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Makerere University – Kampala Kampala

Makerere University – Kampala

Makerere University is Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in…

Uganda National Mosque – Kampala Kampala

Uganda National Mosque – Kampala

The Uganda National Mosque ALSO known as Gaddafi National Mosque is a mosque located at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of Kampala, Uganda. It…

St Mary’s Cathedral Rubaga – Kampala Kampala

St Mary’s Cathedral Rubaga – Kampala

Saint Mary’s Cathedral Rubaga, commonly referred to as Rubaga Cathedral, is the parent cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala, the oldest Roman Catholic diocese…

Namirembe Cathedral – Kampala Kampala

Namirembe Cathedral – Kampala

Namirembe Diocese Centenary House is the Diocesan Headquarters and located at Namirembe Hill. The building accommodates the Administrative and management offices of the Diocese: Bishop’s Office,…

The Uganda Museum – Kampala Kampala

The Uganda Museum – Kampala

The Uganda Museum is located in Kampala, Uganda. It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda’s cultural heritage. It was founded in…

Ndere Cultural Centre – Kampala Kampala

Ndere Cultural Centre – Kampala

Welcome To Ndere Cultural Center Be Welcomed, Be Entertained, Be Yourself. We heard someone awesome was joining us, Our hearts and doors are always open to…

Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch Nakasongola

Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is a private, animal sanctuary in Uganda. Established in 2005 to re-introduce Southern White Rhinos in the wild, the sanctuary is the only…

Ngamba Wildlife Sanctuary-Lake Victoria Uganda Entebbe

Ngamba Wildlife Sanctuary-Lake Victoria Uganda

Welcome to Ngamba Island A peaceful home for rescued and orphaned chimps. Surrounded by the peaceful waters of Lake Victoria, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary is home…

St. Charles Lwanga Prayer centre, Birinzi Masaka Masaka

St. Charles Lwanga Prayer centre, Birinzi Masaka

Christians and well-wishers contributed money towards the development of St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Shrine into a Spiritual and Religious Tourism Centre which will be globally recognized.…

Bulange Building Kampala

Bulange Building

Bulange – Administrative Office of the Kabaka. Bulange, is a building in Uganda. It houses the Lukiiko (Parliament) of the Kingdom of Buganda. The Kabaka of…

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Kisoro

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Where Gold Meets Silver About The Park Size: 33.7km2, making it Uganda’s smallest National Park. The park takes its name from “Gahinga” – the local word…

Semliki National Park Bundibugyo

Semliki National Park

Semuliki National Park sprawls across the floor of the Semliki Valley on the remote, western side of the Rwenzori. Semuliki National Park is a national park…

Kidepo Valley National Park Kaabong

Kidepo Valley National Park

The Kidepo Valley National Park is located in North east Uganda. Kidepo national park is situated in Kaabong district in Northeastern Uganda. By estimate, it is…

Kibale National Park Fort Portal

Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park is a national park in South Uganda protecting moist evergreen rain forest. It is 766 km^2 in size and is located between 1100…

Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center Entebbe

Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center

The Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center (UWEC), popularly known as Entebbe Zoo, is a conservation center where all animals found in Uganda can be accessed. The…

Rwenzori Mountains National Park Kasese

Rwenzori Mountains National Park

The Rwenzori Mountain also known as “Mountains of the Moon” a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lie in western Uganda along the Uganda-Congo border. The equatorial snow…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Kanungu

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse…

Mount Elgon National Park Mbale

Mount Elgon National Park

Mt. Elgon National Park At 4,000km² Mt. Elgon has the largest volcanic base in the world. Located on the Uganda-Kenya border it is also the oldest…

Queen Elizabeth National Park Kasese

Queen Elizabeth National Park

The Queen Elizabeth National Park spread over an area of 1,978 square kilometers The Park is located in Uganda’s Western side; the gigantic park covers Kasese,…

Murchison Falls National Park Masindi

Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest national park. It measures approximately 3,840 square kilometres (1,480 sq mi). The park is hosting 76 species of mammals…

Jinja City Jinja

Jinja City

It is one thing to have the source of the longest river in the world at the heart of your city and it is another to…

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