The Mwenya Tour Day Trip Programme

 Mwenya Tours are unique and can be tailored to your holiday plans. They were designed for people who have a spare day in Kampala and want to spend an unforgettable day learning about Uganda culture.


Collection from Hotel
  • 8.30am - Little John, our Mwenya Tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and help you navigate the local 'taxi' transport system to Mpigi. 
  • 45 minute journey to Mpigi

Morning - Cooking Course at local farm in Mpigi
  • 9.30am - Welcomed at Sarah's house with fresh, locally sourced fruits. 
  • Tour of Sarah's garden and collection of bananas and banana leaves for the cooking course
  • Helping the chefs prepare lunch and learning how to make many delicious traditional Ugandan dishes
  • Lunch time - enjoy your culinary creations!

Afternoon - Drumming
  • Trip to a local drumming village which produces most of the drums in Uganda. You will have the opportunity to see the fascinating process of how drums are made    from cow skin. You will also have the opportunity to purchase a drum, but there is no obligation!
  • Back to Mpigi for a drumming workshop with a local professional musician. 
  • Mwenya's volunteers will thank you for your visit with a short show of local dancing and music.
  • At approximately 5:30 - You will leave Mpigi for Kampala with a guide who will take you back to your hotel on a local taxi in time for dinner in Kampala.

Meet the team!

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Little John
Little John was a founding member of Mwenya. Him and his family have been crucial in the development of Mwenya's mushroom project. He was chosen to be the Mwenya Tours' guide because he is so enthusiastic and smiley! Being a guide helps him fund his studies at university. 
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Sarah
Sarah is a local mushroom farmer and excellent chef! You will be welcomed with open arms in her house for the cooking course. Ever calm and composed, she is the wise mother to all Mwenya members and is always impeccably dressed. 
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Harriet
Harriet is one of our beautiful smiley chefs who will help teach you how to cook up Ugandan treats. If you are lucky, you will meet her youngest baby son who she sometimes brings to work. She is regularly heard laughing in Sarah's courtyard and is a fantastic craftswoman. 
Make an initial enquiry!