East Africa
Kampala
Uganda
Seven hills of green, music and welcome.
The culture
Why we bridge here
Kampala spreads across seven hills above Lake Victoria, a green capital where the royal history of the Buganda kingdom is still present in daily life. It is also, quietly, one of the best cities in Africa to eat.
Buganda is a kingdom with its own parliament and a kabaka, and his palace still sits on Kasubi hill beside a UNESCO-listed royal tomb. Ugandans are famously over-polite, Luganda is full of proverbs, and a 'rolex' (an egg chapati roll) is breakfast, lunch and a national institution.
Experience
What you'll do
- Kabaka's Palace and Kasubi Tombs
- Ndere Cultural Centre performance
- Lake Victoria boat trip
- Craft markets at Nakasero
After dark
Nightlife
- Live Ugandan afrobeat in Kololo
- Rooftop bars across the hills
- Gospel nights on Sundays
The bridge
Teaching sessions with your hosts
- Luganda basics
- Buganda kingdom history
- Ugandan cooking: matoke and the rolex