Cultural Safari Uganda

The Most Terrific and diverse Cultural Safari Adventure in Uganda. Anchor adventures has other short and more specific cultural safaris all over Uganda. We drive you as close to different cultures in Uganda. Live entertainment shows from the locals as they share their day to day experiences in form of music,dance and drama.
Tour highlights include: Kamapala city tour, Ndere cultural centre, Visit to the Bujagali falls and the Tororo Rock. Experience the Murchison Falls, game drive and launch trip on the River Nile. Visit the Kings Palace in Hoima. Track chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park. Queen Elizabeth National Park game drives and Kazinga Channel launch trip. Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Day one: KAMPALA On arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be met by the Tour Manager and transfer to Kampala the capital city of Uganda. Dinner and over night at your Hotel in Kampala. Different hotel categories are available: Budget, Standard and Exclusive

Day two: KAMPALA After Breakfast, we visit cultural sites around Kampala. These include Kasubi tombs-The Tombs of the four last Buganda Kings (Kabaka) at Kasubi. The site embracing almost 30ha of hillside within Kampala district. At its core on the hilltop is the former palace of the Kabakas of Buganda, built in 1882 and converted into the royal burial ground in 1884. The site has been proposed as a world heritage cultural site (UNESCO). Kabaka’s lake and Palace, Naggalabi coronation site, Nakasero Green Market, Mulago Hospital, Uganda Museum (founded in 1908) in Kampala is the oldest in East-Africa and has exhibits of traditional culture, archeology, history, science, and natural history. , Cultural Market, Bahai Temple, Nommo Gallery, Namugongo shrines and many other interesting sites, learn the real history of what happened in Buganda, the transformations they have gone through and how different cultures interact yet without clashing with one another. Visit The Ndere troupe: In efforts to save and conserve African heritage, Ndere Troupe performs a repertoire of more the 40 authentic Ugandan dances and songs accompanied by various indigenous instruments. The Troupe engages in various projects aimed keeping African generations educated about traditional entertainment. The troupe has toured extensively all over the world: Europe, USA, Canada, China, etc. Dinner and over night at your Hotel in Kampala. Different hotel categories are available: Budget, Standard and Exclusive

Day three: Whole day workshop at Ndere Center. Training in different cultural activities. These include cooking traditional foods, traditional dancing, dressing in traditional attire and courtship the Ugandan style. Dinner and over night at your Hotel in Kampala. Different hotel categories are available: Budget, Standard and Exclusive

Day four: KAMPALA After breakfast back to the Ndere Cultural center for various competitions. The winners are awarded prizes and certificates. Evening entertainment by Ndere troupe. Dinner and over night at your Hotel in Kampala. Different hotel categories are available: Budget, Standard and Exclusive

Day five: TORORO After breakfast drive to the Eastern part of the country and visit the White Nile that is seven times the volume of the Zambezi and the longest river in Africa. Visit the mighty Bujagali falls and get a chance of seeing the real sparkling white water of the Nile as it forces its way through the stones. Listen to the mysteries that surround Bujagali falls. Lunch at Sunset Hotel. Drive to Tororo in the afternoon and visit the The Nyero rock paintings near Nkumi (Eastern Uganda): The rock paintings are about 400 years old and they are said to be among the finest rock paintings in East-Africa. Dinner and overnight at Tororo Rock Hotel.

Day six: TORORO After breakfast climb the Tororo Rock hill. The highest altitude of Tororo rock is 4865ft with a gradient of about 0.75 from the east to the west. Visit the ancestral cave and the various Rock paintings. Lunch at the Hotel. Afternoon entertainment by the local community group. Dinner and overnight at Tororo Rock Hotel.

Day seven: KAMPALA After breakfast we transfer to Kampala Dinner and over night at your Hotel in Kampala. Different hotel categories are available: Budget, Standard and Exclusive

Day eight: MFNP After breakfast drive to Murchison Falls National Park. Stopover in Masindi for lunch at Masindi Hotel. Proceed to the Park. Over night and Dinner at Paraa Safari Lodge or Sambiya River Lodge or Red Chili Rest Camp.

Day nine: MFNP After breakfast you will visit the falls. These are the most exciting falls in East and Central Africa the reason why the park is named after the falls, 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 largely recovered from the poaching of the 1980s; in the lush borassus grassland to the north of the Nile, elephant, buffalo, giraffe and a variety of antelope are regularly encountered on game drives, while lion are seen with increasing frequency. After lunch, you will take a boat to the bottom of the falls. An exciting cruise with lots of hippos, the most feared Nile crocodiles, elephants and the lovely bird species along.Evening relax and listen in more of the African evening stories. Overnight and Dinner at Paraa Safari Lodge or Sambiya River Lodge or Red Chili Rest Camp.

