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Lodge Category: Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Chimpanzee Naming Ceremony
The first ever Chimpanzee Naming Ceremony at Fig Tree Camp in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, took place on the 18th July 2018. During the Chimpanzee Naming Ceremony, four baby chimpanzees were named. The Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT) presented the Fig Tree staff with four pairs of binoculars, acquired the previous year, to assist […]
Kyambura Women’s Coffee Cooperative
The Kyambura Women’s Coffee Cooperative is a community-based initiative designed to provide vocational training to women and an alternative and sustainable source of income. Twenty local women and their families are actively involved in the cooperative, many of whom are HIV positive and widowed. They tend to over 2,500 Arabica and Robusta coffee plants in […]
Kyambura Dance Group
The Kyambura Drama and Dance Group is made up of 30 members ranging from 12-50 years old from disadvantaged families, from the Omumashaka Village, near Queen Elizabeth National Park in South West Uganda. Representing five local tribes, the group performs educational plays about conservation and HIV/AIDS awareness to the people of the local community once […]
Kyambura Community Café
In June 2014, in partnership with the Kyambura Women’s Coffee Cooperative and the local community, the VSPT opened a non-profit training café. The café provides a practical training institution for local youths, both male and female, who are disadvantaged as a result of the loss of parents, HIV/AIDS, or physical or mental disabilities. The training […]
