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Canoeing and other activities on Lake Mutanda

March 26, 2020
Canoeing and other activities on Lake Mutanda

Canoeing and other activities on lake Mutanda

Because of the good climate, there is a number of activities on lake Mutanda that can be done throughout the year including canoeing it is always recommended to add lake Mutanda to your bucket list while on your Uganda Safari which can be done before or after gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park or Mgahinga gorilla national park.

Some of the activities done on Lake Mutanda

Lake Mutanda in Kisoro is one of the most beautiful Uganda lakes that can be explored during your East African safari. Lake Mutanda is one of Uganda’s smaller lakes that offer many adventurous activities among them are hiking and walking safaris canoeing, bird watching, and swimming, and on lake Mutanda there are also what we call self-discovery trails that lead you to a beaten-paths of lake Mutanda.

Gorilla safaris packages that can be combined with Canoeing and other activities on Lake Mutanda

1 Day Gorilla Tracking Safari in Uganda from Rwanda

2 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking Tour from Kigali Rwanda

3 Day Fly-in Rwanda Tracking Gorillas in Uganda

5 Days Uganda Gorilla Safari in Bwindi Forest From Kigali

6 days Uganda Primates and Mountain Hiking Safari

7 Days Uganda Primates and Wildlife Adventure Safari

7 Days Uganda Bird Watching and Primate Safaris

Africa is almost 89% of the world’s freshwater resource that needs to be discovered, this can be easily added to your Uganda safari itinerary/ program on your visit to East Africa, at Kisoro tours Uganda ltd all our long and short safaris are tailor-made to fit in all your Africa safari highlights.

Swimming in the freshwater lake and canoeing experiences, Lake Mutanda is a volcanic lake in Kisoro district in southwestern Uganda.  Lake Mutanda is Bilharzia free, it also has no dangerous animals like crocodiles among others so you can enjoy swimming.

Lake Mutanda is just about one and a half-hour drive from Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and about 40 minutes from Mgahinga gorilla national park.

As you explore lake Mutanda in the dugout canoe you will enjoy amazing views of green rolling hills with also Virunga mountain range including mount Sabyinyo volcano, mount Muhabura volcano, and Mgahinga volcano, the three volcanoes are on the Uganda side. Kisoro tours Uganda ltd can combine your Uganda gorilla trekking safari in Bwindi or in Mgahinga with a dugout canoe on Lake Mutanda from here you can as well visit other Uganda national parks for other wildlife safaris.

Uganda’s popular tours that can be added to a visit to Lake Mutanda

4 Days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth N.P Safari

5 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari

5 Days Bwindi Gorilla Tracking – Batwa Tour

8 Days Uganda Gorilla & Chimp Tracking Safari

12 Days Uganda Primates & Wildlife Safari

14 Days Uganda Purely Primates Safari

Lake Mutanda is a paradise for all nature lovers and bird watching lovers visiting Lake Mutanda will have an amazing experience, imagine enjoying the evening and morning breeze peddling a dug-out canoe on Lake Mutanda. You can challenge yourself and explore lake Mutanda and discover the most treasure lake in Uganda, canoeing on Lake Mutanda is one of the most relaxing activities for anyone’s mind, and the most important this is that this is in harmony with nature.

How to access Lake Mutanda for canoeing and other activities

It is just about 7 kilometers or about 20minute drive from Kisoro town to reach Lake Mutanda, but if you are coming from Kampala it takes you about 9 to 10 hours’ drive including a lunch stopover and other stopovers, if you are coming from Kabale town or from lake Bunyonyi it will take you 2 hours to get to Lake Mutanda.

We also recommend mount Nyiragongo hiking safari & Congo gorilla trekking packages

For 2 days one night Nyiragongo Volcano trekking

3 days Face the active lava of Nyiragongo tour

3 days Hiking of the smoky mt Nyiragongo

Gorillas Trekking and Nyiragongo (4 days / 3 nights)

Gorillas Trekking, Nyiragongo hike, Mountain Gorillas and Lowland Gorillas! (7 days / 6 nights)

Kisoro tours Uganda has safari packages that will include Lake Mutanda activities like dugout canoe trekking and others, we will give you the opportunity to learn and get to know about the day to day’s life of local people living around lake Mutanda, contact us we will organize all your Uganda and Rwanda gorilla tours and other wildlife safaris.

You can reach us at info@kisorotoursuganda.com or call us at +256 785790925 also on WhatsApp for free information or a free quote

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