Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru caves and Hiking to Lake Kigere crater

Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru caves with it’s associated ancestral belief and spiritual attachments, originally it is believed to have been a birthplace to the most prominent Kingdom of Bachwezi. Nyinamwiiru was a daughter to Bukuku who was the first to serve as the chief of Batembuzi.

amabere ga nyina mwiru

Amabere ga nyina mwiru

Amabere ga nyina mwiru, the caves are located 5 kilometers’ away from Fort Portal town. The name “Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru” means breasts of a mother to a slave and scientifically the pillars that are forms are called stalactites and stalagmites, they have continued to form great caves.

Lake Kigere is one of the crater lakes that is around Fort Portal and is located in the North East and trekking to this Crater Lake can take you about 10 – 15 Minutes. and among other crater lake; Lake Kyaninga which is located Northern part of Fort Portal.