The Batwa Trail is a community tourism programme that gives visitors access to aspects of Batwa knowledge and culture that would otherwise be completely invisible. Guides — all Batwa — demonstrate traditional honey harvesting, fire-starting, medicinal plant identification, and hunting techniques. The experience runs from Buhoma and lasts about three hours.
The trail is worth doing for reasons beyond the obvious. It contributes income directly to the Batwa community, and it gives context to the forest itself — suddenly the plants you've been walking past have names, uses, and histories. The combination of gorilla tracking in the morning and the Batwa Trail in the afternoon makes for one of the most complete days anywhere in Uganda.