Experience life along Africa’s largest lake

Package Tour – Back to the woods

When

Year round

Duration

9 days (can be shortened or extended)

Price

Where your journey begins

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Your adventure starts at the Kids of Africa Village near Entebbe. Settle in, explore the village and meet the people who call it home. Visits to nearby schools and communities offer a first glimpse into everyday life in Uganda — and set the scene for the journey ahead.

Into the wild

Across the equator and into the savannah

Leave Entebbe behind and head west, stopping at the equator before continuing to Lake Mburo National Park. Explore the park on a game drive and take to the water for a boat trip, discovering Uganda’s wildlife and landscapes from two very different perspectives.

Back to the Woods

Slow down and experience rural Uganda

Deep in the green hills of Buhweju, the pace changes. Spend your days walking through local communities, visiting a tea plantation and discovering agroforestry at the Kids of Africa forest farm. It’s a chance to get closer to the land, meet the people who live here and experience a side of Uganda few visitors get to see.

The journey home

Return with more than memories

On the way back to Entebbe, visit a vocational school and discover another part of Kids of Africa’s work in Uganda. Back at the village, gather for a farewell dinner and reflect on nine days of wildlife, nature and meaningful encounters — before it’s time to say goodbye.

Your journey, day by day

This is our classic nine-day route. We can shorten it, extend it or adapt it to what interests you most.

Day 1

Welcome to Uganda

We meet you at Entebbe International Airport and take you to the Kids of Africa Children’s Village, your home for the first two nights. Settle in, join a guided tour of the Village and meet the families who live here. The day closes with a welcome dinner.

Overnight: Kids of Africa Village
Day 2

Meet the neighbourhood

Spend the day around the Village. Visits to nearby schools and communities give you a first, unhurried look at everyday life in Uganda, and at the work Kids of Africa does beyond its own gates.

Overnight: Kids of Africa Village
Day 3

West, across the equator

Today we head west. On the way we stop at the equator, where you can stand with one foot in each hemisphere, before continuing to Lake Mburo National Park. You arrive in the afternoon, in time for the light to soften over the savannah.

Overnight: near Lake Mburo National Park
Day 4

Wildlife by land and water

An early game drive takes you across open grassland in search of zebras, impalas and buffalo. Afterwards, a boat trip on Lake Mburo shows the same landscape from the water, with hippos, crocodiles and countless birds along the shore. In the afternoon we drive on into the green hills of Buhweju.

Overnight: Buhweju
Day 5-7

Wildlife by land and water

Three days at the pace of rural Uganda. You walk through the surrounding communities and are welcomed into people’s daily routines. You visit a tea plantation and see how the leaves are picked and processed. And at the Kids of Africa forest farm you discover agroforestry: how trees, crops and animals are grown side by side to keep the soil alive. This is the heart of the trip, and the part few visitors ever get to see.

Overnight: Buhweju (three nights)
Day 8

The journey home

We leave the hills behind and travel back east. On the way you visit a vocational school, where young people learn a trade, another side of the Kids of Africa story. Back at the Village, a farewell dinner brings everyone together to look back on the past nine days.

Overnight: Kids of Africa Village
Day 9

Goodbye

Time for a last walk through the Village and breakfast with the people you have come to know, before we take you to Entebbe International Airport.