Lake Chahafi remains largely unknown to the tourist world. It is one of the several crater lakes down in Kisoro District, South Western Uganda, whose stunning view is simply breathtaking with wonder full scenery.
It is ideal place you step out into the rising sunlight and your eye crash into a delicious slight which always gives you best short. I guess you would wish to visit a place where you just relax and breathe fresh air as you appreciate the sight and sound that nature offers. BOOK NOW
It is the kind of experience you should hope to encounter waking up on the shores of Lake Chahafi, one of the several crater lakes down in Kigezi. Kigezi was nicknamed as the “Switzerland of Uganda” due to its rugged mountainous terrain and Mediterranean climate as well as fascinating picturesque places.
Lake Chahafi area is one of the most scenic in the entire Kigezi area. The lake has a twin to its eastern side known as Lake Kayumbu. While here, you will be able to evidence between these two lakes, a towering thread of a hill whereby standing on it offers you a million dollar picture. The chilling foggy in the morning, also give you an exciting moment to explore.
Mount Muhavura towards the opposite direction where you observe the peaceful waters of striking lake sprawling, between the high hills invites you to check out what is in progress at that morning hour. At the lake’s shore of the highest point you can ever be among the lakes in Kisoro, you get to behold a crowd of crested cranes, forest vegetation, hillside gardens, oddly-shaped ridges, gorges and as well listening to the endless sound of colorful birds and spellbinding colonial history to be encountered at Lake Chahafi.
A bit of hitory at the Lake
It was all about the struggle for control of the region during the time of the first World War. For the shores of Lake Chahafi is where in 1914, the joint forces of the British and Belgians set up a base to ward off the approaches of the Germans in the struggle for control of Kigezi. And before 1914, the area around Lake Chahafi was also where the Bafumbira tribal leader Katuregye based in his attempts to repulse the approaching British imperialists.
Katuregye and his subjects were inspired by the native Nyabingi religious movement which claimed that the spirits of the land would help the natives defeat the colonialists. And there are interesting tales about the dramatic campaign that subdued Katuregye.
Bird-Life at Lake Chahafi
Lake Chahafi is ranked by Kigezi tour operators as one of the places with the largest population as well as diversity of bird species in south western Uganda. This is quite a statement, given that this region sits within the Kazinga region atop the rankings of Uganda’s top destinations on the subject of bird endowment.
Lake Chahafi has both a bigger population and a wider diversity of bird species, so birders get a greater opportunity than most other tourist destinations in Kigezi. A number of rare East African bird species have been sighted.
The lake has one of the world most critical bird life corridors in Uganda which descends into a sprawling swamp of lush papyrus vegetation, of a kind you can hardly find on other lakes in Kigezi. It is this swamp that attracts the birds in bigger numbers and in more diversity than other areas, because the birds always find it easier to feed and nest in the vegetation.
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