Bunamwaya

Worth seeing in and around Bunamwaya
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kasubi Tombs
The Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, Uganda, is the site of the burial grounds for four kabakas and other members of the Baganda royal family. As a result, the site remains an important spiritual and political site for the Ganda people, as well as an important example of traditional architecture.
8.4 km · Grass thatched round house containing the tombs and insignia of Mutesa I, and three northern subsequent rulers of Buganda · Wikipedia - 02Makerere University
Makerere University is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922, and the oldest currently active university in East Africa. It became an independent national university in 1970.
9.1 km · public university in Kampala, Uganda · Wikipedia - 03Kampala Mosque
The Uganda National Mosque, previously known as the Gaddafi National Mosque, is a mosque located at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of Kampala, Uganda. It is the largest mosque in East Africa in a country where, as of 2014, 13.7% of the population was Muslim.
9.9 km · mosque in Uganda · Wikipedia - 04Nakivubo Stadium
Hamz Stadium, Nakivubo War Memorial Grounds, formerly referred to as Nakivubo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kampala, Uganda. The Hamz Stadium is used mostly for association football and also sometimes for basketball.
6.7 km · stadium in Uganda · Wikipedia - 05Uganda Museum
The Uganda Museum is located in Kampala, Uganda. It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage.
9.6 km · museum in Kampala, Uganda · Wikipedia - 06Lugogo Cricket Oval
Lugogo Stadium, also known as Lugogo Cricket Oval, is a cricket ground in Kampala, Uganda. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1957 when Kenya Asians played Sunder Cricket Club.
9.6 km · cricket ground in Kampala, Uganda · Wikipedia - 07National Library of Uganda
The National Library of Uganda was established by an Act of Parliament in 2003, replacing the Public Libraries Board which was established in 1964. It is the legal deposit library for Uganda and was under the directorship of Gertrude Kayaga Mulindwa.
8 km · national library · Wikipedia - 08Rubaga Cathedral
Saint Mary's Cathedral Lubaga, commonly referred to as Lubaga Cathedral, is the parent cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala, the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in Uganda. It is the home church of the Archbishop of Kampala.
5.5 km · Catholic cathedral in Uganda · Wikipedia - 09Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine
The Munyonyo Martyrs’ Shrine is a Roman Catholic shrine and Minor Basilica dedicated to the Ugandan Martyrs.
6.9 km · Roman Catholic shrine and minor basilica in Uganda · Wikipedia - 10Kampala University
Kampala University is a private, chartered, recognized and accredited university in Uganda.
8.6 km · private university in Uganda · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bunamwaya
- Airports
- Entebbe (EBB), 27 km · Kisumu (KIS), 244 km · Eldoret (EDL), 299 km
- Stations
- Kajjansi Airport, 6 km · Kampala Airport, 9 km
- Kisumu → Bunamwaya248 km · quickest by road, 5h 38m · KSh1,590–2,120
- Eldoret → Bunamwaya303 km · quickest by road, 6h 19m · KSh1,650–2,200
- Mwanza → Bunamwaya310 km · quickest by air, 7h 41m · TSh218,410–338,720
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bunamwaya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bunamwaya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inLong-distance buses and minibuses connect Kampala and other towns with destinations throughout Uganda and neighbouring countries.
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Next door to Bunamwaya
Bunamwaya is 8 km from Kampala, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kampalacapital and the largest city of Uganda7.2 km
- Kampala Districtdistrict in Uganda7.1 km
- Kitante Hill Secondary Schoolschool in Kampala, Kampala District, Uganda9.5 km