A visit to this cultural place of Amabere Ga Nyinamwiru is not in vain. The history surrounding the formation of the rocks is mind blowing and very interesting. The point here is not just the rocks with stalactites and stalagmites, it’s the historical attachment the site has. This site is an ideal add-on to the chimp tracking safari in Kibale Forest National park, and to a game viewing safari in Queen Elizabeth or when visiting Semliki Valley national park. Below is a sample of the packages that includes a visit to amabere ga nyinamwiru.
The natural process created the stalagmites and stalactites which drips from the caves’ ceiling; the substance looks pretty much like the breast milk, its from this that the site is called the Amabere nga Nyinamwiru, to mean the breast milk of Nyinamwiru.
Touring the Site
Visitors take a nature walk into the cave to witness these beautiful formations and more specially to blend the formations with the cultural and historical aspect.
Inside the cave is the Nyakasura water falls, whose waters flow about 5m to the bottom. The walk will take you to the cave, whose ceiling is covered with Amabere ga Nyinamwiru (Stalactites & Stalagmites), Nyakasura waterfall 5m high and to the craters (Lake Nyabikere, Lake Nkuruba and Lake Kigere.
History of Amabere ga Nyinamwiru
Nyinamwiru was a daughter to King Bakuku, one of the ancient kings of the Batembuzi dynasty, the Kitara Kingdom that lived as early as the 13th century. Diviners foretold the King, that his daughter would give birth to a son who would then overthrow him as King.
As Nyinamwiru grew to the birth giving age, she indeed fell in love with a servant who got her pregnant , the lover was one of the servants of the king. King Bakuku desperate to neutralize the threat to his reign opted to kill his own daughter, but was advised to punish her, he did this by having one of her breasts cut off and cast out in the cave which is currently the Amabere ga Nyinamwiru site.
Nyinamwiru’s son Ndahura was hidden in woodland. When he became of age, the prophesy came to pass, as one day when king Bakuku went out to fight him (Ndahura), upon throwing the spear towards the young star, with his survival and fighting skills, grabbed the speared and used it to kill King Bakuku unbeknownst to him that it was his grand father, He immediately became the king of the bachwezi kingdom, just as it was foretold.
The people of Tooro hold this site with great significance and is an important cultural site in Tooro Kingdom.
What you need
Visiting the cave will require you to have good walking shoes, and a walking stick.
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