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Canoeing & biking
Run Kapchorwa by Cultural tourism by Mabamba Bay
Home of Friends Guesthouse Kara-Tunga Tours by Lawrence Musoke
CYCLING CULTURAL TOURISM
With its variety of landscapes, welcoming Uganda has more than 50 recognized
people and enormous network of dirt roads, ethnic groups. From the royal institutions of
Uganda is the perfect destination for the Bantu in central and western Uganda to
adventurous mountain and gravel bike the pastoralist heritage of the Nilotics in the
experiences. North and East, each group has its own
unique cultural heritage.
Red Dirt Uganda specializes in mountain
biking, touring and gravel biking. Join the Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours is a social enterprise
ride of your life and experience the that offers authentic culture and adventure
spectacular nature, encounter unique tours in the Karamoja region of northeastern
wildlife and share laughs with the wonderful Uganda.
local communities.
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RUNNING MOUNTAINEERING
Uganda has produced some of the world’s Bergwandelen.com offers hiking and
best runners: Stephen Kiprotich, Peruth mountaineering trips to the most spectacu-
Chemutai, Joshua Cheptegei… all come lar destinations in Uganda and beyond,
from the slopes of Mount Elgon. Known as whether the spectacular snow-capped
the ‘Land of Champions’, more and more Rwenzori Mountains range, Mount Sabyinyo
international leisure and elite runners train at and the volcanoes on the border with
this high altitude location. Rwanda and DRC or Mount Elgon,
bordering Kenya. All of them offer great
Run Kapchorwa is a social enterprise that hikes for adventure tourists.
lets you train with local athletes and improve bergwandelen.com
as a runner, while supporting the local
community. It was initiated by Home of ADVENTURE TRAVEL GUIDE TRAINING
Friends Guesthouse in Kapchorwa on the A knowledgeable, experienced tour guide
slopes of Elgon. is key to an unforgettable travel experience.
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Matoke Tours, one of Uganda's leading
Destination Management Companies, has
MOTORCYCLING
With adventurous roads, spectacular wildlife trained qualified tour guides to gain
and amazing parks, Uganda truly is the practical in-depth knowledge about
perfect motorcycling destination. Adventure Travel within Uganda. Within the
program, a particular focus has been on
UG-Motobike specializes in organizing and involving Female Tour Guides, aiming to
executing the most adventurous motorcycle trigger sector-wide participation in achiev-
trips in Uganda. Book that motorcycle trip ing positive social change.
you have only dreamed of! matoketours.com
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