Discover the dramatic western region of Uganda
Tour Mpanga tea estates tour, where workers still harvest the tea leaves by hand
Explore the farming practices of the local Bakonzo and Bamba communities on the slopes of the incredibly scenic Rwenzori Mountains
Drive through scenic Queen Elizabeth National Park, the home of Tree-climbing lions, Elephants, Buffalos, leopards, Topis, and other fantastic wildlife.
Meet, explore and learn from the local communities
Coffer tours around Lake Mutanda
Explore the terraced farms of the magical Kigezi Highlands
Banana farming exploration in the Isingiro district
Explore livestock farming in Kiruhura district
Day 1: Fort Portal – Mpanga Tea Estates
Day 2: Kasese, the Slopes of Rwenzori Mountains.
Day 3: Kabale through Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 4: Kisoro & terraced farms of Kigezi Highlands
Day 5 & 6: Isingiro District
Day 7 & 8: Kiruhura district
Day 9: Kampala – Equator Crossing Kayabwe
Day 1: Transfer to Fort Portal & have an afternoon encounter in Mpanga Tea Estates
Day 2: Transfer to Kasese & explore the farming practices on the slopes of the Rwenzori mountains.
Day 3: Transfer to Kabale through Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 4: Coffee tours in Kisoro & terraced farms of Kigezi Highlands
Day 5: Transfer to Isingiro District
Day 6: Undertake the banana farming exploration in the Isingiro district
Day 7: Transfer to Kiruhura district. Make a stop in Kashari County En Route
Day 8: Whole day exploration of livestock farming in Kiruhura district
Day 9: Transfer back to Kampala with a stop at the Uganda Equator crossing.
Begin your day with an early breakfast at around 6.00 am at your place of stay in Kampala. After breakfast, embark on a 300km (about 5 hours) drive west to Fort Portal.
You drive along with impressive landscapes of Mityana and Mubende with sights of the local scattered plantations and crops grown before approaching Fort Portal, a very scenic area of Uganda, situated in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains or Mountains of Moon. On arrival, check your accommodation, relax and have lunch.
After lunch, embark on the Mpanga tea estates tour, where workers still harvest the tea leaves by hand. The green tea plantation is spread over a beautiful undulating landscape with endless scenic views which makes it ideal to experience this 9 days agricultural safari in Uganda.
You explore the tea planting practices and take a walk on the plantation, participate in the tea plucking encounter, and visit the tea factory exploring the tea processing encounter and the fine products that are extracted from the tea.
The extensive tea plantations present a rich source of garden tea in Uganda. Alternatively, you can opt to explore the tea estate on a mountain bike. Retreat from the encounter for relaxation, dinner, and overnight
The highlight of the day: – Exploring the Mpanga tea estate.
Luxury/Upmarket: – Kyaninga Lodge/Crater Safari Lodge/Ndali Lodge
Midrange/Standard: –Mountains of the Moon Hotel/Isunga Lodge Kibale/Kibale Guest Cottages
Budget/Basic: – Ruwenzori View Guesthouse
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drive distance & time: – Approx. 300km or 4 -5 hours
Start your day with breakfast at around 7.00 am and check out of the lodge. Embark on a 75km (about 2 hours) drive to Kasese on the foothills of the ‘Mountains of the Moon’ – the Rwenzori Mountains – Africa’s most dramatic and highest mountain range rising to 5,109 meters above sea level with snowcapped peaks.
Upon arrival in Kasese, you embark on the tour to the local Bakonjo and the Bamba communities that have thrived on the slopes of Mount Rwenzori for centuries past. Explore how they have managed to live and cultivate on the slopes of this third highest mountain in Africa including the crops grown, the farming practices that they follow, and how they make use of their produce.
Retire in the evening for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
The highlight of the day:- Agricultural tour to the local Bakonjo and the Bamba communities that have thrived on the slopes of Mount Rwenzori for centuries past.
Luxury/Upmarket: – Equator Snow Lodge
Midrange/Standard: – Sandton Hotel Kasese
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drive distance & time: – Approx. 75km or 2 hours
Start your day with a relaxed breakfast at around 8.00 am. After breakfast, check out of the lodge and embark on a 328km (about 7 hours) drive to Kabale. You drive through the scenic Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s most famous park covering an area of 1,978km².
The park’s dicer ecosystem which includes rolling savannah grasslands, rainforests, acacia woodland, lakes, rivers, dense papyrus swamps, and extinct volcanic crater cones with lakes, make it the ideal habitat for a classic big gem (Lions, Leopards, Buffalos, Elephants, Hippos, etc ), ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds.
It is also one of the few places where visitors are almost guaranteed to see tree-climbing lions, found only in the southern Ishasha region.
From Queen, you proceed to drive along with the eastern forested landscapes of Ruhija in the east of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park before approaching the fascinating Kigezi Highlands marked by the impressive protected landscape that has evolved from the farmers cultivating on these raised slopes.
