Overview

The Nyero Caves is a rare location to view ancient East African rock art from centuries ago and also explore the various rock formations. Some of which can easily be hiked up giving great panoramic views of the surrounding farming villages and landscape.

History

The Nyero Cave’s are thought to have been inhabited centuries ago by a minority race of yellow skinned humans, very different from surrounding people. This rare race painted the walls of the caves with series of circles, boats and wildlife etc.

It is thought to be strange that that there are images of boats – the background of these people was thought to be cultivating land and cattle herding, due to the cave location not being near the water – however the paintings must have been done by people who fished the rivers or lakes. Local belief has it that the tribe of yellow people visited the lake where the Basoga tribe lived and intermarried, this possibly resulted in the Bakenye tribe which still exists today in small numbers living along the water’s edge.

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