Tourist Places to Visit in Tororo, Uganda, Kampala, East Africa, Africa

Tourist Places to Visit in Tororo, Uganda, Kampala, East Africa, Africa

Tororo is a town and the administrative centre of Tororo District in Eastern Uganda, Uganda. It is situated around 10 kilometers from Uganda’s border with Kenya, around 200 km east of the country’s capital, Kampala. Tororo is a tourist favor town, well known for a mammoth rock formation, Tororo Rock and also noted for its churches, historical houses belonged to tea plantation owners and Hindu temples. Tororo is geographically positioned between 00°41′34″ N latitude and 34°10′54″ E longitude, around 1,180 meters above sea level.

Tororo also gained recognition for housing East Africa’s some of the oldest secondary schools, including Tororo Girls School and St. Peter’s College Tororo. Industries are one of the major revenue sources of Tororo, dominated by Tororo Cement Limited and other prominent establishments in the town include Seba Foods and Nilefos Minerals Limited.

Conenctivity to Tororo:

Tororo hosts Tororo Airport and the airport is located around 16 km away from the centre of the town. Probably this airport handles no scheduled flights currently. So international tourists are advised to reach Entebbe International Airport first and then taking bus or rental car from there to Tororo. Entebbe International Airport is Uganda’s most important airport and operates flights from many world cities, including Amsterdam, Dubai, Cairo, London, Dar es Salaam, Doha, Johannesburg and Istanbul.

Tororo is reachable by bus from the national capital Kampala, served by many prominent bus companies in the country.

Food and Shopping in Tororo:

Being a popular tourist destination, Tororo houses many modernized restaurants that are well versed in serving visitors with Asian and Western menus along with traditional Ugandan. Tororo Central Market is a recommended option for traditional shopping in Tororo.

Things to do in Tororo:

Rock climbing
Visiting churches and schools
Walking
Shopping

Places to see in Tororo:

Tororo Rock:

The Tororo Rock is a highlight of Tororo, located around 5 km from the centre of the town. This wonderful natural beauty is located at an elevation of 1,483 meters and around 298 meters above the town of Tororo. Striking caves and a variety of rock paintings are other attractions of the rock.

Churches in Tororo:

The town of Tororo is also a great site for people who are fond of spiritualism. Along with many historic Hindu temples, Tororo also houses many important churches, including St. Peter’s Church of Uganda and St. Peter’s Catholic Church.

Tororo Railway Station:

Tororo Railway Station is one of the landmark sites in Tororo. Though the station currently doesn’t receive any trains, it draws a substantial number of tourists for its historic importance and lovely surrounding environment.

Busitema Forest Reserve:

The Busitema Forest Reserve is situated around 50 km south of the town of Tororo, connected by a direct roadway. It is a great site for animal enthusiasts with a population of baboons, monkeys, and many other local and exotic animals. It is also famous as a great hiking and trekking site.

List of other places of interest in and around Tororo include:

Tororo Inland Port
Tororo Rock High School
Busitema University
Tororo Central Market
Soroti Rock
Lake Kyoga
Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve
Swaminarayan Temple in Jinja
Sipi Falls
Griffin Falls
Nyero Rock Paintings
Sipi Falls
Elgon National Park
Itanda Falls
Tororo Rock

Best time to visit Tororo:

Undoubtedly from December to February is the best and most popular time to visit typical tourist destination Tororo.

Hotels in Tororo:

Tourist favor hotels are less in number in Tororo, so visitors can take the suggestion of driving towards the town of Jinja to find world class hotels and resorts. In below list, the first 3 hotels are in Tororo and the rest of hotels are located Jinja (around 130 km from Tororo):