Visit Lake Bunyonyi gives you a clear picture of Bakiga culture. Now imagine begging abandon on an island on one of the biggest and deepest Lakes in Uganda because you got pregnant before marriage. This was the culture of Bakiga who lets such girls die hanger or even drown as they cross to the mainland at the parchment island on Lake Bunyonyi.
Lake Bunyonyi is located in south-western Uganda between Kisoro and Kabale, and it is close to the border with Rwanda. It surrounded by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of 2,200-2,478m, but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that makes it most magical which you could admire the all-day. BOOK NOW
Stunning Views of Lake Bunyonyi
The view of this lake has got romanticists visiting each and every now and then. Its freshwater has attracted so many people regardless of tribe, culture, nationality to at least spend most of their exciting days while here.
Visiting Lake Bunyonyi shows are incredible the sight will live you speechless. The funs lounges built around every island and the trees giving you a required shade to rests live with forgettable memory.
The 29 islands on this lake are constructed in its central part and the most the popular island called the parchment island, this holds the rich history that will interest you when you visit Lake Bunyonyi. The history that lies on Parchment Island also called a Kampene will never be erased from the hearts of several Bakiga families.
Lake Bunyonyi has a wide variety of tourist accommodation perched around it and many tourists and travellers can undertake a gorilla trekking in in Bwindi Forests, south of Bwindi and camp here. other ready to do gorilla habituation in Uganda. Lake Bunyonyi is an ideal place for relaxation as guests the best scenery in the whole world, involve themselves in various cultural and community activities as well as birding and canoe rides. The lake’s main Centre is Bufuka Village which is the area’s inhabited by two tribes of the Bakiga and Batwa. Lake Bunyonyi islands are vanishing from sight completely hidden under a blanket of clouds, which it only took an hour to see them emerge once more. The activities undertaken in on Lake Bunyonyi includes Ride a Canoe, Bird watching, swimming in Lake Bunyonyi, Community Walks, Hiking trails, Cultural tours, and Nature walks among others.