Explore Bunyaruguru Crater Lake : Found in the western part of Uganda in Bunyaruguru county approximately 350km from Kampala capital city of Uganda. Bunyaruguru crater lakes are famously known for the twin lakes in western Uganda. These crater lake fields are strategically located west of Queen Elizabeth National Park which is approximately 391.6km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda. It is also known as Kichwamba crater fields and contains more than 20 lakes. These lakes have beautiful sceneries and photography spots that would indeed make ones Uganda safari around the region memorable.
These lakes include the following
Lakes Kamweru and kyema. These are twin crater lakes known for their scenic beauty and stunning surrounding that consists green hills and vegetation, these are connected by a narrow channel of land and have different depths and water chemistry one being more alkaline than the other.
The following are activities one can do while on a Uganda Safari tour on Lake Kamweru and Kyema; cultural encounter tour, hiking and nature walk tours, bird watching tours, fishing accompanied by Uganda wildlife viewing at Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Lakes Nyungu and Rwizongo
These form part of the twin lakes of Bunyaruguru crater lake region formed by volcanic activities in the western arm of the rift valley. If one is looking forward to a cultural tour experience, then one would consider lake nyungu and Rwizongo as most of the local people around have ancient myths and stories to tell for example, how they believe that lake nyungu swallows a person from the nearby village of Kasungu every year.
The following are activities one can carry out in Lake Nyungu and Rwinzoba while on a Uganda tour on lake nyungu and Rwizongo; boat cruises, photography, bird viewing, hiking and nature walks, swimming, canoeing, cultural encounters among others.
Lakes katinda and mirambi
Lake Mirambi considered to be the male lake while Lake Katinda is considered to be the female lake by the locals leaving in this village. These are one of the scenic lakes in Queen Elizabeth national park and also only lakes considered to be with gender in this region these lakes are also covered with a large species of birds that sweetly sing in the trees around and come to the shores of the lake mirambi and katinda
The following are extra activities one can do while on their Uganda wildlife on Queen Elizabeth National Park Fishing since these lakes are known for abundant fish, boat cruises to enjoy the beautiful sceneries, birdwatching, swimming in the waters of the lakes, photography, Hiking and nature walks around the hills and forests enjoying the beautiful sceneries, cultural experience this is an interesting activity as one is told the different stories about the famous male and female lake.
Activities to do while on a Uganda tour in the Bunyaruguru crater field region
Bird watching: Bunyaruguru crater fields is blessed with numerous bird species of over 300 species such as martial eagle, African skimmer, pink backed pelican, white tailed lark, Black bee eater among others these varieties can really make ones Uganda birding tour experience beautiful.
Photography; the landscape around the different lakes including the green hills and trees really provide the opportunity of trekking memorable wild nature pictures that will act as beautiful souvenirs when one is back from their Uganda wildlife tour.
Wildlife viewing; One while at Bunyaruguru Crater Lakes region can view wildlife such as monkeys, bush babies among other to better one’s wildlife view experience one can also proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park and have a better view of the elephants, tree climbing lions, zebras among others
Canoeing; This is quiet an interesting activity while one on their tour is given the opportunity to row a boat locally made with the paddles along the waters in this lake during this activity one gets the opportunity to view wildlife like crocodiles, birds and not forgetting the beautiful sceneries surrounding the lakes.
Cultural encounter; Bunyaruguru region contains over 20 lakes that have been formed and have different stories about each lake for example the stories about the twin lakes that swallow, the twin lakes that have genders among others these stories are interesting and worth having time to listen and learn the different ways of life of people living in these communities.
Swimming; After the hiking and wildlife viewing at Queen Elizabeth National Park one can have a swim in one of the Bunyaruguru lakes to refresh and take time to reconnect with nature.
Hiking and nature walks; There are various trekking trails that run long the Bunyaruguru lakes, hills and forests around that provide an opportunity for hiking and nature walks especially enabling tourist to view the various species of birds, primates and also the beautiful sceneries surrounding these lakes.
Agro tourism experience; Tourists while on a tour around these crater fields also get an opportunity to learn about crop growing especially along the fertile shores of bunyaruguru crater lakes crops like Arabica coffee, bananas, yams among others are grown and the locals usually educate tourists on the process they take to grow these crops right from planting to harvest
The best time to visit these crater lakes is usually during the drier months of the year that is January, February, June, july, August and November all though a tourist can come throughout the year these are months considered to be having the best views especially for wildlife and birds.
