VISITING THE EQUATOR IN UGANDA

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I visited the equator in a trip to Ecuador in 2023- read here- https://aroundtheentireworld.com/visiting-the-equator-in-equador/

and visited the equator in Sao Tome & Principe in 2024- read here- https://aroundtheentireworld.com/visiting-the-equator-in-sao-tome-in-principe/

This time I decided to take a trip to Uganda, a country in East Africa.The Ugandan trip to the equator was located in a place called Kayabwe, a small town, about a two-hour drive from Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. There are other towns in Uganda that pass the equator but Kayabwe is the most visited location.

The equator line in Uganda

I organized the tour from the taxi man who had picked me up from the airport the day prior and we agreed on a price of 120USD to take me there and back.

We left reasonably early and this proved to be vital because we avoided traffic and got to the location right before the massive crowds had arrived.

We did all of the usual experiments and the most impressive was balancing an egg on the equator line which is always a cool thing to do.

Kayabwe in Uganda

The water was spinning clockwise in the northern hemisphere and was spinning counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere and no direction on the actual equator line.

There were quite a few restaurants and gift shops nearby and we enjoyed wandering around the area before we departed back to Kampala.

Always fun placing eggs on the equator line

I even got this certificate after completion

Nice souvenir to have

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