What makes cultural tourism special?

What makes cultural tourism special? Well, many people will always know of have a clue about wildlife, nature and landscape tourism because it’s what’s most popular however in East Africa you also get to have cultural tourism which for people who have experienced it say it’s one of the most amazing experiences they have had in the region.

So, what is cultural tourism and what makes it special?

Cultural tourism is tourism where the tourist’s journey through different specific destinations to see people and interact with different aspects of their culture like food, dance, norms, values, traditions, songs, behaviors and many other things.

So, what makes cultural tourism special?

Among the many things that make cultural tourism special are the following: –

Experiencing rich cultural heritage. In the different places a tourist gets to experience cultural heritages that they have different ethnic groups and these give you such. Rich experience, you will be amazed.

Learning new cultural norms, values etc. during the cultural tourism you get to learn several new cultural norms and values that will either give you a new perspective to life and things, you will be amazed.

Traditional entertainment: from dances, songs, poems etc you get experience so much cultural/traditional entertainment away from usual contemporary entertainment.

Experiencing local and unique cultural cuisines. You get to eat different foods and dishes from the different cultures that will give you a new taste to your taste buds. Some you will like other you won’t but the experience will always be worth it. In Uganda you will eat things like Rolex, matooke, chapati etc.

Experiencing different people, well when you are at your home place usually all the kinds of people you know will be the people like you. But cultural experiences give you a chance to experience other people and appreciate the diversity in the world. In Uganda you should have a chance to experience the batwa people in South Western Uganda, the ike people in northern Uganda and many more.

You get chance to also experience different cultural festivals like the bamasaba imbalu festival in Uganda, coronation festivals in different tribes in East Africa, in Uganda’s Buganda region their many festivals, Rwanda has kwita inza and others, Kenya has maasai festivals and others. So whatever community you visit you will be amazed at the festivals in the culture.

You also get to see unique artifacts, museums and monuments from the different cultures, in Rwanda these are most seen at nyanza in the king’s palace, then the musanze caves etc these sites are spread across the East Africa region.

You get to experience and see different historical sites across the region like the nyero rocks, mabere ga nyinamwiru, Kasubi Tombs, kabaka’s lake etc in Uganda.

You get to also experience local markets in the different communities which is so different from the supermarkets and they more homely and interactive. In the markets yo get to buy different items and souvenirs.

You also get to learn about traditional medicine, different herbs and their significance in treating common ailments.

You learn new games and sports from the different cultures. That you can take home for with to play for fun.

If you are into fashion, you will see different dressings and clothing in the different cultures that will fascinate you.

Other things you will experience across the different cultures include Rituals and ceremonies, Cultural taboos, cultural enemies and friends – where one