Uganda Community Safari
Uganda Community safari /Uganda safari presents to you the pearl of Africa in the very authentic way possible, through the village visits, the authentic African lifestyle, and the real African tradition village setting. For the Uganda culture, you will enjoy the day visits to the different cultural sites in different safari destinations within Uganda. However, the fun does not end by dusk; you can also enjoy the nightlife or culture of Uganda. The Uganda culture and community safaris, are done with in the rural communities near to the national parks, or with in the different national park perimeters among other destinations. The Uganda community safaris are the exact representatives of the Uganda community tourism in the pearl of Africa. The community safaris in Uganda represent some form of sustainable tourism in the whole African continent; this kind of tourism, allows the travellers or visitors to Uganda to connect and, sometimes even bond with the African culture plus the peoples in the visited communities. The Uganda community safaris offer you a chance to dive in during the tours, workshops, performances, homestays, accommodation, and interaction with the local people.
It is true that Uganda community safaris are the best-sustained safari packages in Uganda. The reason, as to why most of the African cultures are still in place and untouched, is because the community safaris or community tourism is one tourism where the local community gets truly involved in all the steps and the procedures of making the community safari possible for you. Most of the organizations for the Uganda community safaris are owned by the local people, this has helped many people to get employed. The different organizations for the community safaris in Uganda collect a lot of skilled people from the local villages such as the drivers, cooks, guides, cultural dancers to entertain the visitors and the service staff among others. the Uganda community safaris are truly about the communities in the rural areas, as the biggest percentage of the income from the community tours is given back for the development of the local communities, such as repairing a the health center, build classrooms for the community school, planting trees in the deforested areas of the national park and launching the health awareness campaigns and medical camps among.
The Uganda community safaris do not aim at enjoyment and development of villages into towns, the Uganda community safari, also act as another way to prevent the malpractices of the local people leaving near to the national parks in Uganda, such as poaching, deforestation and farming on the park’s land. The Uganda community safaris offer some ideal income to the local communities, and this is one way of fighting poaching as also consolidating the conservation programs in Uganda. The Uganda community safaris bring in a lot of conservationists from different parts of the world as travellers, and this kind of tourism, builds up an incentive for the local communities to tag a great value on the natural environment leading to sustainability for the future visitors to Uganda.
The Uganda community safaris will offer you a chance to dive in deep into the African culture which is authentic and not tempered with. The projects for the visitors during the community tours in Uganda offer a full opportunity to the visitors who wish to dive in into the real life style of an African villager. You can enjoy tasting the locally prepared food in the community, gather fruits from the trees, make games with the local children of the community, and a lot more fun and interesting things you will enjoy during the Uganda community safari among others. There are so many communities prepared to receive guests for the Uganda community safari; most of these communities are located not far away from the major destinations like national parks , game reserves and other destinations with in Uganda.
Where to go for the Uganda community safaris
Bwindi impenetrable national park is one of the most visited places in Uganda, and also a destination for the Uganda community safaris. After the exhilarating mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park, you can join the road to the famous batwa trail, where you can experience a lot about the culture of these forest people. The magic happens when you realize the survival tactic of the batwa people who have lived or co-existed with the mountain gorillas for such a long time. The visit to the batwa community will have you enjoy the local brewery, if it is your preference, plus enjoy window shopping for the skillfully made crafts by the batwa women.
Lake Mburo national park is another place for you to enjoy the Uganda community safari within the surrounding communities to the park. The banyankole communities are the famous homesteads around Lake Mburo national park, and they have managed to live dually with the wildlife in lake mburo national park. A visit to any of the banyankole community will have you learn a few words from their precious language, cattle keeping and rearing among other items attached to the banyankole culture. It is ok if you glare at the local made houses of the banyankole, or at the lady making ghee out of cream milk among others. The visit to the banyankole community also offers you a chance to visit the igongo cultural center which is next to the sanga gate of Lake Mburo national park.
Queen Elizabeth national park community tour will blow your mind away, as the park is surrounds with a diversity of tribes with distinctive languages, and with no language barrier problems among the local villages. A Uganda community safari in queen Elizabeth national park will take you to the salt plains of lake katwe and kasenyi fishing village, the omwani coffee plantations, and other places. The visit to the old Germany salt factory, will give you’re an insight back into history, plus know how salt, mineral, was such a lucrative mineral for the world before modernity. The stories told by the salt miners are sad and might give you a reason to appreciate life and also feel glad to charity work and helping out the poor people. From the salt plains, you will enjoy the kasenyi fishing village fun, such as fishing, canoe racing, and eating your own fresh fished fish from Lake Edward and kazinga channel in queen Elizabeth national park.
Other Uganda community safari destinations include, kibale national park’s bigodi wetland sanctuary, ndali kasenda community near the crater trail, the tooro kingdom palace and kasese town among others. You can also take your community safari in Uganda to the city center of Kampala down town like in the old taxi park, owino market, and nakasero market, plus other towns like Jinja, mbale town, among others. You can book for your Uganda community safari anytime of the year with your tour operator.
