Community-Based Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable Tourism refers to sustainable practices in and by the tourism industry. It is an aspiration to acknowledge all impacts of tourism, both positive and negative. It aims to minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive ones. As part of our tourism

Community-Based Sustainable Tourism is an emerging sector that offers travelers a more authentic and sustainable experience. It can add value to natural resource conservation and promote local livelihoods and jobs.

At four gorillas lodge, we promote community-based sustainable tourism initiatives by encouraging guests to take part in some of the community activities at the lodge after gorilla tracking,

Basket weaving class

• Basket weaving with the community women who live on the borders of the forest. Take part in their classes and learn this interesting and beautiful art of weaving the beautiful baskets that you find in many craft shops within the communities bordering Bwindi Impenetrable national park.

Visiting Moses Organic farm

• Moses has a small organic farm where he practices modern means of agriculture, which he also teaches to some people around his community.
• At the lodge, we also buy some vegetables from his farm. Clients are taken to his farm where he takes them through his work and he also
• shows them one of the homes in the community that has benefited from this project.