This trip is all about people and culture. The geographical heart of the African continent, Uganda has always been a cultural melting pot. About thirty-plus indigenous languages and an equally diverse cultural mosaic of music, art and handcrafts. Uganda’s National Theater has inspires many young people.
The Uganda museum is fascinating. The world-class Ndere Center, a place where you can eat local foods, view amazing art, and view an incredible performance of various tribal dancers, is not to be missed. Uganda’s most ancient inhabitants, the Batwa and Bambuti pygmies, rely on hunter-gatherer culture that once occupied much of East Africa to leave behind a legacy of rock paintings, such as at the Nyero Rock Shelter near Kumi.
Uganda lies on the Bantu-speaking kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole, Basoga and Toro.,whose traditional monarchs were established in 1990’s after having been abolished by President MiltonObote in1967. These centuries-old kingdoms are created from the kingdoms of Batembuzi and Bachwezi,which are located at Mubende and Ntusi, was emmerged by the 11th century.
Three former kings of Buganda are burried a traditional building at the kasubi tombs in Kampala. Uganda’s cultural diversity is boosted by the presence of the Karamajong, traditional pastoralists.
The Rwenzori are home to the hardly Bakonjo, whose hunting shrines are dedicated to smoking spirit known as Kalisa, while the Bagisu of the Mt. Elgon region are known for their colorful Imbalu ceremony.
Entebbe International Airport
06:00am on the first day
