Bwindi community camp, Uganda
| country: | Uganda |
| location: | Bwindi National Park |
| price: | Camping from Sh 5000 (approx £2) per person per night, bandas from Sh 15000 (approx £5) per person per night |
description
Stay in bandas or at the campground and support this community initiative.
Accommodation is provided in clean well maintained bandas. Each has solar electric lighting installed 5 bandas have sharred washing/toilet facilities and 1 is self-contained. The showers are heated by firewood. Levelled tent sites, some under tea-shades, are also available. There is a picnic banda in which to sit, socialise, relax and eat; as well as a reception building, which houses a bar and dining room. A variety of foods are available, as well as cold beers and sodas.
Activities include: Community village walk - Handicraft Site - Batwa Dancing and Singing - Medicinal Healer - Mukono Parents School- Banana Brewing
To reach Buhoma by public transport, take the bus from Kampala to Butogota. The bus arrives in the evening in Butogota where you can arrange a private hire car to the park for approximately Sh20000 (approx £7 ). Alternatively, stay in Butogota overnight and walk the 17km to the park in the morning. If arriving through Kabale you should be able to find a public pick-up truck going to Butogota, or you can hire a private vehicle to Buhoma, which should cost approximately Sh80000 (approx £27).
Accommodation is provided in clean well maintained bandas. Each has solar electric lighting installed 5 bandas have sharred washing/toilet facilities and 1 is self-contained. The showers are heated by firewood. Levelled tent sites, some under tea-shades, are also available. There is a picnic banda in which to sit, socialise, relax and eat; as well as a reception building, which houses a bar and dining room. A variety of foods are available, as well as cold beers and sodas.
Activities include: Community village walk - Handicraft Site - Batwa Dancing and Singing - Medicinal Healer - Mukono Parents School- Banana Brewing
prices
- Small banda (max 2 people) Sh18000 (approx £6 ) per person per night
- Medium banda (max 4 people) Sh60000 (approx £20 ) per night or Sh18000 (approx £6 ) per person, per night.
- Large banda (max 6 people) Sh72000 (approx £24 ) per night, or Sh15000 (approx £5 ) per person
- Self-contained banda (max 2 people) Sh45000 (approx £15 ) per night.
- Camping Sh5000 (approx £2 ) per person, per night.
how to find us
To reach Buhoma by public transport, take the bus from Kampala to Butogota. The bus arrives in the evening in Butogota where you can arrange a private hire car to the park for approximately Sh20000 (approx £7 ). Alternatively, stay in Butogota overnight and walk the 17km to the park in the morning. If arriving through Kabale you should be able to find a public pick-up truck going to Butogota, or you can hire a private vehicle to Buhoma, which should cost approximately Sh80000 (approx £27).
how this holiday makes a difference
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This community camp was set up in 1993 to enable the community to benefit from gorilla tourism in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
The restcamp is run by community members and all profits are shared with the local community through assistance in funding local schools and clinics. There is an associated women's group, Bwindi Progressive Women's Group, which makes handicrafts and puts on performances of local music and dance for visitors. Part of the proceeds from the women's group's activities is being used to fund a maize mill for the community. Currently, the local people have to travel, often on foot, 25km to get their crops ground.  This holiday is part of the responsibletravel.com and Conservation International Community Based Tourism Programme to support and promote community based tourism ventures that offer significant conservation and development benefits to local communities. To see other community based tourism holidays and find out more about the programme click here. |
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