Lake Mutanda canoe ride is a great experience that most visitors undertake on a post gorilla trek in Uganda, offering you an extraordinary experience within the vast terraced hills of southwestern Uganda in Kisoro district. This Canoe ride activity takes place on Lake Mutanda, a fresh clear water body which is dotted by at least 15 islands lush trees and shrubs. Mutanda Lake is ringed by the beautiful scenery of sprawling highlands clad with green vegetation, plantations, and terraces of crops along the slopes. This amazing scenery is set against a stunning backdrop of cloudy peaks of the Virunga Mountain Volcanoes. The chain of volcanoes of the Virunga Mountain Range spans the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, Congo, and Uganda shares 3 of its prominent 8 Volcanoes. BOOK NOW
Canoe Boating on Lake Mutanda- Photo by Lake Mutanda Resort
Canoe riding on Lake Mutanda exposes you to three mountain volcanoes including Mts. Muhavura, Gahinga and Sabinyo. These are very visible, rising in the background over Lake Mutanda and the sprawling highlands, with white fluffy clouds floating across their peaks. In the morning, thick clouds of mist shroud the lush highlands, and create mystic scenery over Lake Mutanda and such an awe-inspiring view.
Canoeing on Lake Mutanda is a fabulous lake to explore and visit some of the islands–go birding, you can swim here – simply enjoy the lake whether you are on top of it in a boat, or swimming in it. Fishing at Lake Mutanda with the added plus of the scenery in Kisoro, you can always fish at Lake Mutanda especially if you are staying right around the Kisoro area and on the lake as at Mutanda Lake Resort and if the fish do not strike, there the is scenery around you. During your visit Kisoro town, you can also visit Lake Bunyonyi or visit Lake Chahafi that can complement your enjoy after gorilla trekking in Mgahinga National Park.
Due to the amount of activities can be done on Lake Mutanda including Lake Mutanda canoe ride, we feel a three to four day safari is suitable for just exploring the Kisoro attractions. We also recommend that you add on a few more days to do game drive Queen Elizabeth National Park or hot air balloon safari in Uganda.
Hiking around Lake Mutanda in Kisoro
Hiking around and to Lake Mutanda – Kisoro Tours one of the most fabulous hikes is a two-day hike from Buhoma to Nkuringo and then on the second day down to Lake Mutanda canoe ride across the lake before it ends. There are many other hikes and nature trails found here that are simply most enjoyable and you can easily stay here for a week and not explore it all.
Mountain Biking around Lake Mutanda and Kisoro Uganda
Bike rides can be quite challenging – we can bring along mountain bikes for you that you can use it while at Lake Mutanda or bikes can be rented in Kisoro. Either way it will be a most exhilarating experience for you
Batwa People – the original people of the Forest in Uganda Kisoro.
The Batwa People are the original inhabitants of the forest – the lived in the forest and left a small environmental footprint – they still lived in the area and you can go on an interactive forest walk with them in two places near to Lake Mutanda – the Buniga Forest and on the Batwa Forest Walk in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
Those that do find a magical, scenic paradise that is beyond any imagination. Lake Mutanda is studded with emerald isles, the Kisoro area- Virunga Volcanoes around it, gentle breezes, cool, yet sunny climate, activities in abundance – Lake Mutanda should be on your list of things to do and see in Kisoro Uganda you will never regret visiting Lake Mutanda. Whether you are right on the lake in a lodge such as Mutanda Lake Resort or higher up at Chameleon Hill Lodge– the beauty of what is before you will have the most positive effect upon you – there are few places as beautiful and as stunning as Lake Mutanda.