Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. A tour in Kampala city gives a variety of choices to make and all reachable places. This Uganda tour is mainly a one day activity since all areas are reachable and this tour will take you to various sites and attractions around the city.

Tourist Attractions in Kampala City

Starting from Gaddafi mosque, Amin’s torture chamber, Uganda museum, Bahai temple and Namugongo shrines. Gaddafi mosque is the major feature on the oldest hill in the city offering unrivalled 360 degrees views of Kampala from the Minaret where you have chances of seeing all the 7 hills that make up Kampala city. Immediately after the mosque, you take a royal drive leading from parliament of Buganda Kingdom; Lubiri Palace was built in 1922.

The building was duly converted to army barracks, while an adjacent site became a notorious underground prison and torture-execution chamber built by Idi Amin in the 1970s. Guides will lead you to this terrifying site; a dark concrete tunnel with numerous dark, damp cells separated by an electrified passage of water to prevent escape. At the gate of this palace is a traditional fire source that has never burnt out since the inception of the Buganda monarchy/Kingdom; and shall never stop burning least a king is dead.

Here is a representation of all Baganda Clans and their respective role in this Kingdom since time of immemorial as narrated by a royalist at this fire source. A mile away but directly positioned gate to gate is the Bulange- a parliament in which the Kabaka and his ministers have since old days sat to deliberate upon issues concerning Buganda Kingdom.

The architectural design of this building has proven a spectacular Uganda tour site to many local and international visitors. Walk the mile as you learn about Buganda cultural norms and the city of Kampala. Outside, the Museum is the Living museum (Cultural village) that exhibits the ways of lives of Ugandans as it represents the whole of Uganda.

This outside museum also exhibits all the Kingdoms of Uganda and their way of life. After all that, you can also take a drive to the Kabaka’s lake. The is the largest man-made lake in Africa; made by Kabaka Mwanga and was supposed to connect to Lake Victoria as an escape route for the Kabaka in case of any attack to the throne; but was not finished and only remained as a royal lake near the palace. This is home to some birds and least a fishing sport as well as leisure to many.

Proceed to the Uganda Museum, a remarkable collection of spans; over two million years of human history with a display of Uganda’s cultural heritage; where one can see ethnological and natural-historical exhibitions. Enjoy an African history, cultures and treasures of Uganda under one roof in Kamwokya – Kitante hill just next to the Uganda Wildlife Authority headquarters. Bahai temple also awaits, to visit the mother Temple of the Bahai faith in Africa.

This being the only Bahai Temple in Africa makes Uganda a target destination for many tourists. End your day with Namugongo shrines dedicated to 22 young Christian congregants; who were brutally murdered by Kabaka Mwanga in 1885-1887 for their allegiance to Christianity.

They were beatified in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV and later canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. The 22 Martyrs are the only African saints to whom a basilica is dedicated. They are the largest group of saints ever canonized by the Catholic Church. This makes memorable every 3^rd of June bringing all sorts of people all over Africa.