Day ten: FORTPOTAL After breakfast proceed to Hoima, Visit the Kings Palace and lunch at Kolping hotel. The Entogoro cultural dancers will entertain you. After this you proceed to Fort Portal. Overnight and Dinner in Kibale Ndali Lodge or Rwenzori Guest House or Mantana Tented Camp at the forest edge or Mountain of the Moon Hotel in Fortpotal.

Day eleven: FORTPOTAL After breakfast you will consider a number of activities that include visiting the Toro Kings Palace, a palace to the youngest king ever. Visit Karambi Kings burial grounds. Lunch at the Hotel and then visit the stalagmites and stalactites in Nyakasura locally called the “Amabere Ga Nyinamwiru”. Then come back late afternoon and enjoy the entertainment by the Batoro Cultural dancers. Overnight and Dinner in Kibale Ndali Lodge or Mantana Tented Camp at the forest edge or  Rwenzori Guest House or Mountain of the Moon Hotel in Fortpotal.

Day twelve: KIBALE After an  early breakfast , we will go for  chimp tracking. Chimp tracking is done in the groups of 6. Kibale forest is the most accessible of Uganda’s major rainforests. Kibale is home to a remarkable 13 primate species, including the very localized red colobus and L’Hoest’s monkey. Kibale’s major attraction, however, is the opportunity to track habituated chimps – these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. . Overnight and Dinner in Kibale Ndali Lodge or Mantana Tented Camp at the forest edge or Ruwenzori Guest House or Mountain of the Moon Hotel in Fortpotal.

Day thirteen: QENP After early breakfast leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park home of a total of 604 different bird species. Arriving at 12:00 pm in time for lunch. In the afternoon take on a private boat trip along Kazinga channel viewing crocodiles and hippos as well as a variety of birds. Returning in evening  for a game drive in the park. This park is known for its open savannah, rainforest, from dense papyrus swamps and brooding crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward, it is little wonder that QENP 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 territory, 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. Dinner and overnight at Mweya safari lodge/Institute of ecology.

Day fourteen: QENP Another morning game drive. In the afternoon you will visit the Katwe salt works. Men and women do this locally. See the indigenous technological way of extracting salt. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari lodge/ Institute of ecology

Day fifteen: BUNYARUGURU Participating in the real African Wedding ceremony. After breakfast at the hotel, travel to Bunyaruguru to join the local women and men in the preparation of a rural wedding ceremony.Here the whole group will participate in the activities. These include peeling bananas, fetching fire wood, constructing sheds, fetching water from the streams, and any other activities that will be identified. The group shall be divided into small groups each undertaking different activities. The activities shall be announced and the group members are free to choose where they have interest Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari lodge/ Institute of ecology.

Day sixteen: RUTOTO We spend the whole day at Rutoto Primary School interacting with the community. This school has been built as the result of the proceeds from Queen Elizabeth N.P. We shall interact with the school children, the youth, women and men. This is the day for sharing experiences and visiting some homes and gardens. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari lodge/ Institute of ecology.

Day seventeen: BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK After breakfast we travel to Bwindi Impenetrable forest the home of gorillas. A magnificent verdant swathe across the steep ridges of the Albertine Rift Valley, this ancient rainforest – one of the few in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age is home to half of the world’s mountain gorillas. Lunch enroute. Looking deep into the expressive brown eyes of these gentle giants is surely the most thrilling and poignant wildlife encounter that Uganda has to offer.  The national 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 Buhoma Homesteads, Buhoma Community bandas, L. kitandara tented camp or Gorilla Forest Camp.

Day eighteen: BWINDI Whole day gorilla tracking. Gorilla tracking is a very captivating activity; it involves walking in the wilderness in search of these great apes. It can be a challenging activity, therefore ensure physical fitness and we shall carry packed lunch. Six people are permitted per group per day and a total of eighteen (18) people are taken in Bwindi, while six (6) people are allowed for Mgahinga. So far, we have four groups for viewing. There are three groups in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Mubare, Habinyanja, and Rushegura) and one (Nyakagezi) in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Evening entertainment by the Pygmies (Batwa). The Batwa were once recognized as the owners of the high montane forest. The men used to hunt, and collect honey and other forest products, which were exchanged for village goods, while the women gathered vegetables, mushrooms and fruits as well as working for local farming people. At the end of the 19th century, when what is now southwest Uganda was part of the Kingdom of Rwanda, the Batwa, like their counterparts in Rwanda, Kivu and Burundi, were valued as court entertainers and soldiers. At the beginning of the 20th century some Batwa leaders became powerful enough to claim tribute from their neighbors. Since then however, as local farmers have cut down the forest, the Batwa have become destitute and despised. Most are entirely landless; they live as tenants or squatters on other peoples land’, church or state land, and pay the landlord with their labour in exchange for food: collecting firewood and water and doing farm work. Those who do manage to get a little land are liable to be evicted by more powerful neighbors, and find it almost impossible to get redress. OPTION TWO: Visit Buhoma community village walk is a community-based initiative where you can meet the local Bakiga and Batwa community. The attractions in the area include: visit of a school, banana brewing, the handicraft site, medicinal healer, the Batwa projet, the Orphan support project. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma Homesteads, Buhoma Community bandas, L. kitandara tented camp or Gorilla Forest Camp.

