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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Stop “Borrowing” Gorilla Highlands Photos and Videos
Yesterday the guys who run the social media account for Uganda Waragi used the iconic Lake Bunyonyi photo that Marcus Westberg took for Gorilla Highlands. Without anybody’s permission, without attribution, without anything. When alerted about it, Marcus was particularly upset that his work was used to promote alcohol. After his protest the image was removed of…
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Two Africas
Forgive me a litte detour… It would be worth mentioning the reason I missed the meeting in Rushaga: Uganda had sent me to Slovenia, my country of birth, to promote tourism in the Pearl of Africa. How it got to that was fascinating… In another life I ran a multimedia studio on the equator, near…
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Our Problem
In the beginning of October a group of tourism people met in Rushaga Gorilla Camp on the edge of Bwindi, the rugged rainforest that hides mountain gorillas. They discussed how to promote tourism in Kigezi, the Ugandan side of the Gorilla Highlands region. I couldn’t attend but the hotel manager was present and shared the meeting…
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Their Noise
I don’t walk much. That might be odd for somebody whose daily bread are hiking expeditions, however, there is always a passenger motorcycle somewhere around. There are tens of thousands, some claim hundreds of thousands, of them in Rwanda and Uganda. They are a dangerous yet strikingly efficient way to travel, and a handy way…
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My Peace
Hey, stranger, wanna come along into the heart of Africa? Let me take you to the shore of an extensive mountain lake that lies in Uganda and spreads its marshy limbs towards our neighbouring country, Rwanda. Lake Bunyonyi and the stupendous region under the volcanoes have been my home for the last 15 years, or possibly…
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Why Do We Always Need Muzungu Help?
The Guardian, one of the leading global news sources, published a photo gallery about our home this week. It shows British rowers Richard and Peter Chambers, winners of an Olympic medal in 2012, carrying 20 litre jerrycans up the slopes of Lake Bunyonyi hills. Minus a rather unneccessary and vague mention that girls collecting water…
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How We Canoed to BirdNest All by Ourselves
(MASTER OF CEREMONIES SPEAKING) Dear audience, it’s the most fabulous the most amazing fashion designer ENYA [audience applauds] who paddled with her brother to BIRDNEST all on their own! (ENYA SPEAKING) Thank you, Mr MC, one and all! I would love to tell you why we went on this extraordinary adventure. You see, we had…
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Pokémon Get Real at Lake Bunyonyi
Hi, on Monday I went on an amazing adventure in the GORILLA HIGHLANDS. But I’m writing about it today, as I don’t want to be blogging on the first day of the week because it reminds me of school. So I bet you are wondering what I did (if you weren’t, I would be surprised)… I…
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Follow the Example of the Good People from Seattle
In April we asked future trekkers to send us their photos and fulfill the wish expressed by the host family at Lake Kayumbu. This is the first submission, already laser-printed on an A4 sheet, waiting to be delivered to Gerald and Jackline. Kirk and Shawn are bringing their daughters Casey and Cameron to Kenya, Rwanda…
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