Accommodation: Latitude 0 Degrees or Mestil Hotel (4–5-star boutique hotels)
Activities:

• Airport pick-up and transfer to hotel; welcome drink and freshen up.
• Evening: Kampala city night tour by tuk-tuk or van, with stops at local "Rolex" stands (Uganda’s famous street food of rolled eggs and chapati).
• Dinner at Endiro Coffee or 2K Restaurant – sample dishes like luwombo (stewed meat in banana leaves), groundnut sauce, matoke, and malewa (bamboo shoots).

Cultural Insight:
Interactive storytelling session by a local griot (traditional oral historian) at the hotel’s terrace.

Accommodation: Same as Day 1
Activities:

Morning: Visit Nakawa Market with a chef/guide. Buy fresh local ingredients while learning about native produce like millet, simsim, and jackfruit.

Cooking class at a local culinary school or community kitchen (e.g., with the “Uganda Home Chefs” initiative).

Lunch: Enjoy your own cooked meal.

Afternoon: Tour the Afriart Gallery, Banana Boat crafts center, and National Theatre. Meet artists, sculptors, and craftswomen.

Evening: Dinner at The Bistro Kampala or Fang Fang, exploring Ugandan-Asian fusion cuisine.

• Morning: Visit Nakawa Market with a chef/guide. Buy fresh local ingredients while learning about native produce like millet, simsim, and jackfruit.
• Cooking class at a local culinary school or community kitchen (e.g., with the “Uganda Home Chefs” initiative).
• Lunch: Enjoy your own cooked meal.
• Afternoon: Tour the Afriart Gallery, Banana Boat crafts center, and National Theatre. Meet artists, sculptors, and craftswomen.
• Evening: Dinner at The Bistro Kampala or Fang Fang, exploring Ugandan-Asian fusion cuisine.

Optional: Traditional headwrap tying and kitenge-wear photo session.

Accommodation: Hotel No.5 or Protea Entebbe
Activities:

Sunset cruise on Lake Victoria with a traditional seafood BBQ (tilapia, Nile perch, plantains, grilled cassava).

Drive to Entebbe (~1.5 hr).

Morning: Explore the National Botanical Gardens with a local herbalist. Learn about edible plants and their medicinal value.

Lunch at a lakeside floating restaurant made from upcycled materials (e.g., “Floating Island” concept).

Afternoon: Tour of Ugandan wine & craft beer tasting session (ex: banana or hibiscus wine).

Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge or Mountains of the Moon Hotel
Activities:

Evening: Dinner with a cultural group performing Tooro royal dances.

Scenic drive (~5 hrs) to Fort Portal through lush green hills.

Stop at Mpanga Tea Estate: tour plantations, pluck tea leaves, and observe the processing.

Short vanilla farm visit – learn how it's pollinated and processed.

Accommodation: Same as Day 4
Activities:

Morning: Hike around the Crater Lakes region, including Lake Nkuruba and Nyinambuga.

Chef-led picnic by the lake, featuring traditional Tooro dishes like firinda (bean stew with millet flour).

Afternoon: Visit a women-led farming co-op. Learn about banana beer brewing and millet porridge preparation.

Participate in basket weaving or bark cloth making.

• Morning: Hike around the Crater Lakes region, including Lake Nkuruba and Nyinambuga.
• Chef-led picnic by the lake, featuring traditional Tooro dishes like firinda (bean stew with millet flour).
• Afternoon: Visit a women-led farming co-op. Learn about banana beer brewing and millet porridge preparation.
• Participate in basket weaving or bark cloth making.

• Morning: Hike around the Crater Lakes region, including Lake Nkuruba and Nyinambuga.
• Chef-led picnic by the lake, featuring traditional Tooro dishes like firinda (bean stew with millet flour).
• Afternoon: Visit a women-led farming co-op. Learn about banana beer brewing and millet porridge preparation.
• Participate in basket weaving or bark cloth making.

Accommodation: Crater Safari Lodge or Isunga Lodge
Activities:

Morning: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park.

Lunch: Packed traditional food boxes including smoked fish and millet rolls.

Evening: Return to lodge and take part in a fireside cooking circle with local elders. Cook delicacies like eshabwe (ghee sauce), and have an authentic cultural dinner.

Optional: Traditional drumming and dance night.

• Morning: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park.
• Lunch: Packed traditional food boxes including smoked fish and millet rolls.
• Evening: Return to lodge and take part in a fireside cooking circle with local elders. Cook delicacies like eshabwe (ghee sauce), and have an authentic cultural dinner.
• Optional: Traditional drumming and dance night.

• Morning: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park.
• Lunch: Packed traditional food boxes including smoked fish and millet rolls.
• Evening: Return to lodge and take part in a fireside cooking circle with local elders. Cook delicacies like eshabwe (ghee sauce), and have an authentic cultural dinner.
• Optional: Traditional drumming and dance night.

Activities:

Breakfast and early morning departure back to Kampala (or direct to Entebbe depending on flight).

Stopover at Mabira Forest for forest walk and light brunch.

Final souvenir shopping at African Village Market.

Airport drop-off with farewell gift: a curated spice pack (including Ugandan vanilla, hibiscus, and chili) and recipe booklet.

• Breakfast and early morning departure back to Kampala (or direct to Entebbe depending on flight).
• Stopover at Mabira Forest for forest walk and light brunch.
• Final souvenir shopping at African Village Market.
• Airport drop-off with farewell gift: a curated spice pack (including Ugandan vanilla, hibiscus, and chili) and recipe booklet.