Day nineteen: MBARARA After breakfast travel back to Mbarara via Kabale where the road winds in the hills, you will briefly pass by “omugurusi Karwemere’s” Museum (Edirisa) where you will learn more of the Bakiga culture and then proceed, have lunch in Mbarara and afternoon at leisure. Evening entertainment by the Banyankole in the Kinyankole dance (ekitaguriro) you will tussle it out in their traditional dance where you will have to at least sweat. Overnight and dinner at L. View Hotel/ similar

Day twenty: MBURO NATIONAL PARK After breakfast we leave Mbarara for  lake Mburo National Park, we reach the park at midday check in at our camp or lodge. Lunch served. Afternoon we shall have a game drive in the park with its unique characteristic of acacia woodland; it is the only National Park you can see the beautiful gigantic eland. You will also be able to see species like the red-faced barbet, brown chested plover, southern ground hornbill, and yellow warbler, yellow-billed woodpecker and African finfoot, take a Boat ride, see seven lakes with their surrounding swamps hide secretive papyrus specialists such as the sitatunga, antelope and red, black and yellow papyrus gonalek many animals can be sighted like crocodiles hippos, birds like pelicans heron, fish eagles, shoebill stork, all which will furnish your visit with pride. .  Overnight and dinner at Rwonyo Camp. For upgrade you can choose Mihingo lodge.

Day twenty one: MBURO- KAMPALA Early breakfast, proceed to Kampala with a stop at the Equator for pictures and Mpambire Drum Village where you can shop for souvenirs for your friends. Arriving in Kampala late in the evening. Dinner and over night at your Hotel in Kampala. Different hotel categories are available: Budget, Standard and Exclusive

Day twenty two: After breakfast you will go for shopping/ parking/ leisure . you will be picked from your hotel at 8:00PM transfer to the airport  for your flight back home.

OPTION: we can cross to RWANDA: these tours needs 3days extra. Visit :

• The Genocide Memorials:
  In Rwanda you will find all over the country Memorials to remember the genocide of 1994. The most important Genocide Memorials are those of Kigali (Gisozi) and Murambi where the history of the genocide is explained.
• The King’s Palace at Nyabusindu.
  The former Mwami’s palace (King’s palace) was the seat of the feudal monarchy. The palace has been reconstructed to its 19th century state and shows a traditional dome that can be compared with the Kabaka’s palace of Buganda.
• The National Museum at Butare:
  Is the finest ethnographic museum of East Africa. It’s a good source of information on the cultural history of Rwanda and the region.
• The National Ballet at Butare:
  The ballet performs traditional dances with some outstanding choreography.
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  Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village – Volcanoes NP:
  the local community displays the traditional ways of living, traditional dances and songs, Local fire making, visit to the kings house replica, Batwa shooting arrows, Traditional healer (with Kubandwa/Nyabingi experience), grinding millet, banana beer making experience and many more.   Inquire about this itinerary

Please note that these are just sample itineraries we can design many more basing on individual clients needs, interests, time scale and budget. So why not tell us what you want for your trip!

Bon voyage!

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The Uganda National Chamber of commerce and Industry (UNCCI) was set up in 1933. It is the oldest and largest nation-wide umbrella organization of the private sector in Uganda. UNCCI was formed as a private sector body and has grown to become a vibrant and credible business association, owned by members from the Ugandan business community. It was formally registered in 1978 as a company limited by guarantee without share capital. UNCCI enjoys a diverse membership and nationwide outreach with its 10 regional and over 80 district branches and draws its membership from the entire private sector, particularly the sectors of ; tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality, construction, import- export, transport, financial services, Small and Medium Enterprises etc.

It is this diversity that makes UNCCI the preeminent business association dedicated to advancing commerce and industry relations between Uganda and the International business community.

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