Tag: Lake Bunyonyi /Uganda/
altitude: 1,962 m/6,437 ft
max length – width: 25 km/16 mi – 7 km/4 mi
depth: 44 m/144 ft
Lake Bunyonyi, the “place of many little birds” was formed 10,000 years ago when lava dammed a river, drowning an area of 61 square kilometres (24 square miles), with 29 islands protruding it.
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Our Stories:
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⏰ Tick Tock, Future Ambassadors: Six Days to Apply!
Do you love the Gorilla Highlands region and want to share it with the world? Our Ambassador training prepares tour guides and media producers to represent our home with confidence. You will learn how to welcome guests, tell stories that stay with people and capture the beauty of our region in photos and video. Those…
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Friendship Camp Is Back! 🇨🇩🇺🇬🇷🇼
Our moment is here again! Whatever is happening around us, young people keep choosing resilience, peace and connections across borders. This December we’re celebrating exactly that. From 13 to 16 December 2026 young people from DR Congo, Uganda and Rwanda will meet at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda) for our 4th Friendship Camp: four days…
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New Intake: Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training
📣 Applications are open for our second Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training (GHAT) of 2026! Would you like to earn money as a freelance tour guide or media producer? GHAT combines both skills in one programme. 📍 Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda🗓️ 6 to 8 November 2026 (Friday to Sunday)⏰ Apply by Wednesday 14 October 2026,…
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Mr Muzungu Boda Boda Looks Back
We cherish the interns from UCLL, a Belgian university, who help us at Lake Bunyonyi in so many different ways, each for a 6-month stint! Milan was the fifth among them. “Adventure” was practically his middle name … You may also like: Edirisa EveningsSerene Pleasure & Cherry TreesInto the Snow and Ice of Africa10 Cool…
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An Artist in Search of Ugandan Aletheia
“Aletheia” means “truth” in Greek or to be more precise: that which does not escape notice, does not hide, is not forgotten; that which remains evident, the opposite of oblivion, of forgetting; that which resists the wear of time, which cannot be erased from memory. I experienced all of this with every sense present while…
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Great Yields, Terrible Manners: Antisocial Climbing Beans
The little secret about the soil here at Bunyonyi is that it’s tired, basically. Our land simply can’t cope with beans that refuse to climb, because the poor ground has been overworked for years and is losing its fertility bit by bit. Nobody lets their fields have a proper rest either; there just aren’t enough…
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Thrice Unlucky, But Never Down
Great news: our unlucky volunteer Anne is back at work! She has completed her first week at a Bristol care home, still on crutches. Let’s now rewind to early February, on the shores of Lake Bunyonyi … Enter Anne, an enthusiastic British woman. After a two-week trip through Uganda, she extends her stay a month…
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Lake Bunyonyi’s Activity-Packed Little Island
Supreme Adventure Park’s Peter Rukirande explains how Lake Bunyonyi’s activity-packed little island came to be, and what it offers today. You may also like: Edirisa EveningsTrouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Lake BunyonyiBrains, Sand, and Coffee: Our Day at Cyimbili Guesthouse1 Week of Hiking + Savannah – Jealousy = 29 ShotsTom's Timeless TaleGood Kind of Crazy:…
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Mid-Life Crisis Love Letter to Uganda & Africa
End of last year I quit my job and went travelling; the mid-life crisis* kicked in. I did similar travel before but this time it was different. This time it was time for Africa! I always wanted to go, but had never been. The continent was always quietly sitting on the map below the Mediterranean,…
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