LAKES

Lakes of Uganda & Ssese Islands

A part of Uganda’s surface consists of wetlands region, ranging from vast inland seas to the mysterious marshy expanse of Lake Kyoga which sources from the Nile as it drains into a shallow sump at the heart of the country. A third of Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake sits within the boundaries of the country.

The Albert and Edward lakes extend for 150km and 80km respectively along the Albertine Rift Valley floor bordering the Congo. Renowned for its water birds and dense population of otters, mountain-ringed Lake Bunyonyi is one of Uganda’s most rapidly developing wetland destinations, its steep-sided shores. Another rising attraction is the cluster of 200 crater lakes that extends northward from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Fort Portal, reaching its scenic peak in the vicinity of Kibale Forest, where several forest-fringed lakes have been developed as community-based ecotourism projects.