Entebbe Botanical Gardens is located in Entebbe, Uganda. They were laid out in 1898 by the first curator, A White, close to the shore of Lake Victoria. The gardens are divided into different zones, including a rain forest zone. This rain forest formed the backdrop to scenes from the Tarzan films, featuring Johnny Weissmuller, shot in the 1940s. The Entebbe Botanical Gardens established at the turn of the 20th history is a place of flowers, plants, trees not only native to Uganda but from other tropical locations around the world – it is certainly a place of beauty and discovery for flowers, plants, shrubs, trees, monkeys, insects and magnificent birds.

The Entebbe Botanic Gardens are also home to around 115 species of bird so an ideal opportunity for bird watchers to capture some amazing photographs and, if you are very lucky you will spot the Verreaux’s eagle owl; Africa's largest owl. Although numbers have declined during neglect during Uganda's years of inner political turmoil, the gardens were also home at one point to around 2,500 species of plants of tropical, sub-tropical and warm temperature zones.

The botanical gardens are over a hundred years old but has become but it has become beautiful with age. Entebbe Botanical Gardens is one of the best places near Kampala where you can spot many species of birds.  It is also a place of tranquility and peace, a feast for the eyes and there is a notable absence of people you are simply immersed in nature, the sounds of birds breaking the stillness of the moment.

As you stroll along the paths, you will find a medicinal garden, stands of Bamboo, thick underbrush, towering trees, simply a lovely morning, afternoon or full day in the quiet of the Botanical Gardens along Lake Victoria that seems to appear over and over as you walk along. Local Rumors (including Bradt Guide) have it that the early black and white Tarzan Movies were made here at the gardens years back.