Tours

Delegates can book social tours online before the Conference and onsite at the IST-Africa Conference Registration Desk for tours that are not already full.

If you are interested in finding other parties to join a tour, please contact the Reception desk during the Conference and the Secretariat will try to facilitate this.

Tour	Days Available	Cost (Euro)
2 Day Tour to Lake Mburo National Park	Mon 04 May - Tues 05 May	270 euro Single Occupancy, 235 euro per person Double Occupancy
Day Tour to Mabira Forest and The Source of the Nile	Tuesday 05 May or Saturday 09 May	65 euro per person
Day Tour to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary on Lake Victoria	Thursday 07 May or Saturday 09 May	77 euro per person
Half Day City Tour of Kampala	Tuesday 05 May, Thursday 07 May, Friday 08 May, Saturday 09 May	27 euro per person

2 Day Tour to Lake Mburo National Park

Tour dates: Monday 04 May - Tuesday 05 May

Pricing: 270 Euro Single Occupancy or 235 euro per person Double Occupancy

Included: One Night Accommodation, 2 Game Drives, 1 Boat Ride, Full Board [2 Lunches, 1 Dinner, 1 Breakfast])

Requirement to have 8 people to run tour

Lake Mburo National Park is rich in biodiversity, with dry hillsides, rocky outcrops, thickets, open and wooded savanna forest, lakes and one of only two wetland habitats to be included within a National Park in Uganda. The park has over 300 different bird species as well as Zebras, Impala and Buffaloes zebras, buffaloes,elands,impalas, warthhogs and leopards.

As well as bird watching and fishing (with six species of fish found in Lake Mburo, including Tilapia, Lung fish, and Mud fish), it is possible to do forest walks and boat trips.

Lake Mburo is home to crocodiles, Hippopotamuses and a variety of birds including Pelicans, Heron, Cormorant, Fish Eagle and Black Crake, and the boat trip included in this tour will provide a great opportunity to see their creatures in their native habitat.

The bus will stop for lunch on the way to the Park, and following the boat trip the first day, there will be an evening game drive. In the morning, there will be a final game drive and breakfast before hitting the road back to Kampala, with a stop along the way for lunch.

Day Tour to Mabira Forest and The Source of the Nile

Dates available: Tuesday 05 May or Saturday 09 May

Pricing: 65 euro per person - including transport, guide and lunch

Minimum Group size - 6

Early in the morning after breakfast you will be picked from the hotel by the tour guide to head towards Jinga. About an hour outside Kampala on the Jinga road, we will arrive at Mabira forest for a forest walk in search for birds. Mabira forest is one of the most important ornithological sites in Uganda with more than 300 species recorded, including Great Blue Turaco, African Pitta , Nahan's Francolin, African Grey parrot and Hornbill species

After leaving Mabira forest, we will arrive at Jinga, a town set on the shores of Lake Victoria, which is famous as the Source of the Nile. Lunch will be at Jinga. After lunch, we will visit Bujagali Falls, a series of spectacular white water rapids not far from the centre of Jinga that are perfect for rafting. We will then drive back to Kampala.

Day Tour to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary on Lake Victoria

Dates available: Thursday 07 May or Saturday 09 May

Pricing: 77 euro per person - including transport, guide, lunch, boat trip, tour of Chimpanzee Reserve

Minimum Group size - 6, Maximum Group size - 8

Early in the morning after breakfast you will be picked from the hotel by the tour guide to head towards Entebbe harbour, where we will take a 45 minute trip by speedboat on Lake Victoria on our way to Ngamba Island, to visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

Ngamba Island Chimpanzee sanctuary is located 23 km southeast of Entebbe, part of the Kome archipelago, a group of about 15 islands and islets separated from the northern shore of Lake Victoria by the 10km wide Damba channel.

The Chimpanzee Sanctuary was established in 1998, to house orphaned chimpanzees rescued from poaching. Ngamba was chosen because it was formerly uninhabited and its rain forest environment is almost identical to that of wild chimpanzees, with more than 50 plant species known to be utilized by free-ranging chimps in Uganda represented. Arriving at feeding time, everyone will have the opportunity to feed the chimpanzees and seeing their natural behavioural patterns. Lunch will be on the island, with free time in the afternoon to explore and relax, before returning by speedboat to Entebbe for transfer back to the hotel.

Half Day City Tour of Kampala

Dates available: Tuesday 05 May, Thursday 07 May, Friday 08 May or Saturday 09 May

Pricing: 27 euro per person - including transport and guide

Minimum Group size - 3

Early in the morning after breakfast you will be picked from the hotel by the tour guide to head towards the City of Kampala.

Kampala, like Rome, is known as the City of Seven Hills. The visit will include visits to cultural sites like Kasubi Tombs: a burial place for the Buganda Kings, Religious centers like the Bahai Temple (called 'MashriquI-Adhkar', the Persian translation of the drawing place of the praise of God) and St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral overlooking the city on Rubaga Hill, Uganda Museum (showcasing Uganda's cultural heritage), Nakasero market and the African craft markets at the National Theatre.