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jacobhp Says: this is one of the best hotels around the area, it's lovely, the scenery is amazing. its a really warm and friendly welcoming place too. the lake is lovely and great to have a little swim in or take/hire a wooden canoe! I loved my time as a missionary in Uganda, and this was...
kentishgirl Says: I really never expected to see this type of scenery in Africa. But we did, here we were in Uganda traversing high mountains on dirt roads looking out at some spectacular scenery.Driving towards Lake Bunyoni from either direction you are sure to encounter this type of...
kentishgirl Says: The Ugandans on a whole are such beautiful people. But a memory which sticks in my mind is when we were on the way to the Lake and almost there, we stopped on the side of the road to take some piccies of the spectacular scenery and out of nowhere these kids in my piccie...
kentishgirl Says: The lake is safe enough for swimming - its actually really refreshing too!You can hire boats here and take a boat out onto the lake for an hour or two as well - People I know hired these from the campsites.Otherwise its just nice to sit along the lakes edge and enjoy a book...
Zanzibargirl Says: Lake Bunyonyi is the second deepest crater lake in Africa, at 900 metres deep there are 29 islands and the name also means 'the place of little birds'. There are more than 200 species of birdlife in the area. It is a great spot to camp, very relaxing, and on the lake you can...
grets Says: Just before lunch the heavens open and we get soaked going up to the restaurant, but we soon dry out in the warm Ugandan afternoon. By the time we have finished our pasta, it has stopped raining and we spend the afternoon bird watching on the terrace in beautiful sunshine....
Bushara Island Camp: No choice of where to eat on the island
grets Says: Ordering the food for tonight’s meal, Sue is undecided and the following conversation ensues: Sue: “I‘ll have either the potato or the cauliflower soup”. Waitress: “You decide”. Sue: “OK, make it the cauliflower”. Waitress: “we have no cauliflower”. Ho hum. Dinner is very...
Bird watching: We got up too early!
grets Says: We have decided to get up at 5.30 this morning to make the most of our time here for spotting the birds, but I didn’t take into consideration that it would still be pitch black at that time in the morning! Still, it is a wonderful experience sitting there in the dark, just...
grets Says: We share a boat to Bushara Island Camp with three Germans who we met the very first evening in Mbarara and their humerous guide David, who is terrified of water and wears the only available life jacket!
Lake Bunyonyi Markets: Local little African Marketplace
Zanzibargirl Says: The Lake Bunyonyi Markets I think are held Monday and Fridays... not far from Lake Bunyonyi. We woke one morning to see an endless barage of canoe boats crossing from the 29 Islands and surrounding districts of the Lake to the Market place so we figured we had to check it...
Not for those who cannot walk easily unaided
grets Says: At dinner we learn that Sue and Gordon had a visitor to their tent when they got back from the boat trip, asking them if it would be possible for them to move to another tent much further down the island (the other end in fact). A South African family had booked a...
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We share a boat to Bushara Island Camp with three Germans who we met the very first evening in Mbarara and their humerous guide David, who is terrified of water...
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Lake Bunyoni snakes its way through the countryside, with many inlets and islands, and lush terraced hillsides and valleys surrounding it. The badly rutted road clings precariously to the side of the...
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Lake Bunyonyi, which means "Place of Little Birds" is one of the most scenic beautiful places I have ever seen in all of my travels. The place is absolutely serene. We pulled up here very very late at...
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Lake Bunyoni in Uganda's Countryside
Lake Bunyoni is a beautiful spot, the drive there through the green and mountains is stunning - when I thought about Africa before I left home this was the last sort of scenery I expected to see! It...
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There is this place called Acadia, situated on top of a hill which is right above the town of Kabale...from here the scenery is beautyful to say the least. A very wonderful view of the whole Lake...
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A spontaneous decision took us to the far southwestern corner of Uganda and to Lake Bunyonyi. A dugout canoe transported us across the tranquil waters among green, fertile islands of small vegetable...
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