Why
should I visit Mbarara?
Mbarara is the highest developed
district in Western Uganda and holds as the capital for the region being the
region´s commercial district and also holding the biggest offices in the region
with regional headquarters of all offices.
The district therefore attracts a wide
range of tourists both locally from the region, from central region in
districts of Kampala ,wakiso, and Mukono which has proved the district as one
of the highest visited district second Fort Portal in the Western region
The biggest tourist attraction are one
of the Districts biggest attraction in Western Uganda.
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| Mbarara city Vi |
1.Igogo Cultural Centre.
THE IGONGO CULTURAL CENTRE AND Museum
is on the former palace ground of the local Ankole king, located in Mbarara
District in western Uganda. The museum is the largest exhibits center in
Western Uganda.
The museum has a vast collection
of artifacts, exhibits of the agrarian and pastoral culture, history of
political changes as well as present-day modernization of agricultural
activities in the region.
The Igongo Cultural Centre and Museum
highlight the way of life of the tribes in southwestern Uganda, including the
cattle herding tribe, Bahima, and how adaptable the region has been to new
technologies and life. The tribe has collaborated with the University of Basel,
Switzerland, on cheese making and milk pasteurization, which the museum has
documented extensively as a success story of new technologies from Europe
reaching Uganda.
The museum is part of the Cultural
Centre, which encompasses a state-of-the-art hotel with conference facilities.
Day trips from the Centre include visits to the Biharwe Eclipse monument in
Mbarara, honey farms, as well as evening entertainment and meetings with the
Bahima tribespeople.
The museum staff can arrange bespoke
events that include afternoon sessions with the local tribespeople in
eshawbwe-making from ghee/clarified butter made from Ankole cow milk, and
millet bread-making. Other activities include trips to the local Ankole cow
farm for a hands-on milking experience. The Centre has two restaurants
that serve local, authentic Bahima and Ugandan food.
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2. Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is a very special
place; every part of it is alive with variety, interest and colour. It contains
an extensive area of wetland and also harbours several species of mammals and
birds found nowhere else in Uganda. Its sculptured landscape, with rolling
hills and idyllic lake shores has a varied mosaic of habitats; forest
galleries, seasonal and permanent swamps, rich acacia-woodland and grassy
valleys which all support a wealth of wildlife.
At 370 square km, Lake Mburo National Park
is small in comparison with many other East African parks, but with its rich
variety of habitats; dry hillsides, rocky outcrops, bushy thickets, open and
wooded savannah, forest, lakes and swamps, it is home to a surprising diversity
of plants and animals.
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| Lake Mburo National Park Ankole Region |
3. Country Cinema
- Country
Cinema Mbarara is located at: Located in Mbarara City, plot 28 along
Kampala Road. At the building housing Centenary Bank, just next to Agip
Motel, 256 Mbarara, Uganda. - What is the
phone number of Country Cinema Mbarara?
You
can try to dialing this number: +256773119544 – or find more information on
their website: www.countrycinemaug.com
- What is the
opening hours of Country Cinema Mbarara?
Monday:
10:00 – 23:45
Tuesday: 10:00 – 23:45
Wednesday: 10:00 – 23:45
Thursday: 10:00 – 23:45
Friday: 10:00 – 23:45
Saturday: 10:00 – 23:45
4. Kitagata Hot Springs
The Kitagata Hot springs is found in a sub-county called Kitagata in
Sheema district located in Ankole in the western region of Uganda. The
area got its name from the popular Kitagata hot springs. The word Kitagata is a
Runyankole word meaning “warm” and it became famous for this place because of
the presence of this very hot water that comes out of the earth’s crust to the
surface after being heated up as a result of vulcanicity. The place is known by
the residents of the area as “Ekitagata Kyamarembo” and has stories associated
with it that are believed to have happened in the past.
Kitagata
hot springs is visited daily by crowds of people from different areas of Uganda
and beyond Uganda. The water of the hot springs is warm and is believed to heal
skin diseases and muscle pains and even complicated diseases inside the body.
Because of the healing powers of this water, you will find crowds of people
around the area, others half naked relaxing on the stones around the place and
others in the warm water. Kitagata hot springs has two zones; the one for women
and children and the one for men.
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6. Neighbor to Fort Portal Tourism City.
Mbarara is a city located
strategically in the Centre of the region near Uganda´s tourism City Fort
Portal which is host over 100,000 foreign tourist annually which made it the
capital of Uganda´s tourism.
Mbarara has the biggest trips organised
to the City with Mbarara and Fort Port being THE Biggest Cities in the region in
Tourism.
Mbarara district is also host t one of
the main offices to one of the biggest tourist attrations in Uganda Crater Lake
Buyonyi which receives over 2000 tourists outside of the region to Kabale.
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| Lake Bunyonyi |
Mbarara holds offices that are home to
the Tourist attraction. it also holds trips to all areas around the region that
is to attractions like Mugahinga National park which is also located in the
region with all these offices in the districts of Kabale in the district
