Uganda: Pottery Class with Locals, Souvenir Takeaway & Lake

Several large, cylindrical concrete pipes stacked on a dirt ground. 1

Two people engaged in pottery making, with a thatched roof structure and bricks in the background. 2

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1h+
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Overview

Learn the art of pottery making in a serene African environment
Discover the process of collecting clay from swamps and shaping it
Enjoy the beauty of the African sun over a hilly landscape horizon
Interact with the local community and learn about their way of life
Craft your own ceramic or pottery item to take home as a souvenir

Activity location

- Kampala
- Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

Meeting/Redemption Point

- Kampala
- Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

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Dates

Travellers

Explore Suburb Markets, Pottery Making Slum Local Community

3h 30m
English

Visit markets and a Kampala slum community group engaged in local pottery making such as charcoal stove, dishes, flowerpots. Learn their way of living and thriving in current economic times.
We are interconnected as humans to keep learning from eachother.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 81.96 x 2 AdultsRM 163.92

Total

Jinja: 1hr Expert Ceramic Making Class by Lake Victoria bank

1h
English

Within 1hour, you will enjoy working with an expert by the banks of Lake Victoria Africa’s fresh water in Jinja. Get to model your ideation and imagination as you bring it to life! The item will not be baked.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 142.07 x 2 AdultsRM 284.14

Total

Kampala: Expert Ceramic Making Class and Souvenir Takeaway

3h
English

You will enjoy working with an expert in Kampala as you model and paint your specific ceramic or pottery item for yourself to take away with you as your cherished souvenir.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 163.93 x 2 AdultsRM 327.86

Total

Jinja: Expert Ceramic Making Class by Lake Victoria banks

2h
English

You will enjoy 2hours working with an expert by the banks of Lake Victoria Africa’s fresh water in Jinja. Get to model your ideation and imagination as you bring it to life! The items will not be baked.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 169.39 x 2 AdultsRM 338.78

Total

Entebbe: Pottery Class with Locals &Sunset Garden View

4h
English

Option good for group booking. Enjoy natural experience of making and clay heat hardening of your pottery pieces.

Located on the banks of Entebbe, class offers a chance to explore and experience a calmness amidst garden with an African sunset over hills.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 174.86 x 2 AdultsRM 349.72

Total

Jinja: 1hr Expert Ceramic Making Class by Lake Victoria bank

1h
English

Within 1hour, you will enjoy working with an expert by the banks of Lake Victoria Africa’s fresh water in Jinja. Get to model your ideation and imagination as you bring it to life! Pickup your baked item in 3.5 working days.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 196.71 x 2 AdultsRM 393.42

Total

Jinja: Expert Ceramic Making Class by Lake Victoria banks

2h
English

You will enjoy a 2 hour pottery experience working with an expert by the banks of Lake Victoria Africa’s fresh water in Jinja. Get to model your ideation and imagination as you bring it to life! Pickup your baked item in 3.5 working days.

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 251.36 x 2 AdultsRM 502.72

Total

Gulu: Expert Ceramic Making Class at Cultural Centre

2h 30m
English

You will enjoy working with a world renown ceramic expert at one of Gulu’s cultural centre. Get to model your ideation and imagination as you bring it to life!

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

RM 262.28 x 2 AdultsRM 524.56

Total

What's included, what's not

Pottery class
Interaction with local community
Experience of African environment
View of gardens
View Africa’s biggest fresh water lake Nalubale
Enjoy a cultural centre environment
Sunset view over hilly landscape
Transportation from pickup pointed areas
Street food snack
Tips (optional)

What you can expect

Join a pottery class and learn the unique way of making pottery in an African environment. Discover the art of pottery making, a skill that connects us to our ancestors and has been an important part of life for generations.

Begin by understanding how clay soil, a natural resource, is collected from swamps. Then, learn how to shape the clay into various objects like water pots, charcoal stoves, dishes, vases, and bowls.

Understand the process of hardening the clay with heat that makes your model item come to life uniquely for use. Enjoy the class under a shelter, providing a comfortable escape from the heat, as you model your cherished ceramic piece of remembrance in Uganda.

Also get to interact with the locals as you learn and craft the interesting skill of ceramic making objects.

Choose from eight options, each with different activities. During booking, when you click check availability and select date, kindly scroll down to see the listed different prices matching each of the three options to choose from carefully. 1. In Kampala, enjoy expert ceramic making and a souvenir takeaway. 2. In Entebbe, experience heat hardening, a sunset walk, and village community interactions. 3. In the Kampala Ghetto community, explore ceramic/pottery products and take a slum walk, including a big market visit. 4. In Jinja choose to enjoy either a 1 hour or 2 hour package with each having option to only mould or mould your pottery product for baking and pick it up 3 days. 5. In Gulu put your pottery imagination into action at one of the cultural centres as you work with one of the world’s renown ceramic expert whose work extend to Oxford cultural exchanges.