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This is a 22 day Uganda Cultural Tour. This Tour takes you through the notable cultural and heriatge sites in Uganda. These sites belong to the different ancient kingdoms of Uganda : Buganda Kingdom, Toro Kingdom, Bunyoro Kingdom and Ankole Kingdom. It also include a tour to Eastern Uganda.
You will have an exciting entertainment welcome from at the Ndere Centre in Kampala. See how wonderfully the dancers wiggle their bodies to the beautiful beats of the traditional instruments Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana (F/B)
After Breakfast, you will visit cultural sites around Kampala. These sites include Kasubi tombs where Buganda kings and royals are buried, Kabaka’s Palace, Kabaka’s lake, Nagalabi coronation site, Nakasero Green Market, Mulago Hospital, Uganda Museum, Cultural Market, Bahai temple, Namugongo shrines and many other interesting sites. You will learn the real history of what happened in Buganda, the transformations they have gone through and how different cultures interact without conflicting with one another.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana (F/B)
Wake up and have breakfast, then go to Ndere centre for a one day workshop. You will have training in different cultural activities which include cooking traditional foods, traditional dancing, dressing in traditional attire and courtship the Ugandan style. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana (F/B)
After morning breakfast, you will drive back to the Ndere Cultural center and be part of various competitions. Winners will be awarded prizes and certificates. You will have an evening entertainment by the Ndere troupe.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana (F/B)
Following breakfast, you will drive to the East and visit the White Nile that is the longest river in Africa. You will visit the mighty Bujjagali falls and get a chance to see the real sparkling white water of the Nile as it paves its way through the stones and also listen to the mysteries that surround the Bujjagali falls. Have lunch at Sunset Hotel then drive to Tororo in the afternoon
Dinner and overnight at Tororo Rock Hotel (F/B)
Wake up and have breakfast, then go climb the Tororo Rock hill. You will visit the ancestral cave and the various Rock paintings. Lunch at the Hotel and have an afternoon entertainment by the local community group.
Dinner and overnight at Tororo Rock Hotel (F/B)
After breakfast you will transfer to Kampala. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana (F/B)
After breakfast, you will drive to Murchison Falls National Park; have a stop over in Masindi Town for lunch at Masindi Hotel. You will then proceed to the Park. Dinner and overnight at Paara safari Lodge (F/B)
Visit the Murchison falls following breakfast. These are the most exciting falls in East and Central Africa that’s why the park was named after these falls. You will be able to see how and where the world's longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Wildlife populations have greatly recovered; in the borassus grassland to the north of the Nile, elephant, buffalo, giraffe and a variety of antelope are regularly encountered on game drives, while the lions are seen with increasing frequency. After lunch, you will take a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. This is an exciting cruise with lots of game to see such as hippos, the most feared Nile crocodiles, elephants and the lovely bird species along. You will have an evening relax and listen to the African evening stories told by the local guides.
Dinner and overnight at Paara safari Lodge (F/B)
Following breakfast, you will proceed to Hoima and visit the Kings Palace. Have lunch at Kolping hotel. The Entogoro cultural dancers will entertain you. After you will proceed to Fort Portal.
Dinner and overnight at Mountains of the Moon Hotel (F/B)
Today, you will have activities which include visiting the Toro Kings Palace. Visit Karambi Tombs, the Kings burial grounds. You will have lunch at the Hotel and enjoy the entertainment by the Batoro Cultural dancers. Then later proceed to Crater Valley Kibale (CVK). Dinner and overnight at the camp located at the mouth of Kibale National Park.
Wake up early morning chimp tracking. Kibale forest is the most accessible of Uganda's major rainforests. Kibale is home to 13 primate species, including red colobus and L’Hoest monkey. The major attraction at Kibale is to track habituated chimps - these delightful apes, which are more closely related to humans than to any other living creature. They are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. You will have lunch at Mantana Luxury tented camp; and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Wake up early morning for a game drive in the park. These early morning game drives reward you with good sights of game. This park is well known for its open savannah, rainforest, from dense papyrus swamps and brooding crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward that is the very reason why the park boasts one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world. Almost 100 mammal species and a remarkable 606 bird species makes this superb safari, with elephant, a profusion of hippos, the elusive giant forest hog and handsome Uganda Kob all regularly sighted around the tourist village on the Mweya Peninsula - which also boasts a marvelous waterfront setting in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains. In the afternoon you will take a launch cruise on Kazinga channel.
Dinner and overnight at Myeya safari lodge
You will have another morning game drive and in the afternoon you will visit the Katwe salt works. See the indigenous technological way of extracting salt and experience how men and women extract the salt locally.
Dinner and overnight at Myeya Safari lodge.
After breakfast, you will travel to Bunyaruguru and join the local women and men in the preparation of a rural wedding ceremony. You will all be required to get involved in these activities which include peeling bananas, fetching fire wood, constructing sheds, fetching water from the streams, and any other activities that will be identified. Your group will be divided into smaller groups and each undertaking different activities. The activities will be told to you and you will be free to choose where interest lies. You will go back to the Hotel in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Myeya Safari lodge.
Wake up and have breakfast at Mweya Safari lodge, then drive to the wedding site. You will again join the local people in the activities of the day which include cooking, Preparing the reception, Decorating, preparing the cake, welcoming guests, serving and being served. Go back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Myeya Safari lodge.
You will spend the whole day at Rutoto Primary School interacting with the students and teachers at the school. This school was built as the result of the proceedings from Queen Elizabeth N.P. You will be able to interact with the school children, the youth, women and men. This day is for sharing experiences and visiting some homes and gardens. You will then proceed to Mbarara town. Overnight and dinner at Lake View Regency Hotel.
Wake up in the morning after breakfast and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable forest, the home of gorillas. This is an ancient rainforest; one of the few in Africa. When you look deep into brown eyes of these gentle apes. It is surely the most exciting and emotional wildlife encounter that Africa offers. The park has 90 mammal species, including 11 primates, of which the black-and-white colobus, with its lovely flowing white tail is prominent. The forest birding ranks with the best in Uganda, with 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics present. Dinner and overnight at African Pearl Homestead.
You will have a whole day gorilla trekking which is a very captivating activity though challenging activity therefore ensures physical fitness. It involves walking in the wilderness in search of these great apes. There are three groups found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Mubare, Habinyanja, and Rushegura). You will have an evening entertainment by the Batwa people. These people were once recognized as the owners of the high montane forest. Dinner and overnight at African Pearl Homestead
Wake up in the morning and travel back to Mbarara. You will get there in the evening and be entertained by the Banyankole cultural dancers in ekitaguriro. Overnight at Lake View Regency Hotel.
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Mburo National Park for a game drive and then proceed to Kampala. You will have a lunch stop at Hotel Brovad Masaka and also do some shopping at the Cultural Center handcrafts.
Dinner and overnight stay at Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel.
You will wake up in the morning and go to Entebbe international airport to catch your flight back home.
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