Blue Star Homestay
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Blue star homestay is in a village setting surrounded by banana plantations on the foothills of Mount Elgon. During your stay, you will Play, work and have fun with the family members. In the evenings take the great views of the plains as you relax. This homestay enables you to mix and understand the village life around the foothills of the beautiful volcanic mountains landscape.
During the stay at this homestay, guests have an opportunity of participating sabiny cultural activities. You may choose to wake up to go digging in the farm, tending to bananas, coffee and other food crops. The rest of the day, you will be with family members as you learn how to do the household chores like peeling Matoke, building local houses out of mud and wattle etc. they also offer coffee experience tours. These tour activities involve planting, harvesting, processing and is culminated with preparation and drinking organic coffee straight from the farm. Other community activities one can participate in include at an additional cost are; the mighty Sipi falls walks, sun setting walks and Mount Elgon trekking.
The family has spared three bedrooms that can accommodate up to 5 people a night. For interested visitors, the family organizes a coffee tour experience at an extra pay.
Activities and experiences:
- Coffee experience
- Rock-climbing and abseiling
- Village tour
Highlights
- Staying with the local family under the same roof going through their daily life.
- Joining the bear groups and learning how to make it yourself
- Farming processing and grinding coffee
- The breath taking scenery as you move around the community.
Responsible Travel
- Promoting local cultural as they educate the tourists about it
- Enabling the community to benefit from tourism incomes when it is paid to the family and it trickles down
How to get there:
The homestay is located near sipi falls, Mount Elgon, eastern Uganda. It is 500m away from Sipi trading center. From Sipi trading Centre turn off to the right at Kawacom coffee office.
Contact us to book
Moses Masai (Home owner)
Tel: +256 776457783/ +256 752457783
Email: sipitourguide@hotmail.com
Or contact UCOTA at;
Tel: +256 772657700
Email: info@pearlsofuganda.org
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