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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96 Years, 114 Children, 6 Songs
“Katarinaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaa,” you could hear a voice rise from Tom’s Homestay in the middle of Lake Bunyonyi, right there on the southwestern edge of Uganda. Sitting in a circle around a glowing campfire on a small hill north of the marshy bottleneck that divides Habukomi Island, trekkers from around the world listened to the traditional zither…
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Revolutionary Ideas by Batwa “Pygmies”
Every New Year’s Day, a few hours after Edirisa’s traditional dugout canoe celebrations, we sit down with representatives from two Batwa communities. With some heads possibly still heavy, it may seem less than perfect time for an annual meeting, but it is close to an ideal moment. Batwa join the new year’s party not as…
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People, People, People: Gorilla Highlands Bootcamp 2017
They proved to be the toughest of the 20 participants from 7 countries…
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Good Kind of Crazy: Volunteering and Hiking in Uganda and Rwanda
This has been an American year for the Gorilla Highlands team. The fourth US specialist volunteer of 2017, Benjamin Blayne Dawson from Florida, is flying home at this very moment, after volunteering in Uganda and Rwanda for two months. Benji B. has spent 90% of his time at Lake Bunyonyi, however, he has also visited…
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Spacey’s Booty Goes to Bootcamp – What About Yours?
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you thought you couldn’t do.”
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Farewell to Jeremiah Byarahugo, Our Beloved Traditional Healer
The last five years the vast majority of hikers on the Gorilla Highlands Trails began their cultural experience with a visit to Jeremiah Byarahugo. Last Saturday he again introduced two groups to the secrets of traditional healing, an East African Playgrounds team beginning a 4-day walking safari to Bwindi and some visitors from Kampala doing…
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Charles Kalyango: Interview with an Intercultural Manager
If there’s anything the Gorilla Highlands region doesn’t have enough of, it is events. Special reasons to come back, to have fun, to celebrate. This Friday evening, BirdNest Resort – Lake Bunyonyi is doing something about it: there is going to be Corporate Dinner, 30/6/2017 from 7pm and at 40,000 shillings only. If there’s anything…
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Silverchef 2017 Delights, Secrecy to Challenge the Best in 2018
12 chefs and dozens of tourism industry leaders from Uganda and Rwanda came to Lake Bunyonyi.
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BBC about Bunyonyi: Successes, Failure & Dilemma
The BBC World Service broadcast two catchy Lake Bunyonyi stories this month. The first one was about canoeing to school, the second one about Punishment Island. As the Gorilla Highlands team played a supporting role, let us assess what we have achieved… The journalist, Patience Atuhaire, initially just wanted to talk about the “school bus” dugouts.…
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