Places Where to Spend Valentine’s Day in Uganda
Places Where to Spend Valentine’s Day in Uganda: Uganda is one of the greatest places where to spend your Valentine’s Day. This day of Valentine is generally celebrated on the 14th of February every year internationally. The basis of celebrating valentine’s Day goes all the way back to the 3rd century. Moreover, Valentine’s Day was named after the Saint Valentine, who is said to have died all because of love. It started as a Christian feast day honouring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. Valentine’s Day celebrations involved exchanging gifts like flowers, cards, and many more.
Today in the 21st century, valentine’s day is celebrated in Uganda’s different touristic destinations. visitors on their Valentine’s Day holiday can choose from these different destinations to spend their Valentine’s Day.
Places where to Spend Valentine’s Day In Uganda
Lake mutanda
Lake Mutanda is a small, freshwater lake in the far southwest of Uganda with 15 islands covered in fresh green vegetation, close to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. It is drained by the Rutshuru River, flowing northward to Lake Edward. Lake Mutanda is a 30-minute drive from the centre of Kisoro.
Lake mutanda has an altitude of 1,800m, it is a great place to hike, and it offers breath-taking views of The Virunga Mountains. The lake covers an area of 29 square kilometers with a maximum depth of 56meters. Visitors on their valentine vacation can enjoy; a calm boat cruise while viewing the beautiful Virunga mountains and watching bird species, touring the islands on lake mutanda including mutanda island to interact with the local residents, go for mountain biking and many more activities.
Ruboni community
Ruboni Community Camp is a tourist accommodation in the beautiful foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, overlooking the high Portal Peaks. The camp is fully owned and operated by the local community. Ruboni Community Camp is the pioneer of Community tourism in the Rwenzori Mountains area. Over the last 15 years, the camp leads in providing accommodation and community tour services. Our location near to the gate of the National Park makes the camp, a perfect base to explore the surrounding villages and mountains. Activities for visitors to engage in include village hikes, bakonzo traditional cooking tour, community tour, forest hike, cultural festivals
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda at the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bwindi impenetrable national park is one of the protected areas for mountain gorillas. Visitors can engage in different activities on their vacation to Bwindi impenetrable national park on valentine’s day. Some of these activities include; gorilla trekking, gorilla habituation, nature walks, bird watching, Batwa visits, bakiga cultural dances and many other activites. In this park to track gorillas, travellers need to acquire a gorilla trekking permit which costs about 800 USD for foreign non-residents, 700 USD for foreign residents,500 USD for Rest of African residents, and 300,000 UGX for East African residents.
Lake Mburo National Park
This is the smallest savannah national park situated in western Uganda. it is the only national park closest to Kampala the capital city of Uganda at a distance of 230km. In lake mburo national park, there are several activities that travellers on their Valentine holidays can engage in. Some of the activities that travelers can engage in are; game drives cycling, quad biking, boat cruises, community visits, camping, and many others.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
This one of the popular destinations in Uganda that travelers on their safaris usually engage in. It is the second largest savannah park in Uganda with several activities that travelers can engage in during the safaris. Activities for travelers to engage in the safari include game drives, boat cruises, chimpanzee tracking, nature walks, and many others. Visitors that want to engage in any of these activities on Valentine’s Day are supposed to pay for the park entrance.
Sesse island
The sesse island are among the 84 islands located within the northwestern part of Lake Victoria which is in central Uganda. It is one of the amazing destinations in Uganda that travelers can visit on their Valentine’s Day safari. This island can be accessed through nakiwogo near Entebbe town or Bukakata island. Travelers to this island usually engage in beach life, boat cruise, swimming, fishing, beach sports games and many others.
Semuliki National Park
Travelers on their Valentine’s safari can also engage in the safaris to the Semliki National Park. This park is located within western Uganda at the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this park, travelers on Valentine’s safaris can participate in several activities like nature walks, visits to the Batwa community, visits to the hot springs, and many others.
Lake Bunyonyi
Travelers can also visit Lake Bunyonyi on their valentine vacation which is the most beautiful lake in Uganda. This lake is located within southwestern Uganda. Lake bunyonyi has about 29 islands each with a different story and name and these include akampena island, kahugye island, Bushara island, njuyeera island and many others. Activities to take part in include; boat cruises, nature walks, cycling, and many others.
Kibale National Park
Kibale National Park is home to several chimpanzee species that travelers can encounter on their safaris. It is located within the western part of Uganda. Chimpanzees are also the large primates that share about 98% of the DNA with man. The available chimpanzees for tourism are usually first habituated for them to get used to human being and this process takes about 2 years.
In this park, there are several activities like chimpanzee tracking, chimpanzee habituation, nature walks, and bird watching and others. To see these chimpanzees, travelers are supposed to acquire a chimpanzee permit and the cost of the permit is 250 USD for foreign non-residents, 200 USD for foreign residents, and 180000 UGX for East African residents.
Jinja City
This is one of the adventure cities that is located in eastern Uganda. This city has several destinations that travelers engage in during the safaris and some of the destinations include the railway museum, the source of the Nile, Mabira forest. Some of the activities that travelers can engage in this city include boat cruises, bungee jumping, nature walks, and many others.
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