On the ridge of Kyabahinga peninsula, from which both sides of Lake Bunyonyi can be admired, reside two cultural stars. Mrs Annah beautifies ladies and spaces with her crafts while Mr Barara heals people with herbs. You will visit both, using a dugout canoe and climbing a short steep slope. There’s also a nursery to make you smile!
Highlights
- take in spectacular views and island stories
- have fun at a nursery school
- get anything healed by a traditional healer
- learn how to make crafts
- step into the peculiar life of Edirisa
Facts
duration: 5-6 hours; difficulty: medium
area: east coast
departures: daily at 9am and 2pm
Price: USD 55 per person (USD 95 when one person only)
Includes guiding, dugout canoeing, a snack, water, all activities, tips and contributions.
Itinerary
If you have opted for our free night offer, you will wake up at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi and be treated to a substantial breakfast at 9am. If you have chosen a less basic accommodation elsewhere, we will collect you by a dugout canoe and bring you to Edirisa in time for breakfast (if you of course wish to take it with us).
A short tour around the forested peninsula will show you some pretty interesting things. Grass-thatched huts were erected for volunteers decades ago, an ingenious submerged swimming pool was later built to teach life-saving skills, a tree house was constructed by an Israeli lady, and there is more!
After a detailed briefing session the paddling will begin at 10am. Under the auspices of young skippers who have grown up on the lake, this will be a piece of cake. The first program item on the terraced hillsides of the Kyabahinga peninsula will be a dancing and singing presentation by nursery school pupils. At a trading centre above the school you will be invited to a cup of the local brew, obushera. (It is gonna be … unforgettable.)
The prize for your next activity, a relatively intense climb of about 30 minutes, will be tremendous lake vistas. Kyabahinga is uniquely located to give you an outlook over most of Lake Bunyonyi, its 29 islands and the distant Virunga volcanoes. You will hear the colourful tales, legends and historical facts related to the islands.
On the ridge of the peninsula you will meet Mr. Barara, a traditional healer, who will share some carefully chosen secrets of tropical highland flora. Finally, Mrs. Annah, a craftmaker, will show you how local crafts are hand produced, and give you ample opportunity to make some for yourselves. And, no, this is not for ladies only! Gentlemen can attempt a banana leaf elephant or a photo frame, for example.
You will then descend to the water and enter the dugouts again …
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