7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour. Adventure with Deks Tours Africa
This 7 days Uganda cultural tour will see you tour all of Uganda’s cultural sites with some primates and wildlife. It’s a complete experience that will leave you amazed by Uganda’s treasures and other interesting untold traditional practices you can only discover when visiting these places. Brace yourself for an experience of a lifetime.
7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour Highlights
- Visit Kampala cultural sites.
- Depart for the Jinja city tour.
- Transfer to Fort portal.
- Uganda Cultural tour in fort portal.
- Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- Game drive and transfer to Mbarara.
- Visit the Banyankole Cultural sites and transfer back to Kampala.
Detailed 7 Days Uganda Cultural tour
Day 1: Visit Kampala Cultural Sites
Your day will start off with a light morning breakfast meal, our professional guide will be ready to pick you up at your hotel in Kampala. He will offer to brief about the whole trip and there you go will leave to visit different cultural sites within Kampala and its environs.
This include; cultural markets, Kasubi tombs in which the kings and royals of Buganda are buried, Nagalabi – the Buganda kingdom coronation site, Bahai temple, the Kabaka’s lake and the palace of the Buganda Kingdom, Nakasero green market and Uganda Museum, in addition to many other fascinating sites, where you will learn about the true history of Uganda, it’s a way of life, its kingdom and its rich varied culture.
Later in the late evening, head to the Ndere Cultural center where you will enjoy lots of entertainment including traditional cultural dances. Later return to your hotel and refresh and relax for tomorrow! While at the hotel, you may choose to relax around the hotel premises as you enjoy the breeze of the environment or engage in any other activity of your choice.
Recommended Accommodation facilities:
- Red sox hotel
- Mackinnon suites Kampala
- Red chili hideaway
- Mestil hotel and residences
- Natra apartments
- Sereneville Bukoto apartments
- Pearl cottages
- Meal plan: half board
Day 2 of 7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour: Depart for Jinja through Sezibwa Falls and Uganda Martyrs
After an early breakfast, our professional guide will pick you up and head for the Uganda martyrs’ shrine in Namugongo where the martyrs were horribly murdered. From here you leave to Jinja through Sezibwa falls to see the cultural site related to the Buganda Kingdom. On arrival at Jinja, you will explore the White Nile which is 7 times the volume of the great Zambezi and still the longest river in the whole of Africa.
Make sure that you get to the source of the Nile point and a place where the Nile meets Lake Victoria. Later visit the impressive Bujagali falls where you will have a chance to see the dazzling white water of the river Nile squeezing its way through the rock. You may opt to visit Itanda falls as well. Drive back to Kampala later in the day. Relax and freshen up in your hotel waiting your long road trip to Fort Portal.
Recommended Accommodation facilities:
- Mackinnon suites Kampala
- Red chili hideaway
- Mestil hotel and residences
- Natra apartments
- Sereneville Bukoto apartments
- Pearl cottages
- Meal plan: half board
Day 3 of the 7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour: Transfer to Fort Portal
After morning breakfast, transfer to Fort Portal. Along the way visit the Nakayima trees found in Mubende, and there you will be narrated the fascinating tales behind the history of these great trees. Continue to Fort Portal town for lunch and this is where you will spend the night!
Recommended Accommodation facilities:
- Papaya lake lodge
- Kyaninga lodge
- Maasai backpackers home
- Nyinabulitwa country resort and spa
- Afro homestay
- Kluges guest farm
- Crater safari lodge
- Meal plan: full board
Day 4: Fort Portal Cultural Tour
You will depart to “Amabeere ga Nyinamwiru “(translated as Breasts of Nyinamwru) after morning breakfast, which is a cultural site and there you will learn history about these wonderful sites.
Visit the Karambi tombs and the King’s palace, and later in the day go for a community walk to the neighboring villages. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay as you wait for more adventure to unfold the following day.
