Sezibwa Falls
The Ssezibwa Falls are found in both Mukono and Buyikwe districts. From Kampala, a journey to these falls takes about an hour driving along the Kampala- Jinja highway. Ssezibwa is a short word Ssizibirwa Kubo meaning “you cannot broke my way”. For sure you can’t block this rivers’ way!
How to Get there
Travel along Kampala – Jinja highway. Branch off @ Kayanja Trading Center.
The Sezibwa falls are 17meters high and the pool is of 13 meters deep with brown waters.The waters take this coulour because they have eroding from the sedimentary rocks.
The locals say that river was produced by a woman of Ekibe Clan and Sezibwa Falls is one of the few human born rivers in Uganda.
The river is a cleansing site – visited by King Mwanga of Buganda in 1889 although scholars say that it was earier first visited by his father King Ssuna ll.
At the river is a cultural site with shrines of Walumbe the god of death in Buganda & Musoke the god of rain. The place has a tropical forest on the blanks of the river and hence enough rainfall is received!
The forest also makes the site, a bird watchers paradise. The place has about 200 species of birds and these include: African finfoot, Shining blue kingfisher, Emerald cuckoo, Great blue Ross’s Turaco, grey headed negrofinch, striped kingfisher, white spotted fluftails, red headed Malimbe, green hylia and among others. Camping and nature walk are some of the things you can enjoy at this amazing site .
