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Ten years of growing bamboo at Murchison Falls Bamboo Village

After a decade of trials, bamboo now grows on once-degraded land in Uganda’s Albertine Rift. The lodge holds annual planting days and donates bamboo planting material to local communities.

Two Murchison Falls Bamboo Village team members planting bamboo
The lodge team plants bamboo at Murchison Falls Bamboo Village.

At Murchison Falls Bamboo Village in Uganda’s Albertine Rift, bamboo groves now stand on land that was becoming increasingly sandy and degraded. The lodge team spent ten years trying to establish bamboo there.

As the groves took hold, the team noticed birds and monkeys returning and the once-sandy soil gradually darkening.

Annual planting days and community donations

Each year during the quieter tourism season, the lodge organises bamboo planting days and donates bamboo planting material free of charge to local communities.

Photos from the planting day

Team members carry bamboo planting material through the village.
Team members carry bamboo planting material through the village.
Two team members hold the bamboo upright and work the soil around it.
Two team members hold the bamboo upright and work the soil around it.
The planting team gathers in front of an established bamboo grove.
The planting team gathers in front of an established bamboo grove.

See how the village uses bamboo in construction

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