Experience the best of Uganda’s culture by interacting with cultures of the area in every place you visit. Uganda has many tribes and languages and each tribe celebrates culture in a different way that can impress. Culture adds value to any safari tour in Uganda and tourists enjoy exploring the area main attractions as well as the people’s culture. It’s known that Uganda is great safari destination for gorilla trekking, wildlife safaris, bird watching, hiking but still visitors to different national parks and attractions get a chance to be part of the community singing, dancing, drama and daily life. Do you want to discover history of local Ugandans and even participate in their daily life activity as you value what they have and what makes them different? See below what makes tourists cherish cultural safaris in Uganda.
Mountain Gorillas & Culture
Amazingly it’s the rich culture of the Batwa people that gave way to mountain gorillas’ tourism and conservation in both Bwindi impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park. Remember the Batwa people‘s ancestral home was the jungle forest before they vacated it for the conservation of mountain gorillas .A Uganda gorilla safari without culture is incomplete because the amazing cultural traditions of the people in Bwindi Impenetrable forest is hard to be resisted. You may not go into the detailed life of the Batwa people but a community tour to the nearby homesteads can be varied for any gorilla tracking safari in Uganda. The locals are welcoming and they embrace every gift with love. Walking around makes you feel like a royalty and making a donation to a village child, women groups, or community hospital impacts lives of several individuals in the communities.
Igongo Cultural Museum
One of the places that you can experience Uganda culture, and learn about heritage is Igongo cultural Museum a nice stop over point for most Uganda safaris to Lake Mburo National Park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Bwindi forest national Park, lake Bunyonyi Islands, Mgahinga National park and much more .Always travelers experience the western culture at Igongo as they continue with the scenic drive to other preferred places of interest in their Uganda safari programs. Taking a guided walk to the Museum and learning about history, hiking the hills of Ankole land and engaging in daily local activities like milking, farming, cooking is something you will definitely love about the western Uganda culture of the Banyankole. Don’t forget to enjoy an amazing local meal at the museum before exploring the other attractions of the country.
Wildlife and Karamojong Culture
There is a lot that makes the Karamajong culture very unique and amazing in Uganda compared to other tribes and tourists experience detailed traditional culture of the cattle keepers. The colorful pieces of clothes, beads, traditional hair style, face decorations, language and other cultural behaviors make you love Uganda and its culture. They are people who took a stand against western culture and they are not willing to adapt to it for life. Taking a wildlife safari to Kidepo Valley National park is a perfect safari tour in Uganda but when combined with Karamojong culture, the trip becomes more amazing like never before.
