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Kasubi Tombs - Kampala Cultural Tour
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Best Full Day Cultural Tour of Kampala

By Kampala City and Slum Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is £119 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Enjoy a unique and informative experience through Buganda Kingdom’s rich cultural heritage giving you a chance to know more about the hidden history of the Buganda kingdom the oldest Kingdom in Uganda dating back to the 13th Century and headed by traditional kings, called “Kabaka”.

While on this Tour, you will experience an authentic, traditional culture with a Ugandan social life through traditional artefacts, craft making, spiritual healing, storytelling and traditional food tasting. With a range of cultural sites in Kampala and the Buganda Kingdom at large, one can book this Best Cultural tour of Kampala to visit sites like Buganda King’s palace, Royal Mile, Torture Chambers, Kabaka’s Lake, Kasubi tombs, Wamala Tombs, Totems of Buganda and end the Tour with a visit to the Craft Market for Souvenir Shopping

Activity location

  • Wamala King's Tombs
    • Nansana
    • Wakiso, Uganda

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Wamala King's Tombs
    • Nansana
    • Wakiso, Uganda

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Best Full Day Cultural Tour of Kampala
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:00
Price details
£118.73 x 1 Adult£118.73

Total
Price is £118.73

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance Fees

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Wamala King's Tombs
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Our driver guide will pick you up from your Hotel or Residence and start an early morning drive to Wamala Tombs which is about 13 km north of Kampala city. Wamala is the sacred burial place of Kabaka Suuna II (1836-1856) the 29th King of the Buganda Kingdom, he had 148 wives and 218 children. Kabaka Suuna was the last King to be buried in his own palace and the last to have his jawbone removed after death. He was also the first King to admit traders into Buganda. A magical but almost forgotten place, where the first Arab traders first come to Buganda in 1844.
Kasubi Tombs
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Later drive to your next stop which is at the Kasubi tombs, situated on Kasubi Hill. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which was established in 1880, where royals of the Buganda kingdom are buried, it’s a burial ground for the four kings ‘Kabakas’ of Buganda, This is an important centre for the royal family, a place where the Kabaka and his representatives frequently carry out important rituals related to Buganda culture.
Uganda Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Proceed to the Uganda Museum Which is the oldest museum in East Africa which was started in 1908. It was first located in Lugard’s fort on old Kampala Hill then transferred to Makerere University at the school of industrial and fine arts and lastly to Kitante Hill where it stands today. It emerged when Governor George Wilson called for “all articles of interest in Uganda”. The museum is a collection of traditional culture and Ugandan Music with all kinds of musical instruments, archaeology, history, science, and natural history. The Museum is one of the top and best places to visit while on your Kampala city tour giving you the real picture of Uganda and its people.
Kabaka's Palace
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Later enjoy your Local traditional Ugandan Lunch at a local restaurant. After proceed to the king’s palace at Lubiri driving through the Nantaweta Royal mile Junction (a monument in form of a split drum) in the middle of the stretch from Bulange Mengo and the Lubiri Palace. Along this Mile are Buganda’s cultural Totems and norms that have been displayed. The King’s Palace of Buganda built-in 1922, is an ancient traditional kingdom in eastern and central Africa and is one of the most powerful kingdoms in pre-colonial Africa. While here you will get a chance to see the late president idd Amin’s prison and information about Amin’s torture chambers. At the gate of this palace is a traditional fire source that has never burnt out since the inception of the Buganda monarchy and shall never stop burning least a king is dead. Here is a representation of all Buganda Clans and their respective role in this Kingdom since the time of immemorial.
Kampala
  • 3h
Proceed to the Kabaka’s Lake which was dug by the 52 Clans of Buganda on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II from 1885 – 1888. The Plan of the King was to construct a channel wide enough for him to travel by boat to Lake Victoria for Fishing and Swimming. This is the Largest Excavated Lake in Africa. Later proceed to the Craft Market where you will end your Full Day Best of Kampala Cultural Tour with a drop-off at your Hotel

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESWamala King's Tombs
    • Nansana
    • Wakiso, Uganda

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEWamala King's Tombs
    • Nansana
    • Wakiso, Uganda

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