📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Heritage Trails, Uganda is a museum of Uganda's history and culture with 3 sites inscribed by the UNESCO in three different places of the country, organized together with Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Tourist Board, Uganda Museum and Uganda Wildlife Education Center, as a response to growing interest of young people to undertake concrete actions and to play an active role in the promotion and preservation of Uganda's heritage initiated the Heritage Trail working on making good relationship between nature and human beings' aiming to make people especially youth appreciate and know different aspects of heritage whether cultural/natural (beautiful/strong/cultural/strong/strict/generous nature)As a bridge between people and culture/nature, they a lot of outdoor activities are organized, like International Work camps,2 weeks workcamps,Festivals and cultural gala for youth,individuals,institutions and well wishers.
💼 What the programme involves
Work: Coordination with stakeholders, explore the forest and villages of the three inscribed UNESCO heritage sites. Participants will prepare and support to organize outdoor activities and workcamps.Organise outreach programs for the surrounding communities/stakeholders to benefit; Volunteers may also help communities on small sustainable tourism in the area identified by the site manager and develop/design promotion materials for individual sites.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: Housing on site grounds and identified place in the community near the heritage sites, bring sleeping bags. Kitchen space available in a local setting using fire wood and three stones.
📍 About the location
Location: One of the sites is peri-urban and the two are rural, Mountain of the Moon is in Kabarole district which form part of the Ruwenzori Mountain boarding the DRC, and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is located in Kanunga/Kisoro districts also boarding the DRC which is sanctuary to the few remaining world gorillas and other World fauna and flora.
Leisure Activities: Site visits, cultural talks, picnic, and enjoy the outdoor environment, mountain climbing and gorilla trucking.
ℹ️ Additional information
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