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tourists & paradise attractions of Kigezi region

No wonder Uganda is refered to as ” the pearl of Africa ” by one of the European explorer!  The country is divided into regions, namely;

• Northern region
• Eastern region
• North Easten region
• North Western region
• Western region
• Kigezi { South Western } region  &
• Central region.

Kigezi region, in south western part of Uganda is also refered to as ” Switzerland of Africa “due to its hills and landscapes, with a fantastic scenary. Kigezi region is really unique by nature, its a paradise tourists center, a tourist habour.

• It has best  culture
• unique tourist attraction,
• land scape formation
• famous lakes that were formed by larva damed, like Lake Bunyonyi, Lake Mutanda,
• mountains, such as Muhavura with its ranges.
• forests that habitates famous Mountain Gorillas, like Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park,

Kigezi region is the only place you find the indigenous place who still belive in ” Iron smithing “, Forest people who still  and loves wild meat, forest roots , these people are called PYGMIES, the shortest people.
Lakes like, Lake Bunyonyi is one of the major tourists attractions in this regions and attracts averagely 1000 people within 1 week!! It has good Islands, land scape surrounding the lake, homestead around the lake, all make it perfect center for tourists.
Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest in Uganda approximately 6500 Feet and the second in Africa, just after Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. It was formed by Larva dammed in million years ago and it accommodates with or nothingin it.

• The lake has fish ( very few fish ) it,
• No animals like Crocodiles, Hippos, snakes,
• No birhazia, so the water is perfect for swimming.

The hotels around this lake has no swimming pools!! Tourists swim in the lake due to its nature.  There are alot of activities that you can do while staying around lake Bunyonyi,
activities like;

• Canoeing
• Motor boat ride
• Hiking
• Nature walk and bird watching , are the major activities, one can do while staying around this lake.

Tourists travel all around the world to stay here at lake Bunyonyi. Most travellers who normally spends their leisure time are, Neitherlands, Australians, Germans, British, Americans, South Africans, Rwandees,  and Ugandans as well. South American countries travel to this spot as well and Asians.

For the people who would like to go for Mountain Gorilla Trekking in a near by Park  ( Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park ), this is the place to stay! Never miss this chance, you will sleep around lake Bunyonyi, and do the most exciting adventurous activity of Mountasin Gorilla Trekking.
Bwindi Forest National Park is just 2 hours drive from lake Bunyonyi. So you enjoy the lake as well do gorilla trekking! While there, moutain Muhavura is just near by! You do mopuntain climbing, to Sabinyo ranges, or do Mugahinga climbing just in few days.

Kigezi region, not only the center for tourists, it is also agate way to major cities of ;

• Kigali  ( of Rwanda )
• Bunjumbura ( Burundi )
• Goma ( DRC Cong )

For business community travellers, this is the place to travel and enjoy the place. It is just 2 hours to Kigali, 4 hours to Goma and approximately 4hours to Bunjumbura, just depending on your speed of travel.
Un like places that faced with political instability in those years of 1960’s, Kigezi has never faced any political instability and this makes it superb place  for tourists. During  Rwanda Genocide, this town was accommodating refugees from Kigali/ Rwanda, and up to now, its un compareable to other cities.
Kigezi region is the only place where you can find forests of Bwindi Impenetrable anmd Mt. Mugahinga , all where you can track mountain Gorillas! Over 300 Mountain Gorillas are found in this parks.  So no regrets once you plan to come to Uganda.
For more information , contact, http://www.gorillatrusttours.com or sales@gorillatrusttours.com.

Enjoy your trip!!
Gorilla Trust Tours
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