Uganda Tourism News

Introduction-

The batwa pepole are a pygmy tribe living in temporary erected huts  in the protected tourist attraction sites like the Bwindi forest and Semiliki wildlife reserve where over 70 batwa people were driven out due to charges of poaching some of the wildlife in the reserve and it was until 2007 that the local NGO known Rural Welfare Improvement For Development with a  goal of providing the homeless Batwa people with good homesteads and this was boosted by the European Union (E.U) which gave the Batwa a grant of about 42,000 euros.

The Batwa Trail

The Batwa trail is a new initiative that a provides a unique opportunity to experience the ways and living of the Batwa forest people in Uganda. Its  partnership between the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Organisation for the Development of the Batwa and aims at developing the impoverished Batwa/Pygmie communities on the Virunga ranges in Kisoro district, Uganda. The Batwa trail activity costs US$ 70 per person and a great percentage got from the earnings is direct towards the development of the Batwa community.

Batwa Trail- What happens ?

It follows a trail along the lower slopes of the Mgahinga volcanic mountain through to the Garama cave with activities like fire lighting, food gathering,  hunting and target practicing with bows and arrows traditionally made by the Batwa. While at the cave, visitors will be entertained by song and dance performances from the local Batwa people.

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T. Bryan Muhoozi