Community Tours

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Community Tours

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Want to see how people on the Ssese Islands really live? Our community tours take you, with a local guide, to fishing communities, small farms and palm oil growers around Bugala Island. Expect conversation as much as sightseeing: how boats and nets are made and mended, how the day’s catch is sold, and how island families get through a working day.

It is a respectful, low-key visit rather than a show, and a good complement to our forest walks and bird watching if you want a sense of the island beyond its nature.

Make it a full day

Combine it with the Kalangala island tour and a stop at the Sinyaland Museum to learn the history and sacred sites of the Ssese Islands.

What's Included

  • Local guide
  • Community contribution
  • Transport from Philo

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