Kisoro Experience

Kisoro Experience

Kigezi region will offer our tourists great safari activities. We give our tourists guided tours and safari information which will guarantee an affordable unforgettable safari experience.

We will offer safari information to our tourists who want to experience other safari activities at the various tourist games parks, historical sites and mountains within Uganda to meet your safari expectations.

The Kigezi region is endowed with unmatched Gorilla National parks, pristine crater lakes, iconic volcanic mountains and culturally diverse communities. Read through the list of safari activities that will offer you a personally customized safari experience within the Kigezi region of Uganda.

Nature Walks and Hiking

Nature walk and hiking

Our tourists will be taken on a guided nature walk for about 2 hours through the community villages on the slopes of Karunga hills and along the shores of Lake Mutanda. The tourists will experience the native traditional way of life of the Bafumbira people, which will include visits to their traditional houses, seeing their crafts, traditional clothing, traditional dances and songs.

Nature walks give our tourist access to the hidden beautiful views of Mountain Muhavura, Mt. Sabinyo, Mt. Mugahinga and Mt. Nyamuragira in DR Congo.

Cost $ 20 per person

Batwa Cave tour

Batwa Experience

The Batwa are a hunter-gatherer people commonly knowns as “pygmies” who are native to the Mugahinga Forest and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. They are known to be very radical in maintaining their primitive way of life like hunting using handy local weapons, making fires using only sticks and grass and use of traditional musical instruments, to mention but a few.

Our tourists will experience the life and historical journey of the Batwa people on a guided visit of 2 hours within their small closed communities.

Cost $ 25 per person

Bugisu robusta coffee

Traditional Coffee roasting and tasting Experience

Coffee is a traditional major cash crop that has brought household income to many families who grow it on the slopes and valleys of the hilly Kisoro district and Uganda at large. The locals use traditional coffee crop garden management methods, post-harvest handling, drying and grinding to produce a clean, quality coffee powder with a unique taste.

Our tourists will have a 3 hours traditional coffee value chain experience which will climax into different coffee tasting options for their enjoyment. In addition, there are various coffee products to purchase out of pocket.

Cost $ 30 per person

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Birding

Kisoro district is surrounded by diverse ecological systems of Mountain Muhavura, Mt. Mugahinga, Mt. Sabinyo, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Ecuya Forest Reserve, Lake Mutanda and Lake Chahafi.

Our tourists will be given 2 hours guided tour through some strategic birding sites to view scarce bird species like; the famous African Jacana, Robin-chat, Kingfishers, Cormorants, Weaver birds, Hamerkop, black crake and Yellow-billed duck, among others.

Cost $ 50 per person

Lake mutanda canoeing

Canoe tracking

Cost $ 50 per person (Cost will vary on use of canoe boat or engine boat)

The ecological water systems of Lake Mutanda, Lake Kayumbu, Lake Mulehe and Lake Chahafi have various water creatures like water otters, pythons and herons and very scenic mountain views. Our tourists will have a 2 hours gentle canoe ride along the shores of the chosen lake while experiencing the water animals, breathtaking views and sport fishing.

Xanadu trees

Boat ride

$ 60 per person

There are unique islands on Lake Mutanda like Punishment island, Skeleton island and Mutanda Island. These extraordinary islands have a rich history narrated by our tour guide during a 2 hours boat ride.

Mutanda island has a moderate community with a reasonable population who will entertain and interact with our tourists about their ways of life.

spot fishing at lake mutanda

River Exploration

$ 60 per person

During the rainy season in March, April, September, October, November and December, we have 3 hours of guided hiking along with the water outlet of Lake Mutanda. This safari lets our tourists experience the unique seasonal ecology of these water ways measuring 6Km, which host various water animals like; Otters and python snakes.

Hunter gather

Traditional hunter-gatherer wild cooking

$ 80 per person

In the old tradition of the Banyakigezi, our ancestors used to cook in the wild without water and modern systems of making a fire. At Lake Mutanda Glampsite Porch, we will give our tourists a 3 to 5 hours guided lesson and experience in this ancient tradition of our forefathers using these traditional methods.