Ankole cows are mainly reared for prestige or maintaining cultural heritage, income from sales, meat for home use and functions/ceremonies. Female cows are kept for milk production, heritage and bride price while males are kept purposely for income from sales. In the ancient Ankole setting, cows were also kept for social capital whereby they were used as a tool for keeping friendship. However, this is still a trend in Ankole where friendship is cemented by giving each other cows as a sign of love and commitment (okuhaana).

While on the Ankole cattle experience, we expect to go through the herdsman’s day today activities like; milking in the morning, releasing the cows from the kraal to the farm/pastures, taking them to the watering dam and later on driving them back to the kraal where they stay overnight. We will also be able to see various cattle related equipment that are used in Ankole homesteads like; milk pots {Ebyanzi}, churning gourds {Ebirere}, watering bucket {Icuba}, grazing stick {Enkoni}, and many more.

Furthermore, we will be able to learn the disease control practices like; spraying {Okwozya}, deworming {Okugaburra}, then farming practices like breeding strategy, labor division, ownership, naming of Ankole cows, calf management, security, beliefs, cattle and marriage, and many more. All these are farming practices used by the Ankole homesteads in maintaining their herds.