2 days agricultural tour in Uganda is a short 1 night/2days Uganda agricultural safari that you can undertake close to Kampala, the capital of Uganda – Africa’s most green and fertile country.
The 2 days Uganda agricultural tour/safari trip takes you to Bukalasa Agricultural Research Station which is the main center for agriculture research in Uganda to explore a range of crop breeding possibilities, the nutritious feeds, the range farm, and the crop soil matching among other aspects.
The tour also takes you to JESA Farm Dairy in Busunju which is the leading modern Diary Farm in Uganda with quality dairy cattle, milk collecting, and processing systems not forgetting its myriad of dairy products that have taken the market by storm including the fresh milk, yogurt, the butter, and cream.
This 2-day agricultural safari in Uganda tour can be perfectly combined with a classic wildlife Uganda safari in Uganda, chimpanzee tracking, or a mountain gorilla trekking adventure- just ask us how.
Educational agricultural visits
Learn about Uganda rural life as you drive from Kampala to Bukalasa Agricultural Centre and JESA Farm Diary
Day 1: Bukalasa Agricultural Research Station
Day 2: Jesa Farm Diary, Busunju
Day 1: Explore the Bukalasa Agricultural research station
Day 2: Visit the Jesa Farm Diary in Busunju
Begin the day with an early breakfast at 6.00 am at your place of stay in Kampala. After breakfast, embark on a 53 km (1½ hours) drive to Bukalasa Agricultural Centre. You follow the Kampala – Gulu Road (smooth tarmac) to Wobulenzi town in Luweero District in the Central Region of Uganda.
Luweero was the site of a fierce insurgency by the rebel group National Resistance Army and a brutal counter-insurgency by the government of Milton Obote, known as the Luweero War or the “Bush War” that left many thousands of civilians died during the early to mid-1980s.
The area affected by the war has come to be known as the Luweero Triangle.
From Wobulenzi town, branch off to proceed to Bukalasa about 5km on murram road driving through the impressive countryside landscapes and exploring the local farming practices before arriving at Bukalasa.
Upon arrival, you undertake a tour of the agricultural center. The center acts as the agricultural hub of Uganda serving as a center of research about animal and crop husbandry not forgetting the agricultural soils.
The center dates far back to 1920 when it was established as a Cotton Breeding Center during the colonial era and has since evolved to become a center of significance in the country. The tour to the projects being undertaken and the accomplished ones including the crop and animal interbreeding, the new farming practices, the soil–crop matching, and the palatable and highly nutritious pastures for livestock among others.
This is a whole day study tour that will not only make your encounter memorable but also reward you with remarkable knowledge that you can apply to your farm to teach to others for impressive results. After the encounter, you embark on the drive back to Kampala for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Upmarket/Luxury: – Speke Resort Munyonyo/Kampala Serena Hotel/Sheraton Kampala Hotel
Midrange/Standard: – Cassia Lodge
Budget/Basic: – Biyem Hotel/Nexus Resorts Nansana
Meal Plan: – Breakfast & Lunch
Wake very early today for breakfast at around 6.00 am at your hotel in Kampala. After breakfast, embark on a 50km drive Northwest of Kampala to JESA Farm Diary, an established modern dairy farm currently the best in Uganda. This great dairy farm saw its beginning in the year 1989 by the late Dr. James Mulwana.
The farm has transformed from the sale of raw milk to the processing and sale of a wide range of dairy products including fresh pasteurized milk, yogurt, UHT milk, fresh cream, and butter presenting great quality taste and innovation.
The Jesa Farm supports a count of 650 Friesian Cattle which are kept under advanced animal husbandry and importantly a great count of animal feed is produced at this farm.
Jesa Farm also features a dairy plant that processes all the milk got from the farm and a count of 100,000 liters of milk are processed per day without sourcing raw milk from a range of 150 out-growers close to the farm and beyond subject to meeting the quality standards.
Jesus also offers extension services in terms of milk handling, quality bulls, and vaccines.
The JESA is among the two ISO food safety standards certified in Uganda along with being Halal certified which makes all its products carry the Q mark system of UNBS. Thus your day visit to JESA Farm is the great livestock agricultural encounter that you can ever have in Uganda.
Retreat from the encounter and embark on a transfer back to Kampala to mark the end of your 2-day agricultural safari in Uganda.
Meal Plan: – Breakfast & Lunch
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