Banana Experience in Kibale National Park

A must-try experietial activity, especially when combined with chimpanzee tracking and the Bigodi Community Walk. Nestled on the edge of Kibale National Park, renowned for its chimpanzee trekking, lies the quaint village of Bigodi. Uganda’s bustling capital, Bigodi is a serene village characterized by rolling hills, lush green vegetation, and traditional mud-brick huts. The village offers visitors an experiential authentic glimpse into rural Ugandan life, making it an enriching addition to any wildlife adventure in Kibale.
Banana experience is done by locals living near Kibale Forest National Park, as one of the ways of earning a living and the fact that it’s eco friendly, most tourists have opted to engage in this activity.
When you visit Banana experiential processing, you learn more about how the locals make their own beer, wine, Juice, and Jin from the banana/matooke.
They cut the banana, and keep it in a warm place, where in next 4 days, it turns yellow, there they crush it and add water to make a banana juice, which is later fermented and they turn it into a local beet. Later the fermented local beer is re-boiled to make a gin/waragi with over 45% alcohol content.