Kasese
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Kasese is a town of 102,000 people (2014) in Western Uganda. The city is a gateway to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park and to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Kasese grew around the copper mine at Kilembe, but attention later turned to cobalt mining. It is the chief town of Kasese District, and the district headquarters are located there. Kasese is also the largest town in the Rwenzururu region. Charles Mumbere, the Omusinga of Rwenzururu, maintains a palace in the town.
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Multiple OptionsKasese is approximately 345 kilometres (214 mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. This is about 61 km (38 mi), by road, north-east of Mpondwe, the border town at the international border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Buses from Kampala to Link and Kalita take five hours the fare is USh 25,000. The same buses from Fort Portal take one hour and the fare is USh 5,000. There are also 14-seat vans coming from Kabale and Mbarara. The 14-seat van fare from Mbarara is USh 20,000. Aerolink Uganda operates daily flights from Entebbe....
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Sunset on Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth national park.
Matoke: also known as Matooke or Ibitoke (in Rwanda), is a variety of starchy banana, commonly referred to as cooking bananas. The fruit is harvested green and then cooked and often mashed or pounded into a meal. In Uganda it is steam-cooked and the mashed meal is one of the national dishes of the country.
brown deer on green grass field during daytime
Male Uganda Cob.
Pin-tailed whydah. That is a male one. Female ones are not that colored and attractive. It keeps on hoping from one shrub to another, making it difficult to capture.
Tree-climbing lion resting in one of the fig trees of Ishasha in Queen Elizabeth national park Uganda.
Elephants drinking water from Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth national park of Uganda.
A vervet monkey climbs a small cliff by the roadside.
A lone elephant pulls leaves from a tree.
A weaver bird rests on a dried out shrub outside a gift market.
Sunset on Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth national park.
Matoke: also known as Matooke or Ibitoke (in Rwanda), is a variety of starchy banana, commonly referred to as cooking bananas. The fruit is harvested green and then cooked and often mashed or pounded into a meal. In Uganda it is steam-cooked and the mashed meal is one of the national dishes of the country.
brown deer on green grass field during daytime