ACTIVITIES AT PARADISE ECO HUB ITAMBIRA ISLAND LAKE BUNYONYI
-
1. Paradise Special tour (Islands Tour And Hiking To The View Points)
Don’t miss this special tour where we explore the islands and then later hike to the mountains of the moon with panoramic views of the islands and the surroundings. Join Silas and explore Lake Bunyonyi. Cost by boat 1pax $60, 2pax 30$each, 3pax 25$each, 4-6pax 20$ each
-
2.Historical Island Tour
(Bwama/leper island, upside-down/Ahabuchuranika Island, Kyahugye Island, punishment/Akampene island, Bushara Island and Itambira island) Cost by boat (Guided) (1pax $40, 2pax $25 each, 3pax $20 each 4-6pax $15 each) Cost by canoe (Guided) $20 per Person
-
3. The Batwa/Pygmies Tour (CHARITY TOUR)
(Their way of life, dances, and history of their life living in the forests as hunters and honey and fruit gatherers). Cost by boat 1pax $70, 2pax 35$each, 3pax 30$each, 4-6pax 25$ each.
-
4.Whole Lake Tour Including Hiking to The Lake View Points
(Cost by boat 1pax $150, 2pax 75$each, 3pax 60$each, 4-6pax 50$ each)
-
5. Community village walk and top of the world for lake views
Cost $15 per person
-
6. Aharutinda Market Walk/Rutinda Main Landing Site
Cost $15 per person
-
7. Island tour and Rutinda market (Monday and Friday)
Cost by boat 1pax $50, 2pax 25$each, 3pax 20$each, 4-6pax 15$ each
-
8. Muko Lake End Boat Cruise
Cost by boat 1pax $50, 2pax $30 each, 3pax $25each, 4-6pax $20 each
-
9. Training in craft making
Cost (1pax $40, 2pax $25each, 3pax $20each, 4-6pax $20 each)
-
10. Fishing tours
Cost by boat 1pax $40, 2pax $20 each, 3pax $20 each, 4-6pax $15 each
-
11. Bird watching around the site and swamp
Cost : $20 per person
-
12. Round the Lake bird watching to Nyombe swamp and popular islands.
Are you a birder? Lake Bunyonyi is undeniably a haven for birders. Paradise Eco-Hub offer traveller’s with birding on the shores of lake Bunyonyi and in swampy and forested areas around the lake. Just as its name says, lake Bunyonyi is locally translated as a place for little birds hence one of the birding spots in the pearl of Africa. Canoeing/boat cruising is one best way of enjoying Uganda birding tour on lake Bunyonyi. Travelers boat ride to the shores of the lake that give them closer views of different birds some of which are endemic to this area. The lake is believed to shelter over 200 bird species. Among the birds to expect in lake Bunyonyi include grey crowned cranes, levillant cuckoo, white tailed monad, slenderbilled baglafetch, weavers, African harrier hawk, egrets, cardinal woodpecker, grey crowned cranes, African king fisher, herons. Sunbirds, raptors, golden-backed weaver, bee eaters, pin tailed whydah, great cormorant, Bronzy sunbird, Hadada ibis, grey shrike, malachite kingfisher, fan-tailed widow bird, and black herons among other birds. Cost (1pax $100, 2pax 60$each, 3pax 50$each, 4-6pax $40 each)
-
13. Bukora Blacksmith Tour Walking
Enjoy hiking, natural walk, community walk and amazing lake view as we trek to the black smith. The experience of seeing tools being made from shapeless metals and scrap put into beautiful tools. They make pangas, arrows, needles, harmers, and much more.
-
14. Canoeing (Self or guided dugout canoeing)
Enjoy the dugout canoeing at your own pace and explore the beauty of Lake Bunyonyi and the beautiful islands. COST: Self Canoeing $10 per person, Guided Canoeing $15 per person.
-
15. Zip lining and High Ropes Challenge courses.
$40 per person for 3 course challenges including ziplining. there are several other challenges on the park which can be paid extra on site
-
16. Swimming Is Free but At Owners Risk!
Do not miss swimming in Lake bunyonyi during your stay at Paradise Eco-Hub. Swimming is one way of freshening from anxiety after long hours in gorilla trekking and driving from far away places. Interestingly, Lake bunyonyi is free from dangerous water animals like crocodiles, hippos and also bilharzia free hence the safest place for swimming. Though it’s the deepest lake in Uganda and second deepest in Africa, Lake bunyonyi is easy to swim in and you can dive from the areas that have been enclosed for swimming.