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Tombs where the remains of some of the earlier Buganda kings were buried including Kabaka Ssuuna 11 (1836-1856). During his time he had 148 wives and produced 218 children! The single tomb building was also completely destroyed by fire in 2012, and has now been reconstructed. Meaning there are no original tombs left in the city.
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Ssekabaka's Tombs
Burial ground of four Kabakas (kings) of Buganda and important place for the Baganda people. UNESCO World Heritage site. Nearly completely destroyed in a 2010 fire, but largely reconstructed with foreign aid. The tombs are central to the Buganda people's identity, acting as a historical and spiritual symbol for Uganda.
Bahá'í House of Worship
Beautiful and incredibly peaceful place. Nice view too.
Uganda National Museum
A natural history museum, with some static displays commencing from the stone age and moving forward to Ugandan traditional life. The Uganda National Museum has been closed to the public since August 2024 for renovations; the Ministry of Tourism site still shows a "temporarily closed" notice and no reopening date has been announced. Many tour pages still list it as open, so check before travelling.
Buwama
By European standards, a small Anglican cathedral. Not very interesting of itself, but some views of the city. This is the fifth Namirembe Cathedral in Kampala, built around the time of World War I, after the four first were outgrown, blown down, nearly eaten by termites, and struck by lightning!
Dinners and performances (tribal dance) by the Ndere Troupe. Best to check website for times.
Gaddafi National Mosque
Big, beautiful modern mosque commissioned by Muammar Gaddafi, the ex-Libyan despot, as a gift to Uganda and completed in 2007. Said to be second-largest in sub-Saharan Africa. Great, relatively close-up bird's-eye view of Kampala from up the minaret, though there are a lot of steps (272, to be exact) to climb. Just to the north of the mosque is Fort Lugard where the first Governor of the Protectorate, Frederick Lugard, was posted.