When Provia’s son approached us with a request to upgrade some of their homestay facilities, he had no idea how far our proposal would go. After all, why stop at repairing toilets if we could in fact improve the houses themselves? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if guests arriving on Lake Bunyonyi’s Habukomi Island could opt for a proper room?
During a planning and budgeting session earlier this week, we discussed completing the nearly finished new home and renovating the old one (instead of tearing it down, as the family had intended). This would give visitors three distinct options: camping in our tents, sleeping in a traditional mud-wall house, or staying in a more contemporary building.
Some guests find it a little unsettling to share the campsite with Tom’s tomb (in rural Uganda, family members are buried next to their homes), so we also explored all options for a fence to separate the grave from the tents.
Finally, we addressed smaller but essential upgrades, including kitchen utensils and repairs to infrastructure we built many years ago. We’ll keep you posted as things progress — but Provia’s Homestay 2.0 could be less than a month away!
photos by Miha Logar