Batwa Cultural Experience
Batwa Experience
A community program in which Batwa, Indigenous people, explain and demonstrate traditional forest life, including hunting and gathering skills, medicinal plants, fire-making, and song and dance.
The Batwa were once the hunter-gatherers of the Bwindi forest and were moved out of it after the park was established in 1991. The experience is led by Batwa people themselves. At the edge of the forest, they demonstrate building grass huts, bow-and-arrow hunting, making fire with friction, collecting honey and medicinal plants, and the session ends with singing and dancing. The proceeds support community development. Programs are available near Buhoma and Ruhija, last about 3 to 4 hours, and can be booked through your lodge.
Opening hours
Daytime (reservation required)
Nearby sights
- Buhoma Sector
- Munyaga River Waterfall Trail
- Ivi River Trail (Buhoma–Nkuringo)
- Nkuringo Sector
- Rushaga Sector & Gorilla Habituation Experience
- Mubwindi Swamp Trail
- Ruhija Sector
- Lake Mutanda