Things to do in Kasese

You can wile away a few hours or days in Kasese before setting off on your next adventure. Certainly the Rwenzori Arts Centre, some seven miles north of the town, is worth a visit as it features sculptures cast in bronze by the Rwenzori Founders or carved in Moroto soapstone and marble.

The Rwenzururu Palace is worth a brief nod whilst the Katwe Village Tour has mixed reviews with some describing it as a "terrible rip-off" whilst others have enjoyed exploring the lives and homestays of local salt workers. Perhaps the most popular of the things to do in Kasese is to take a boat ride (above image) on the Kazinga channel; a wide, 20 mile long channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward.

Rwenzori Art Centre

Exhibits a selection of bronzes produced by the foundry as well as other creative works.

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Katwe Village

A local tour including what the villagers come home to after a hard day harvesting salt on the lake.

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Rwenzururu Palace

Site of the killing of more than 100 people in November 2016 during the climax of long-standing tensions between the government of Uganda and the Rwenzururu Kingdom, the home of the ethnic Bakonzo community.

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