Activities

Nearby Attractions and Things to Do While Staying at Palm World Hotel Mbarara, Uganda

There are as many activities/safaris ideas as there are reasons to visit Uganda as a destination for an African safari - There are so many ways and so many different places to explore the beautiful faces of Uganda.

Responsible Tourism Company travel consultants does propose packages but to be sure that your trip fits with your expectation.

Tell us your desire and Palm World Hotel Mbarara in Mbarara will guide you depending the longer of your stay, your budget, the places you want to visit, the kind of activities you want to do, the kind of traveler your are

Adventure & Excursions – Guided tours to nearby attractions, including Lake Mburo National Park and Igongo Cultural Centre

Below are the top 10 best day tours and activities guests visiting Mbarara town can enjoy when they book their accommodation with Palm World hotel Mbarara.

ACTIVITIES AND THINGS TO DO ON SITE

Below are the top 10 popular day tours and activities guests visiting Mbarara town can enjoy when they book their accommodation with Palm World Hotel.

Bird watching day tours in Mbarara

With over 200 species of birds, the Mbarara town area is a must visit birding destination in Uganda. All tours start early in the morning from Palm World hotel and are led by professional birding guide.

We will try to find a lot of the localized endemics (of which there are many), and we will also see pelican, gray-crested crane and other landbird and waterbird spectacles, plus we will enjoy fantastic forest farm birding in idyllic surroundings.

Tour the Ankole Kingdom Royal Tombs

Ankole Royal Tombs site at Nkonkojeru Kakika is located 2 kilometers from Palm World Hotel and 3 km from Mbarara Town centre and it contains the tombs of Ankole Kings. This is the resting place for the 25 kings of Ankole Kingdom

Visit the Rwizi River in Lugazi area- a major source of water and a tributary for several water bodies in western Uganda

Tour the breathtaking landscapes, amazing collection of plant and endless rolling green hills of Ankole

Nile Breweries Mbarara plant tour

Opened in 2013, the brewery tour on foot or by van offers guests an opportunity to meet the brewers, take a behind scenes tour with numerous tastings, and learn the entire brew process from grain to glass.

Visit the local market

To get a flavor of Mbarara town, head to the Mbarara Central Market or Rwebikona. This is where the locals come each morning to search out the freshest vegetables, meats and spices for lunch or dinner. The market market which is 5mins walk from Palm World Hotel offers many items ready sell such as matooke (green banana), ground nuts, honey, milk, fresh fruits and vegetables.

Coca Cola Plant Tour in Mbarara

Located on Mbarara-Masaka Road in Makenke in Mbarara Industrial Area, and adjacent to the Makenke Military Barracks, this is one of the most popular factory tour in Mbarara.  The Coca Cola factory in Mbarara its doors to the public in 1998 for tours and tasting. From school groups and university students to community associations and corporate guests, the Coca-Cola Plan visitors experience welcomes anyone who wants to come and explore, learn and have fun discovering the past, present and future of the world’s number one soft drink and one of the Mbarara’s leading businesses. The plant is located 5km from our hotel and tours runs from 1-2hrs. Prior arrangements with the hotel to the tour the plant must be done on time (approx 5 days in advance)

Visit the Igongo Cultural Centre

Located 17km from Palm World Hotel and 12km from Mbarara town on the road to Masaka - Kampala, this new cultural village is worth a look. Set on the grounds of a former palace of the Ankole king, this quality museum explores the peoples of southwestern Uganda, particularly the Ankole, through artefacts, a cultural village replica and a heap of info.

There’s a great bookstore with an interesting selection of Ugandan reading material. Directly across from the centre is Biharwe Eclipse Monument atop Biharwe Hill. It was built to commemorate a victory for Ankole kingdom 500 years ago, following an eclipse that saw the invading king retreat in fear (and never return), spooked as day plunged into sudden darkness. Open daily from 7.30am-10pm.

Visit the local Ankole long horn cattle and exotic diary farms during a farm tour and banana (green plantain) plantations.

According to scholars, the Ankole -Watusi Longhorn cattle can survive in extremely harsh, dry conditions such as those in sub-Saharan Africa – which is becoming drier and hotter over the past decades. The medium-sized animals, with long, large-diameter horns, attract attention wherever they appear. These animals are one of the oldest indigenous cattle breeds of Uganda and have often been referred to as "cattle of kings". In a context where herders are strongly encouraged to keep exotic and hybrid cattle, the innovative life approach led Ugandan herders to revalue the Longhorns for their economic and cultural value.

Their keepers, the Bahima, are an ethnic pastoral group of the Ankole people who reside in an area stretching from the South West to the North East of Uganda. Guests will visit a family owned working farm practicing agricultural and community tourism. Along the drive from your hotel in Mbarara, the countryside is very green and the traveler will enjoy the rolling hills, dotted villages, roadside open air markets, schools, grazing cows, banana plantations, maize farms, and local people going on with their daily lives. For overnight guests homestead activities can be arranged such as Traditional cow milking lesson, and Farm chores: fence repair, weeding, herding, tick control, water cows at a local watering well and lots more while daytime visitors can schedule selected activities.

Planning your Mbarara town day trip or two-day loop, please contact us to enquire about our scheduled day trips, or if you would like us to arrange a private guided tour.

Entertainment

Palm World Hotel organizes cultural performances to celebrate Uganda heritage. During the festive season and upon guest request (for guests staying at the hotel during other seasons), we arrange evening shows of traditional Uganda song and dance performed by Mbarara famous group consisting of numerous singers, dancer and drummers.

Tours & Travel Services

Uganda is a lush, green country in East Africa. Straddling the equator, the country’s dominating feature is water: the vast blue of Lake Victoria, the ever-flowing river Nile, Lakes Edward, George and Albert, and the expansive network of wetlands and marsh. Dramatic mountains punctuate the landscape: the snowcapped Rwenzori Mountains (Ptolemy’s famous mountains of the moon’), the volcanic ranges of the southwest, the massive Mount Elgon in the East of the country. Lake Mburo National Park situated in Isingiro District is 86 km away from Palm World Hotel and 79 km from Mbarara town off the Mbarara – Masaka Road.

At Palm World Hotel we pride ourselves in promoting domestic tourism in Uganda so that our people can have a chance of visiting their own country as it’s said that “A Country that is not visited by its own people is not worth a visit by other people.”

The Tours and Travel Desk at Palm World Hotel offer a comprehensive range of local tours and travel services to our guests.

They include but not limited to Airport Pick-up from Entebbe International Airport and other airstrips/airfields in Uganda, shuttle services from/to bus stations in Mbarara, Africa safari planning, safari accommodation booking/reservation, wildlife safaris, chimpanzee tracking tours, gorilla tracking tours to Bwindi and Mgahinga gorilla national parks, cultural safaris, mountain climbing tours, guided village walks, cycling, guided community tours and experiential tourism.

With the experienced local tour guides, you will be escorted and guided to your dream tourism destination whether tourism Uganda as a Ugandan, East African or an International travelers.  Planning your Mbarara town day trip or two-day loop, or multi-day tour from Kampala, please contact us to enquire about our scheduled day trips, or if you would like us to arrange a private guided tour.

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