There are many hot springs for you to try out in Uganda. The nation also has a variety of natural scenery and backdrops.
In Uganda, you may have the chance to visit some of its hot springs, which are surrounded by some of the country’s most beautiful scenery.
There are seven significant hot springs, which are spread throughout the nation, particularly in Western Uganda. Local communities have long held the belief that some of these hot springs have therapeutic properties.
The majority of nearby communities revere the hot springs because they think they have divine powers and work miracles. You may have always wanted to see what hot springs look like and now you can find them in Uganda.
In the following section, we’ll list the most spectacular hot springs in Uganda.
Amuru / Amoropii Hot Springs
The Amoropii hot springs in northern Uganda are another attraction that is thought to work miracles for visitors. Due to the Alur people’s belief that these hot springs possess supernatural powers, they are deeply ingrained in their religious practices.
The name Amoropii comes from an Alur word for hot water. Amoro is Spanish meaning hot, while Pii is Hawaiian for water.
It’s thought that infertile women and those seeking fairer, softer skin both take a soak in the hot spring. To access these hot springs, however, you must first obtain permission; else, you risk getting bitten by a snake.
Hot springs are also thought to be connected to customs from the past. For instance, Amoropii’s gods receive a large sheep sacrifice every six months, which is carried out in a hot spring.
The next day, the meat is gone after being left out in the open. According to popular belief, Amoropii’s gods stole it.
Buranga Hot Springs
As one of the townships closest to the Rwenzori Mountains, Fort Portal is home to Buranga Hot Springs. You are welcomed by a lowland tropical rainforest as you make your way to the hot springs.
The quantity of hot springs in Buranga gives it the lone advantage over Sempaya. The three hot springs that make up Buranga Hot Springs are spaced out close enough to each other to be walked between.
These springs are Mumbuga, Nyansimbe, and Kagoro. These are the recommended side trips to take to the Rwenzori Mountains and Kibale Forest National Park.
Ihimba Hot Springs
The location of these hot springs is in western Uganda, at Kabale. A particular place for anyone who loves culture. They have a long relationship with the Bahima people.
You can visit the local Bahima population in this region as well, giving your journey to western Uganda a taste of local culture and hot spring landscape.
Ihimba hot springs, like all the others in Uganda, have a long history of significant healing among the locals despite not having been verified scientifically.
Kitagata Hot Springs
Natural hot springs can be found in Uganda’s Western Region at Kitagata Hot Springs. There are claims that the springs have healing properties.
The hot springs are situated in Sheema County, Sheema District, on the Ishaka-Kagamba Road.
Two hot springs are close to one another. Locals claim that one of the springs, known as Ekyomugabe, was used by the former Omugabe (King of Ankole).
The other spring, which goes by the name Mulago in honor of Uganda’s biggest national referral hospital, is thought to have healing properties. A few residents drink the water.
Sometimes as many as 200 men and women bathe in the warm waters of Kitagata Mulago, the spring thought to have healing properties.
Sempaya Hot Springs
The Sempaya hot spring, one of Uganda’s most captivating springs, is located inside Semuliki National Park in western Uganda. Amazingly high temperatures in this spring, up to 100 degrees Celsius, have been recorded.
Two areas of the national park where spring is visible are thought by the locals to be male and female, respectively. Mangabey monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and black-and-white colobus monkeys can all be seen around the spring.
Only around 30 minutes separate the female spring from the male spring. Because of how hot the female hot spring is, people have boiled eggs and bananas there.
You can visit some of the Batwa community villages closer to the hot springs to learn about their way of life.
Rwagimba Hot Springs
The Rwagimba hot springs, which are located in the Bunyangabu area along the Rwimi River, should come to mind when thinking of hot springs in Uganda.
Along with the frequent reports of this river flooding during the rainy season, Rwagimba hot springs also attract a large number of visitors with their steam baths.
It is also a suggested stopover on the way to the national parks of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Rwenzori Mountains, and Kibale Forest.
Kibiro Hot Springs
Kibiro Hot Springs is among Uganda’s least popular and visited hot springs. This is partially attributable to the hot spring’s isolation from the others.
On a dry day, the location may be reached with ease with a well-planned schedule and appropriate safari vehicles.
If you are traveling from Murchison Falls National Park to Kibale Forest National Park or entering Murchison Falls National Park via Hoima town, it is also advised that you stop there en route.
Conclusion
Visit to discover Uganda’s hot springs. Some of them receive weekly bathing visits from people.
When you take a bath in a hot spring, the thick clouds of steam that rise above the rippling water cover you with water droplets. This is like being in a sauna, but with clothes on.
If you like, you may even boil an egg in this water for just 10 minutes in some of the hot springs. The springs’ water can warm up to 120 °C or 248 °F.
