Entanda Cultural Tourism Association, located in Mityana, a 2hr drive from Kampala, is an association comprised of more than 100 village members, who preserve the Buganda way of life. Buganda, the largest Kingdom in Uganda is over 800 years old with 36 kings, including the reigning monarch, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.

The Association showcases, in practical activities, the way the Baganda have grown their food, treated their sick, protected the soil, raised children, protected family values and lived in community for hundreds of years. Some of the activities showcased are traditional dance and music, a garden tour with local food varieties and herbal medicine, “natural” cooking, herbal medicine, bark cloth making, traditional hunting (no, there will not be any killing of animals), local beer making, coming of age traditions such as ssekitulege, discussions and other cultural norms. It is a truly memorable and educational experience with joyful people and great food.

This trip provides an opportunity to engage in a real rural/village setting. 

The fee charged goes to cover visitor expenses such as food, and to fund different income generating projects by the members.

CATEGORY: N/A | DURATION: 1 DAY | NO. OF PEOPLE: 2 | COST PP: From 337

Cost disclaimer: The cost of the package is per two people, however, a minimum of 4 persons or the equivalent in cost is required. Prices may change due to inflation and other factors, and will vary according to number of people, season and preferences, among other reasons. Please contact us for an up-to-date costing. 

You will start your interaction with a welcome dance and music session followed by a local fruit buffet. Next, you go on a walk through the garden to see how a typical garden is managed to conserve the soil and the plants that grow in it, looking at the sustainable ways of harvesting certain types of food and ensuring the continued survival and health of other crops. Like harvesting, during preparation, care is taken to not waste food, use the most economical way to prepare, and return what needs to return to the land. On the walk through the garden, you will be shown local medicinal plants. You will touch, smell and learn how each herb is prepared and used. The garden tour will also include an apiary tour – looking at the role of bees in food production and plant survival.

For lunch, you will be served luwombo and other traditional Buganda food. It is 100% fresh and hot. You

will sit on mats, and eat with your hands. Visitors don’t eat alone – everyone eats together. Everyone

will sit around a central serving point to have the meal in a typical traditional way.

After lunch, you will observe and engage in barkcloth making, an ancient craft of the Baganda.

Serving as Buganda’s clothing before modern cotton clothes, barkcloth has many uses today both in 

homes, traditional ceremonies and art. You will experience how the bark is harvested from a fig tree (ficus natalensis/mutuba in Luganda) , and how the same tree is not lost, but is protected and cared for to produce more bark year after year, and why it is a job reserved for men. In 2008 NESCO designated Uganda barkcloth as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Next, you will engage in traditional alcohol brewing. In Buganda, local alcohol is mainly made from a species of plantain called mbidde. A mixture of ripe mbidde and green grass are stomped upon for hours to produce banana juice (juice can be taken as is and is very refreshing). Roast ground sorghum is then added to the juice, hence starting a fermentation process. At the height of fermentation, it is distilled into a gin locally known as waragi.

You will end the day with a discussion on family values and child up-bringing, The Baganda have always been known for their hospitality, politeness, respect and in general, good manners. This is all attributed to the roles family members, and specifically paternal aunts and maternal uncles play in grooming children. We will have an open discussion about those approaches and how they relate to yours.

INCLUSIONS:

1-day vehicle hire with diver, fuel, day’s guide, activity fee, lunch, and soft drinks in vehicle.

EXCLUSIONS:

Flights in and out of Uganda, visa fees, travel insurance, meals and drinks not included in the itinerary, tips (gratuity) and items of a personal nature.