Getting to Uganda is best by plane. The Entebbe Airport is the main airport of Uganda. It is the hub for Ugandan air travel. Many flights to Uganda as well as other cities in Africa operate from here. There are direct flights to and from Johannesburg those which run three days a week on South African Airways. Also, flights directly come to and from Uganda to London every alternate day on British Air. Emirates offers flights from Entebbe to Dubai via Nairobi and Addis Ababa on Airbus A340S. This continues further down to Europe, North America and Asia from Dubai. Ethiopian Airlines is another airline that offers service to Addis Ababa on Boeing 737s. Kenya Airways and KLM Airways fly daily from Entebbe Airport to Amsterdam via Nairobi or directly. This shows that getting to Uganda by plane is quite conducive and easy from any part of the world. Several taxis and minibuses ply between the Entebbe airport and Kampala. However, in reality very few travellers think of getting to Uganda by plane because most flights to East Africa from Europe and North America use Nairobi as their gateway.

Getting to Uganda by train is not a feasible idea as presently there is no passenger train service to or in Uganda.

Getting to Uganda by bus is another option for travellers. There are several bus companies in Uganda which offer direct lines between Kampala to Nairobi, Kigali and Dar-es-salaam. There are also facilities of nightbuses from Kampala. These buses start at 4PM to arrive at 6AM in Nairobi and they cost 23000 UShilling. It is always a good decision to take your trips in stages. Tourists can take a (matatu) or bus up to the border and walk to the other side of it. From the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, most people travel by bus to Uganda. The border posts used by most tourists travelling by bus from Kenya are Malaba and Busia. The route to Uganda from Tanzania goes through the Kagera salient on the western side of Lake Victoria. It is between Bukoba and Masaka. From Rawanda the main crossing point is between Kabale and Kigali which is via Katuna (Uganda) and Gatuna (Rwanda). Besides, there are direct buses that operate from Kampala and Nairobi daily. Such a journey takes around 12 to 14 hours.