More of the Great Ugandan Outdoors- in south west Uganda

In the recent half-term, Andrew had 3 days off work. We were able to tag that on to a weekend and explore more of  beautiful Uganda.

Since we had our recent initiation into camping in Uganda with our trip to Nabogabo, we decided to venture out on our own to do a second camping trip!

Andrew chose Kabale as the destination, at a campsite on the edge of Lake Bunyonyi. And what a stunning choice it was!

Our campsite:

In this gorgeous rural location, there was plenty to do.,,

• Search for and try to catch crayfish at the edge of the lake (don't worry- the elephant is not real!!)

• Take a risk and swim in Africa's second-deepest and Uganda's deepest lake:

This last one was me, after jumping off the wooden diving baord at the side of the lake!!

It's quite strange jumping into water that just goes down and down and down and swirls orange around you as you begin to surface!
At the back of my mind were slight concerns about what might be living in the lake that might fancy a bite of English flesh.... It makes jumping in just that little bit more exciting.

• Taking time to cook our meals. This was the breakfast fry-up on a misty lakeside morning:

A curious weaver bird came to examine the contents of the frying pan onc we had eaten our breakfast:

Ben and Joel had purchased their own mini-pans and enjoyed making fires to cook their own meals:

And of course, we had our kettle to make tea, because this Brit could not manage 3 nights of camping without plenty of tea to keep her going!

• Rowing a hired wooden dug-out canoe on top of the endless depths of Lake Bunyonyi:

• A visit to "Adventure Island" to try the high ropes tree-top course- challenging but fun!

The high ropes course ended with a spectacular zip-wire ride across the lake from the island to the mainland! Although I felt a little nervous about my 3 children jusmping off the wooden platform on a high tree and zipping across a lake whcih was over 1km deep, all five of us took the leap! It was fun to be able to complete the course and I was relieved we all did so safely! :-)

The 8 hour drive to Kabale from Kampala was well worth it, for a trip into this unspoilt and stunning area of Uganda, near the border with Rwanda. What a great place to get into camping!