The tour starts with a stopover at Mpambire Drum Makers’ Workshop – Discover how Uganda’s traditional drums are skillfully crafted from cowhides and tree logs — a fascinating process where the artisans rely on simple tools and their bare hands. You will also find an array of local crafts on roadside display, including mats, stools, calabashes, gourds, backcloth, and more.

Continue with a visit to the Social Innovation Museum – SINA is an NGO dedicated to empowering young single mothers, refugees, orphans, street children, former child soldiers, and former sex workers through life skills and entrepreneurship training. By visiting the SINA Village, you actively support initiatives that transform the lives of socially challenged youth — with all proceeds from your visit helping them turn their challenges into sustainable solutions. At SINA, plastic waste is creatively recycled into sustainable products such as crafts and household items, providing a means of livelihood and environmental impact. Your contribution supports innovative projects, including: Constructing houses using plastic bottles Converting organic waste into animal feed and fertilizer Creating durable school bags and fashion items from polythene waste Producing insect-repellent detergents and reusable sanitary pads

Proceed to CTC Conservation Center (Opens at 10:00Hrs or 13:00Hrs): Visits to CTC are by appointment and must be booked at least 48 hours in advance. Established in 2015, this privately owned eco-tourism destination focuses on wildlife conservation, tourism development, and unique human–wildlife interactions. Enjoy close encounters with young lions, zebras, impalas, chameleons, iguanas, bat-eared foxes, tortoises, baby crocodiles, snakes, and more. Observe caregivers as they tend to the animals’ wellbeing, and look out for species such as lemurs, giraffes, Uganda Kob, bushbuck, sitatunga, grey parrots, and predators like lions, tigers, serval cats, and hyenas. You will take a breather for lunch at a local restaurant and continue exploring.

Visit Mpanga Nature Center (Guided Forest Walk and Birding) – Established in 2020, Mpanga Nature Centre was created to promote conservation and tourism in the once-threatened Mpanga Forest. Today, it’s a haven for nature lovers, guided by the theme: “Nature should be a sanctuary for all of us; a place for comfort and serenity.” Enjoy a two-hour guided forest walk, discovering over 500 plant species, 200 bird species, and unique trees like Zanthoxylum chalybeum and Warburgia ugandensis — the source of Uganda’s herbal remedy “COVIDEX.” Along the way, you may spot monkeys, mongoose, squirrels, pangolins, colorful butterflies, and vibrant birdlife.

Your day concludes with photos and souvenir shopping at the Equator. At the Equator, snap an iconic photo with one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern. Experience demonstrations showing how the sun rises and sets quickly, how water drains differently compared to other hemispheres, and learn why you’re 3% lighter at the equator. Don’t forget to pick up a few souvenirs at the craft stalls to commemorate your visit.