Having derived its name from the Impala animal, the rapidly growing city of Kampala is not only the National Political Capital, but also the Country’s most important business, leisure and education centre with several academic institutions including the largest University, Makerere University. The City is blessed with a moderate high altitude climate and is an ideal springboard from which to explore this magical Pearl of Africa. Therefore, be it the people, culture, history, spirit, hospitality, the warmth and colours, nothing is quite what you expect in Kampala!
Get ready to see traffic jams in peak hour traffic, sidewalks littered with scurrying pedestrians and high rising office buildings. The City has a satisfyingly organic shape dictated by the seven hills onto which it lies and boasts a range of Hotels, Theatres, Galleries, Cultural, Historical and Religious worship places.

The neat and compact city centre can easily be explored on foot, while nearby, the Craft Village at National Theatre is filled with souvenir stalls displaying a wide range of executed local handicrafts ranging from ceramics and basketry to traditional wood carvings and paintings. The historical burial ground of the Buganda Kings known as Kasubi Tombs is well worth a visit, and one can also explore Uganda Museum which houses perhaps the finest historical and traditional artefacts plus ethnographic collection in East Africa.

More emotional is the visit to the Uganda Martyrs’ Shrine in Namugongo where the Uganda Martyrs’ were murdered and are always remembered every 3rd of June. Other places to visit include the Owino Market, Bahai Temple, Kabaka’s Lake and Palace among others.