Recommended Accommodation facilities:
- Mackinnon suites Kampala
- Red chili hideaway
- Mestil hotel and residences
- Natra apartments
- Sereneville Bukoto apartments
- Pearl cottages
- Meal plan: half board
Day 5 of 7 Days Uganda Cultural tour: Chimpanzee Trekking and Later Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
This day unfolds with its own amazing adventures, right from the time you have morning breakfast before leaving for chimpanzee trekking within Kibale National Park, and afterward, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the park in the afternoon for a lunch cruise on the Kazinga channel.
This boat ride will enable you to spot animals like; elephants, hippos, buffalos, and crocodiles. It will also bring you close to aquatic birds. You will later in the evening check-in for your accommodation and dinner!
Recommended Accommodation facilities:
- Parkview safari lodge Kyambura
- Mweya safari lodge
- Kyambura gorge lodge
- Kyangabi crater resort
- Irungu forest safari lodge
- Elephant plains lodge Uganda
- Kikorongo safari lodge
- Kasenyi lake retreat lodge camp
- Kyambura game lodge
- Forest hog safari camp
- Kingfisher lodge
- Meal plan: full board
Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest
Day 6: Game Drive and Transfer to Mbarara Town
You may need to wake up early enough and have your breakfast before you embark on the morning drive. You may have a chance to spot the lion, hyenas, elephants, leopards, bushbucks, and water hogs plus many more. Return to the lodge have lunch and check out. Transfer to Mbarara. This is where you will spend the night. Check-In a hotel for dinner and accommodation.
Recommended Accommodation facilities:
- Pelican
- Wagga Resort Mbarara
- Palace hotel Mbarara
- Hotel triangle Mbarara
- Palace hotel Mbarara
- Hotel triangle Mbarara
- Grand holiday Mbarara
- Hotel serene
- Igongo country hotel
Meal plan: full board
Day 7 of the 7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour: Visit Banyankole Cultural Sites and Transfer to Kampala
This being the final day of this marvelous safari, you will visit some cultural sites within Mbarara like Banyankole Kingdom shrines, visit the Banyankole homesteads to further learn about the interesting culture, lifestyle, and their general practices, and then visit orphanage homes plus women groups.
Following lunch, drive back to Kampala stopping by the equator for some photo moments. You can also stop at Mpambire drum village for some crafts and another souvenir. On arrival in Kampala, the guide will drive you to your hotel. If you have a flight this very day, he will transfer you to the airport for your departure flight.
End of 7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour
7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour Inclusions and Exclusions
Safari includes:
- Transportation in a tour van/Land-cruiser.
- Service of an English -speaking tour guide/driver.
- All activities mentioned in the itinerary.
- Park admissions
- Accommodation on full board.
- Entrance fees to all destinations as per the program.
- Transfer to and from the airport.
Safari exclusions
- All activities not mentioned in the program.
- Phone calls bills
- Tips
- International transfers.
- Gratitude to tour guides
- Personal insurance.
- Personal effects of any nature
- Hotel fees before and after the safari.
Where to Adventure on the 7 Days Uganda Cultural Tour
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park covers approximately land area of about 1978 square kilometers. Its position provides a magnificent view of the Rift Valley floor that occupies Lake Edward and George.
Kibale Forest National Park
This is a national park located in western Uganda, protecting moist evergreen rain forest. It covers land area of 766 square kilometers (296 sq mi.) in size and located between 1,100 meters (3,600 ft)to 1,600 meters (5,200 ft) in elevation.
Kampala City Tour Uganda
It’s the capital and largest city of Uganda. It occupies a series of hills at an elevation of about 3,900 feet (1,190 meters) and is situated in the central region of the country, just north of Lake Victoria.
Jinja City Tour Uganda
Jinja is a town in eastern Uganda, on the shore of Lake Victoria. The source of the Nile, at Coronation Park, is marked by a garden and a monument honoring British explorer john Hanning Speke.
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