Arrive at the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight
The highlight of the day: – The classic big gem and the impressive landscape of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Luxury/Upmarket: – Mount Gahinga Lodge
Mid-range/Moderate: – Lake Chahafi Resort/Traveler’s Rest Kisoro
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast at around 7.00 am, embark on the transfer to the Kisoro area on the shores of the scenic Lake Mutanda to explore the coffee plantation encounter. You have the opportunity to explore the coffee growing practices right from planting, maintenance, harvesting, and eventually processing and drinking.
The Coffee tours in Kisoro are indeed rewarding.
You retreat from the coffee encounters and connect back to the Kabale area to explore the farming practices on the slopes of the magical Kigezi Highlands where the energetic Bakiga women cultivate the steep slopes from morning up to evening planting a range of crops especially potatoes.
You explore their traditional methods of how they have managed to neutralize soil erosion on these steep landscapes. Retire for relaxation, dinner, and overnight
The highlight of the day: – Coffee tours on the shores of Lake Mutanda and the farming practices on the slopes of the Kigezi highlands.
Luxury/Upmarket: – Mount Gahinga Lodge
Mid-range/Moderate: – Lake Chahafi Resort/Traveler’s Rest Kisoro
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Other optional activities you can choose to do this day include:-
After a relaxed breakfast at around 8.30 am in the cool fresh air of Kisoro, you embark on the transfer to Isingiro district driving through impressive landscapes of Ntungamo and Rwampara before approaching Mbarara town 120km about 3 – 4 hours’ drive from Kabale from where you branch off to connect to Isingiro 74km.
You make a lunch stop in Mbarara and then connect to Isingiro arriving in the afternoon for relaxation, dinner, and overnight
Kabuyanda Guesthouse/Homestay
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drive distance & time: – 120km or 3 – 4 hours
Start the day with an early breakfast at around 6.00 am. After breakfast, embark on the banana farming exploration in this part of the country which is apparently leading in the production of Matoke in Uganda.
Engage with the local farmers exploring various types of bananas that they grow.
Learn about the banana-growing practices, the products that they get, and how they make use of it.
You explore the local banana brewing process where local alcohol is extracted from bananas and you can have a taste if you wish, the use of banana fibers to thatch houses, the local tools that they use in plantation maintenance, and the prospects that the locals have in their plantations.
It is a whole day magical exploration of the life of a Ugandan local cultivator. Retire for relaxation, dinner, and overnight
The highlight of the day: – The banana farming exploration in Isingiro
Kabuyanda Guesthouse/Homestay
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After a relaxed breakfast at around 8.00 am, embark on the transfer to Kiruhura district 162 km about 3 – 4 hours’ drive excluding stops en route. You drive through Mbarara town and follow Ibanda road.
You make a stop en route to tour the Kashari farms with advanced exotic dairy breeds of cattle and well-cleared farms having begun the transition process earlier than most of the other dairy-producing regions in the country.
You explore the cattle maintenance, the spray races, the milk handling procedures, and the cows themselves before continuing to Rushere in Kiruhura district. Arrive in the afternoon for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Rushere Hospital Guesthouse/Homestay
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drive distance & time: – Approx. 162km or 3-4 hours
Wake very early for breakfast at around 6.00 am. After breakfast, transfer to the local farms not very far from the town including the Bene Rutungu farm, Texas’s Farm, the Katamunanwire’s farm, and the Mutanoga Farm among others to explore the livestock rearing practices that these people are undertaking.
The area has transformed greatly to stand as the leading milk producer in Uganda as farmers have adopted the exotic cattle most of which have evolved from the cross-breeding of the exotic breed with the local Ankole long-horned cattle.
You enjoy the traditional milking practices and explore the milk collection and distribution process not forgetting to interact with farmers on how they have coped with farming as their traditional occupation.
You retreat for lunch in the afternoon, you connect to the extensive ranches where the beautiful Ankole long-horned cattle graze from. You listen to the story of how the once precious breed among the pastoralists of Ankole is threatened by the continuous desire for increased milk production presented by the exotic ones.
Explore their beautiful longhorns with different patterns, the varying colors of their bodies, and their close touch with their herdsmen. You can have an evening performance presented by the locals especially their interesting citations and songs that all surround the cows before you retire for dinner and overnight.
The highlight of the day: – The Uganda Equator crossing experience
Rushere Hospital Guesthouse/Homestay
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Have an early breakfast at 7.00 am. After breakfast, embark on a 240km (3-4 hours) drive to Kampala, following the Kaguta road before joining Mbarara – Masaka – Kampala road at Kaguta road junction.
You make a stop at the Uganda Equator Crossing Kayabwe; Uganda is one of the few countries in the world where you can cross this imaginary geographical line on land. And this is where you can stand with one leg in the Northern hemisphere while the other remains in the Southern! It makes for great photographs and memories.
It is also an impressive site for purchasing memorabilia to take back home as a memento of this amazing safari in Uganda. You proceed on the drive 77km to Kampala to mark the end of the 9-day agricultural tour in Uganda
The highlight of the day: – The Uganda Equator crossing experience
Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drive distance & time: – 240km or 3-4 hours
End of the 9 Days Agricultural tour in Uganda
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Samuel
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