Free tour

Free traditional coffee processing experience.

5.00

Excellent(1)

Fort Portal

Duration: 3 hours

Languages: English

Guru: Robert

Registered on 26 August 2021

Am an English speaking freelance tourist guide been doing tours for over five years. I studied tourism at the university and so passionate about nature and wildlife, and about using tourism as a tool for conservation and restoration. I volunteer with the Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve as a conservationist ensuring the restoration of indigenous tree species and extending the forest cover. No wonder it's at this place i normally meet with the people i walk around.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

On this tour expect to take a nature walk around Nkuruba nature reserve for four species of monkeys that call this place home, several species of birds, visit a local farm from where you will meet the local who will take you to visit his plantation of coffee after will guide you through the traditional way of processing coffee using very local tools. This process begins with a visit to the coffee plantation, passing through the traditional processing and preparations in the kitchen until the moment of serving.
After all this process, we proceed to another local house to visit the vanilla farmer who also guides you through the whole process of growing, curing and drying vanilla.

This tour requires you to have:

Trekking boots
Sunglasses
sunscreen
Rain jacket
Camera

The difficulty of the tour:
easy walk on a good village path from the meeting point just under a kilometer to the local coffee/farm man.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Just ask Mugi Short from Mugisa at Lake Nkuruba will be there because I will wait for you.

Free entry

Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve & Community Campsite

Tour starts at Nkuruba nature reserve from where we expect to see four monkey species, Crater lake - Nkuruba a nature walk at this place will be a curtain raiser of the tour.

Outside visit

Top of the World

A place with a very beautiful view of three different crarer lakes, a view of kibale forest and the tea plantations. A small entrance fee is always charged at this place

Free entry

Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Spectacular views of the Rwenzori mountain can be seen while on this walk, on a good weather even snow can be seen from a distance at some points.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).