Tours & Activities in Fort Portal
Exploring the Fortportal crater lakes!
Known for having the highest concentration of crater lakes per square kilometer in the world, exploring the Fortportal crater lakes is an extraordinary experience.
Start at Lake Nkuruba , where you can see more than four species of monkeys and the oldest of the 52 different crater lakes around the Mountains of the Moon.
Continue to Ndali kasenda crater lakes, each lake has its own charm, Lake Nyinambuga is one of the largest and most beautiful, now its photo appears on the Uganda shillings 20,000 banknote.
During this tour there is the option to visit the local vanilla producer who shows you his vanilla farm, the entire process from planting to pollination and harvesting, and finally the drying process. However, it's much better when you buy some vanilla from him, otherwise he'll charge you a small fee to show you around.
This tour goes beyond the crater lakes as it takes you through the local villages to see how the locals live, the banana plantations and the 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 resort next to Lake Nkuruba.
This tour lasts 3 to 4 hours, but there is the option to hop on a bodabodas in case you get tired along the way, another great experience. Bodaboda is a local motorcycle taxi.
WHAT IS NEEDED:
*trekking boots
*Sunscreen
*Oilskin
*Hat- from 🌞
Certain physical condition is required
Fort Portal Tourism City, is a unique city found in Western Uganda with a rich history, and best of all with happy and hospitable people. It is surrounded by many unique features like the amazing Rwenzori mountains, Kibale the Primate Capital of the world, waterfalls and crater lakes. The city is beautiful and simple and with a history to be told. Taking a walk in the city and going shopping helps to reveal many unique amazing secrets of the city and comes along with meeting it's wonderful people. Around the city are many beautiful scenery spots to enjoy like the many crater lakes, hills and water falls. We take a walk around the town starting from Gardens Restaurant, visit the markets and the city centre. No entrance fees required for the city walk. Then we visited the Amebere Ganyina Mwiru caves and waterfall, then we hike to e joy the beautiful scenery in the hills around the crater lakes. Entrance fee to the mabere caves is 48,000 ugx (13 USD). Transport to Amabere is by we hire a motorcycle which is 3 dollars to and fro. After a good Tour you will understand why it's name was changed from Fort Portal to Fort Portal Tourism City.
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.