Jinja Discovery Tour (All-Day)

In the morning when the birds are all tweeting, we set off towards Jinja - Eastern Uganda. Jinja is the second largest city in Uganda!  One needs to be ready for one of those days to remember of their holiday while in this beautiful and naturally endowed country, Uganda! Good walking shoes, check? Light clothes check? A hat, check? Sun lotion, check? bottled drinking water, check? Then we are all set for the day!

Kagulu rock challenge - Jinja and beyond Day Tour

Jinja Day Tour activity details as the itinerary goes;

1. Visiting Ssezibwa falls, a cultural site for the Buganda kingdom as well as an eco-site with over 100  bird species and plenty of plant life. This is our first stopover for 45 minutes to 1 hour after approximately an hour drive from Kampala. Expect to see lots of rural African life style including farmers cultivating their gardens, school going kids on a schooling day and generally variance in the landscape the more we get away from ever busy Kampala.

Ssezibwa Cultural and Eco site

2. Mabira forest guided nature walk of 1-2 hours, expect to go through both the primary and secondary sections of the forest, expect to see different species of indigeneous trees, not forgetting giant trees as old as over 200 years, lots of plant life, red tailed monkeys, different butterflies and to learn about the impact of the forest to Uganda and the locals in this area. The grey-cheeked mangabeys are a rare species of monkeys and on chanceful days, we seen them!

Grey-cheecked Mangabey (rare species) inside Mabira Forest

3. Have a lunch break, then go on the boat cruise first on Lake Victoria then connect to the Mighty River Nile, seeing the spot where the river begins its 90 days journey to Egypt. We also see the spot where Sir John Speke stood and viewed the source of the Nile from when he arrived on the 3rd August 1858, and the late Mahatma Gandhi Statute, whose ash were poured into the river Nile as he requested while still alive.

Birds on the Nile River - World's longest river

Lake Victoria - World's second largest fresh water body.

Nile Monitor

After a couple of minutes rest on returning from the boat ride, we then start our return journey to Kampala and drop you off at your accommodation.

We shall do a refund if you happen not to enjoy this day tour!

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Uganda Equator Tour (All-Day)

Among our not only exciting but fun packed day tours from Kampala is the Uganda Equator Day Tour. We meet and greet at your accommodation and start the tour at 7: 30 AM  driving towards the south western Uganda through little townships. The drive off the main road to the eco site ( first stopover) is a proper exhibit of rural life showcasing to you the traditional art of constructing houses in the early 1960s , well maintained and clean rural towns, school going kids , well looked after gardens, and the warm people that every now and again wave to you as we drive past their homes. After approximately 1:30 hours , we connect with mother nature at an eco-site where we take you on a 1-2 hours canoeing adventure as well as experience.
In a traditional canoe we start our first activity: tracking for the endangered shoe bills . sitatungas , lots of plant life not forgetting other over 200 bird species that have been recorded at this site.

Kampala - Masaka highway.

The swamp - plant life.

A typical township at the edge of the swamp

Legendary Shoebill Stork hunting

The shoe bills are a rare species of birds and they are very few in number , this swamp is one of the places where you can see them and its not guaranteed as its over 10,000 hectares and only 9 shoe bills are recorded in it. The site guides are well experienced with the tracking and all the times we have been there, we have seen one or two shoe bills.

Pied Kingfishers

The swamp has much more to offer including the migratory birds that come in from Europe each summer and scenery.

The migratory birds from Europe

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

After rewarding ourselves to that, we then continue to our next stopover, and stretch our legs with a 1:30 hour forest guided nature walk.We take the butterfly loop where you will feast your eyes to as many as we are  chanced to see out of the 95 butterfly species, more forest birds and lots of plants life and trees.

Black and white casqued Hornbills  in the forest !

After the forest walk, we then have a short snack break and thereafter meet the traditional drum makers for a cultural experience taking you through the process of making and testing the sound as well.

From here we are more than ready to go meet the Uganda Equator , first have a lunch break at the Equator restaurant , thereafter testing the coriolis forces to justify the imaginary line.  

With all that, a beautiful day is guaranteed and by 4;30 pm, we start our return journey to Kampala and before its dark, we are at your accommodation just in time for you to freshen up and have your dinner before you definately get that good night sleep after a good day's body exercise.

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Day Tours from Kampala, the Other Way to see Beautiful Uganda!

Just when you do not think you have enough time to go on a safari ( literally means an extended stay trip for  a couples of days) , then you have to think twice, here is what will have you sorted, exciting, fun packed , tailor made or customized day tours from Kampala!.

The prices are as pocket friendly as it can get and from as low as USD 50 per person for large groups, we will have you explore and discover the endless beauties of the pearl of Africa, Uganda! We understand that going on an extended stay trip can sometimes get costly and for that and many other reasons including having limited time, you will be happy you booked one or more of the day tours.

The day tours from Kampala cut across all attractions from historical sites, guided nature walks, wildlife excursions, birding tours, traditional experiences which will make you understand and appreciate our values and life style, thrilling activities for example testing your adrenaline on a 5 zip line in the forest canopies, tracking the endangered white Rhinos, Shoebill storks and sitatunga in the wild, and much more!

We are more than ready to show you around!

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An Insight of Cultural Day Tours from Kampala.

Looking for an authentic African  holiday while in Uganda that will not only take you to the national parks  but get you connected with the Ugandan people through culture, then your questions will be  answered when you choose Gracelands African Vacations to manage your stay while in Uganda.

Our unique cultural packages include;

Traditional drums and bark cloth making experience (Day Tour)

Traditional games experience ( Day Tour)

Traditional dance and music experience (Day Tour)

Traditional food experience (Day Tour)

Royal Tombs (Day Tour)

All the above packages are intended for you to interact with the local people not forgetting the amazing kids. You will have a feel of the life style of  a traditional African home setting that embraced togetherness and unity in all activities that communities carried out. And for the very reason that urbanization is reaping this treasure from us, we at Gracelands African Vacations have embarked on the custom to help in reviving and exporting the Ugandan culture through these unique packages and many more we are still working on that we will avail to you in a nut shell.

We believe that by showcasing our culture, this generation will learn more and strive to conserve what out ancestors valued more than their lives. We cant know where we are going if we do not embrace where we have come from. We love sharing with you ,  where you come from what cultural practices are carried out and how they attribute to communities living in harmony. We can uniquely learn from each other while on these exciting tours. 

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