Bulago Island

I've just spent the weekend at Bulago Island, one of the Sesse Islands on Lake Victoria and stayed here I thought I would do just a short blog post and upload some photos!

 

Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh water lake in the world and the largest body of water in Africa; the same size as Switzerland.  The Sesse Islands consist of 84 separate islands, some large and densely inhabited, others small and deserted. Bulago Island is the nearest island to Kampala  (although it feels a world away from the chaotic city)- around 30km/ about 2 hours in our boat:

 

 

Our boat docked in Munyonyo harbour, Kampala

 

On the boat:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday evening sunset over Lake Victoria from the boat:

 

 



 

 

 

 

Heading to our weekend home

 

We had a really lovely weekend, relaxing, eating lots of fab food, swimming and exploring the island a little:



 

Our pool

View from the pool



 

Freaky spiders web near the pool in the evening!

 

 

 

Super cute Apollo the puppy by the pool!



Dining room



 Exploring the island:

 

 

 

 

There a small little beaches on the island. However, it is not really advisable to swim in the lake, partly due to the risk of bilharzia and of the crocodile that swims in the lake and strikes occasionally!

On top of a hill!

 

 

We saw quite a few spiders' webs on our walk. I walked straight into one of these. It wasn't a very pleasant experience!

 

 

 

 

Pineapple bay

 

Finally a few pics of our Saturday night BBQ & campfire: