Tours & Activities in Fort Portal
Exploring Fortportal Crater Lakes!
Known for the highest concentration of crater lakes per square kilometer in the world, exploring Fortportal's crater lakes is an extraordinary experience.
Start at Lake Nkuruba where you can see over four species of monkeys and the oldest of the 52 different crater lakes around the Mountains of the Moon,
Proceed to the Ndali kasenda crater lakes, each lake has its own charm, Nyinambuga lake is one of the largest and most beautiful, now its photo appears on Uganda's 20,000 shillings banknote.
During this tour there is an option to visit the local vanilla farmer who shows you his vanilla farm, all the process from planting to pollination and harvesting, finally the drying process. However it's much better when you buy some vanilla from him otherwise he requires a small fee to show you around.
This tour goes beyond just the crater lakes as it takes you through the local villages seeing how the locals live, banana plantation, local market especially every Monday and Thursday there is a local farmers market.
You can choose to have lunch at the local restaurant or return to Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve for lunch at the Nkuruba lakeside resort.
This tour lasts 3-4 hours but there is the option to jump on bodabodas in case you get tired along the way yet another great experience. Bodaboda is a local motorcycle taxi.
WHAT IS NEEDED:
* trekking boots
*Sunscreen
*Rain jacket
*Hat- from 🌞
Some physical fitness is required
On this tour, expect to take a nature walk around the Nkuruba nature reserve for four species of monkeys that call this place home, different species of birds, visit a local farm from where you will meet the local who will take you to visit his coffee plantation afterwards he will take you through the traditional way of processing coffee using very local tools. This process begins with a visit to the coffee plantation, going through traditional processing and cooking preparations until the moment it is placed on the dining room table.
After all this process, we head to another local house to visit the vanilla farmer, who also takes you through the whole process of growing, caring for, and drying the vanilla.
This tour requires you to have:
- Mountain boots
- Sunglasses
- sunscreen
- Oilskin
- Camera
The difficulty of the tour:
easy walk on a good village path from the meeting point for less than a kilometer to the local coffee planter/farm.
