Uganda wildlife and activity vacation

Planet

This trip is directly involved in wildlife conservation in that we plan for our guests to visit research and conservation areas during their safari like the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary en-route to Murchison falls where the once extinct Rhinos are being kept as they increase in number from the first 2 rhinos in 2001 and now we boast of 10 rhinos.

Another venture is the chimpanzee community project en-route to Bwindi from Queen Elizabeth National park. The local people have managed to keep the chimps safe with the support of tourists and their donations. This has provided employment and revenue to improve on their livelihood in that region.

During our city tours and the Jinja town tours we use local public transport whenever we can so that you get hands on experience with the life in this places, be able to reach door to door places where big tour vehicles cannot reach and in this way we economically support the local people who provide this transport and get to visit more places and meet more people.

People

We plan this trip in such a way that we always stop by local craft centers like the Drum makers in Mpigi district en-route from Bwindi, The Nkuringo local library or Buhoma community market so that the guests support the local craft makers directly and see how the items are manufactured too. This is a better practice since prices are friendlier at local centers compared to the town markets like those in the capital city Kampala.

We employ local guides, drivers, and interpreters as a company and at local levels we use community guides especially in places like Bwindi for community walks. We encourage the use of porters or helpers from the communities to carry luggage for the guests in order to earn some income from the tourism activities in their communities. The local guides provide 24 hour assistance to make sure there is cultural respect and that the guests are in harmony with the local community. This they start to do by teaching basic things like greeting and apologizing whenever one feels offended. Greeting helps create a quick link for communication with the local people since out of experience most of them know some English as a National Language.