EDUCATIONAL TOUR (Tailor Made)

Educational tours are a core service offered by Trans-Tropical safaris and Travel (U) Ltd. This is based on the fact that in addition to leisure and fun, most tourists desire to learn a lot from visited places. For students in particular, Educational tours bring classroom knowledge to life, improve their life skills, open up new worlds of possibilities and aspirations and boost their interests in the world around them. The students’ daily classroom-based routines are also broken in the most fun, refreshing, bonding, intuitive, and experiential ways possible. Besides acquiring in-depth educational knowledge about various subjects in their school curriculum, the tours enable students to meet new people/friends, encounter new cultures and can provide opportunities for the students to actively participate in various field-based interactive activities. Educational tours have multiple options ranging from visits to parks, museums, aquariums, zoos, industries, local communities and landscapes.

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We (TTST) offer diverse, exciting and customized Educational tour packages for students, researchers, and other tourists specifically interested in education for academic and non-academic purposes. The tours address the specific requirements of different age groups and education levels including kindergarten, primary schools, high schools, vocational institutions and colleges/universities.  The tours can also be planned for students on holiday vacations. We enable the tourists to explore the different landscapes/nature, cultures, art, industries, and other popular historical, and heritage sites in Uganda and beyond.

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Our team has strong practical experience in organizing field tours. Our staff are highly qualified and experienced in relevant fields including education and school curricula, plant and animal ecology, local cultures etc. We are therefore able to plan with you to design and organize high-quality, enjoyable, eventful, safe, secure, varied, intuitive and adventurous Educational tours. We ensure that our visitors are offered lifetime memorable tours which, is also offered at the most affordable prices. 

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Categories of our Educational and Research tours.

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By nature, Uganda is a gifted nation with many natural amenities and man-made tourist attractions that can also be utilized for Educational and Research purposes. These include National parks and Game reserves, fresh water lakes and rivers, natural forests and mountains all of which are inhabited by diverse species of flora and fauna. Uganda is also inhabited by 65 tribes, is gifted with various cultures, customs, artefacts, and other forms of natural heritages and possesses various industries. For purposes of effectively planning for Educational and research tours, the following categories of potential areas for the tours are highlighted:

 

National parks

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga National Park. Uganda is home to half of the world's remaining population of endangered mountain gorillas which are found in the above national parks.

• Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Kibale National Park, Mt Rwenzori National Park, Semuliki National Park, Bigodi wetland Sanctuary.

• Murchison Falls National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Mount Elgon National Park

• Pain Upe Game Reserve.

• Uganda is home to 20 primate species with Kibale National Park containing the highest density in all of Africa with a total of 13 including the recently discovered Dwarf Galago.

Forest reserves

• Uganda has over 11.7 % of natural forest cover and the key forest reserves include Mabira, Budongo, Bugomat, Mpanga and Itwara. The Kibale, Bwindi, Mugahinga and Mt. Elgon national parks are largely covered by forests.

Mountains, Hills and rocks of significant importance

• Rwenzori Mountain ranges, Virunga ranges, Mt Elgon, Mount Moroto

• Amabere Ga Nyinamwiru in Fort Portal (Hills),

• Tororo Rocks

Lakes

• L. Victoria, L. Albert, Lake Bunyonyi,

• Crater Lakes in Rubirizi and Fort portal districts

• Adimola/Ambitambe Crater Lake

Rivers and falls

• River Nile, Kyoga basin, Albert Nile. Aswa river,

• Sipi falls, Karuma Falls, Murchison falls, Aruu falls, Agbinika Water falls etc.

Other key natural features

• Sempaya Hot springs in Semuliki National Park

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Historical archeological Earthworks

• Bundibujo Bigo bya Mugyenyi (Archaeological Earthworks) in South Western,

• Kibiro (Salt producing village)

• Ntusi (man-made mounds and Basin)

Culture and Cultural sites

Uganda is a culturally diverse nation with over 65 tribes.

Cultural Sites and experiences in the South and Western parts of the country

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• Ankole Kingdom Palace (Mbarara),  Tooro Kingdom Palace (Fortpotal),  Ankole Long Horned Cattle Experience (Biharwe), Ankole Museum at Ingongo Cultural Centre (Biharwe), Bigo Bya Mugenyi (Mubende), The Karambi Tombs (Tooro) Mparo Tombs (Hoima), The Batwa Experience (Kisoro), Cultural Sites and experiences in the Central, Northern and Eastern parts of the country

• Uganda museum (Central), Baha’I Temple (Central), Kabaka’s Palace (Central), Kasubi Tomb (Central), Namugongo shrine (Central), Sezibwa Falls in (Mukono),

• Sabei Culture Experience (sipi women group), Karamajong Cattle Experience, Karamoja Museum and Cultural Centre (Karamoja), Naitakwa Cattle Market (Soroti),

•  Baker’s Fort (Gulu) R. Kirkpatricks monument (Abim) Paimol Martyrs site (Agago) Guru Gulu caves, Atyaka memorial site, Kungu fort/Kabalega’s market (Apac) Dr Milton Obote Memorial, Kwania Cultural Site, Bakers Fort Patiko (Gulu), Kerkwalo palace, Mt Liru (Ancestral hill of the Kakwa) Loteteleit Rock paintings (Kotido), Magosi archalogical site, Aboke Girls Memorial, Ambala Cultural site, Aluka Cultural Site Industries

• Uganda has many industries that provide opportunities to students to explore and understand particular industrial processes and are an inspiration to those who desire to pursue STEM-related careers. They include agro-processing, mining and food processing industries.

• The key industrial destinations are; Namanve Industrial Park, Kirembe mines, Milk Processing plants in Mbarara, Tea factories in Bushenyi, the Beverage processing factories like Coca-Cola Plants in Seeta and the Sugar processing plant in Jinja and Lugazi.

 

RESEARCH TOURS

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We plan with and assist individuals and institutions intending to engage in research in various fields such as tropical biodiversity ecology and management, wildlife ecology, agriculture, climate change, education and cultural matters in Uganda.

 

We are dependable and experienced local collaborators/partners and can offer the following services as you plan and organize educational and research tours:

• Transportation of students, researchers and any other essential staff/goods.

• Human resource sourcing in case you need experienced research assistants, Interpreters and casual labourers.

• Prior clearance with relevant Authorities for research permits.

• Assisting to identify and clear any relevant taxes.

• Accommodation bookings.

• Basic knowledge about some sensitive cross-cultural issues.

• Events Management. (Plan and organize needed events for your research)

• Whenever necessary, to assist researchers in connecting with local stakeholders.

• Advisory services on the best places in Uganda for better research outcomes.

• The basic guidelines (dos and donts) to follow while conducting research in Uganda.

• Advising the educational/research tourists about any potential local health and safety risks.