Location:
297 km from Kampala via Fort Portal Road.
Coordinates: 0.6639713, 30.2597809
Fort Portal city is considered the capital city of tourism in Uganda on account of its beauty and having a concentration of tourism attractions.
The landscape is characterised by vast ever green tea plantations on rolling hills decorated by numerous crater lakes.
Fort Portal is the seat of the Tooro Kingdom. It is also in this city that one can plan to visit both Kibale and Semliki National Parks and Amabere ganyina Mwiru, a historical and cultural site.
Tooro is inhabited by the Batooro tribe who the like the Banyoro have a strong cultural naming system (pet name) known as Empaako. Addressing someone by his or her Empaako is a positive affirmation of cultural ties that that sends a strong message about both cultural and social identity thus promoting unity and peace.