in the safest and secure Entebbe neighbourhood with paved (tarmacked) roads and solar night time lighting 5 Kilometers from Entebbe International Airport.

The Entebbe Backpackers is located along Church Road; only 700 metres from the Kampala-Entebbe Airport Road on the left side of the road if driving towards the airport, just after the Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel opposite the Uganda Printing and Publishing Cooperation (UPPC) and just before the Shell Fuel Station.

Facilities at Frank’s

The campsite has a large clean garden with beautiful flowers, green grass and trees and you are sure to feel very much at home in our great feel-good environment. There is ample camping space for those wishing to pitch tents. The hostel and campsite is very securely fenced with 24 Hour CCTv surveillance and is well lit at night.

The Hostel consists of twelve rooms of various sizes, standards and prices (including 4 self-contained garden cottage style rooms) and two-eight person maximum capacity self-contained dormitories with storage lockers.

Bookings

We appreciate and prefer a more personal interaction with you to sort out your accommodation or other requirement and so kindly email us directly on stay@entebbebackpackers.com for advance bookings or call us on our various phone contacts listed at the top of the page for that urgent booking.

Activities

From Entebbe Backpackers, it is easy to connect to the Ssese Islands (Kalangala) and the Chimpanzee Sanctuary at Ngamba Island in Lake Victoria. A visit to the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre and the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe is also easy as we are in proximity of these places. We also gladly arrange guided tours to the above two places as well as the Mabamba swamp for the Shoe bill stork enthusiasts

Getting there

Public transport to and from Kampala runs on the main Entebbe – Kampala road throughout the day into late evening hours for UGX 3,000 per person.

Transport locally in Entebbe is available using small motor cycles known as boda bodas at rates ranging between UGX 1,000- to UGX 5,000- depending on the distance of the journey.

Shuttle Services

Airport Pickup costs USD 8 and Airport Drop-off costs USD 6. This is at any time of the day or night. Transfers to Kampala city centre or within a 5km radius cost USD 30.

Other Facilities

We have a restaurant open from 8:00 a.m to 8:00 p.m every day.

We offer a variety of well-priced delicious meals prepared on order from our menu.

Our chefs guarantee to cook you a distinctly tasty Backpackers meal.

We also have a bar open to our guests and we will serve you that well priced cold Ugandan or Foreign beer, a variety of soft drinks as well as Wines, Whiskeys and Spirits.