2 Days Uganda Martyrs Trail Tour

Tour Overview

This 2 Days Uganda Martyrs Trail Tour takes you through the trail of “Uganda martyrs” killed in a story of faith, courage, and Cruelty. It’s Uganda and perhaps East Africa’s most important place of Christian pilgrimage.

Starting from the killing of Catholics at Munyonyo – 12kms south of Kampala city, finally 20kms east, to Namugongo shrine/ museum – the final execution sites.

Between 1885 and 1887, young men who served as servants in the courtyard of a local King – Mwanga were brutally executed to death at Namugongo for refusing demands from their ruler to denounce their faith. They were among the first Christian converts in Uganda.

All Christian servants & some Muslims – now prisoners were sentenced to death, bound to each other, brutally made to walk, escorted by merciless soldiers – dragged over a few days until the majority finally reached their final execution .site at Namugongo on 3rd June 1886.

Every 3rd June and the days preceding it, over 1 million people pay pilgrimage at Namugongo. Close to 500,000 pilgrims walk up to 300 miles on foot for days to Namugongo to pay pilgrimage. Pilgrims include; participants from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and some from as far away as South Africa, Malawi, and Nigeria.

Highlights

The trail of the “Uganda martyrs”
Buganda Kingdom parliament and kings palace – Lubiri.
Namiremebe cathedral – the oldest cathedral in Uganda.
Kasubi Tombs and Namugongo Martyrs Museum & Shrine

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This tour starts and ends in Kampala, Uganda and can start any day.

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Itinerary Details

Day 1

In Kampala: Munyonyo – Buganda parliament – kings palace.

Your guide will pick you up from your hotel in Entebbe/Kampala, drive to start at Munyonyo site. Proceed to Buganda Kingdom parliament – Bulange and kings palace – Lubiri. Find out why the king’s palace was once used as a military barracks. Buganda is one ancient traditional kingdom in eastern and central Africa. At Lubiri is a chance to see president Amin’s prison – get firsthand experience of Amin’s torture chambers. Go via Nantaweta junction, a ‘drive-through ‘ only used by the King of Buganda,

Proceed to Rubaga Cathedral – one of the oldest churches whose glass windows have unique writings of the ‘Uganda martyrs, a spot where the king of Buganda wrote a letter inviting missionaries to Uganda. Proceed to Namiremebe cathedral the oldest cathedral in Uganda. Your day ends with a tour of the National Mosque at Old Kampala for a 360-degree view of the 7 hills of Kampala.

Day 2

In Kampala: Kasubi Tombs – Namugongo.

Today drive to Kasubi tombs – established in 1880, where royals of the Buganda kingdom are buried, it’s one of the remaining green compounds, a burial ground for the previous four kings of Bungada ‘Kabakas’, a place where the King and his representatives frequently carry out important rituals related to the ‘Ganda’ culture.

Later transfer to Namugongo Martyrs Shrine & Museum – where servants to a local king were burnt to death for refusing to denounce their Christian faith. Listen to story of “Uganda martyrs” who were killed in a story of faith, courage, and Cruelty. Later transfer back to your hotel.