We took a special hire (a long-distance taxi) to Kabale. The road is newly paved and was quite comfortable. Our driver has said it was a five-hour drive but it took us nine hours, including a stop for lunch. The countryside was lush and green, and there were little produce stalls on the side of the road selling potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and fresh fish from Lake Bunyonyi.
We stopped at the equator for a touristy pic. There's a restaurant that sits right on the equator, and you can get a table with people sitting in different hemispheres.
Kabale has limited tourist options. We had booked into Cepha's Inn, a mid-range place rated highly in the guide books but not so great on tripadvisor. We debated on the drive about upgrading to a nicer (more expensive) hotel in the nearby Lake Bunyonyi but decided to stay at Cepha's because it was just a transit stop and more convenient to get to Bwindi.
We liked our driver so arranged with him to drive us the next day to Bwindi.
We found out we've been mispronouncing 'Bwindi' - we've been saying b-win-di but it's actually bwin-di with a consonant blend on the 'bw' similar to 'tw' in twin.
Cepha's was okay, but there are two wings - the newer wing is what was reviewed in the guide books, and the older wing got the bad reviews on tripadvisor. We were in the older wing. It was clean and had hot water, a mosquito net and a comfortable bed so it was good enough.
Dinner was pretty good again. We've been surprised at the great meals we've had so far in Uganda. Marissa's vegetarian and there's been good options for her too. At Cepha's I had the 'fish allachef' which tasted great. We finished up our beers and called it a night.
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