Kabale–Lake Bunyonyi Road

The road starts at Kabale, Kabale District, the largest town in the Kigezi sub-region, approximately 410 kilometres (255 mi), south-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[3]

From there, the road travels in a general south-westerly direction to the shores of Lake Bunyonyi, a distance of approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi)[4]

Lake Bunyonyi is an important tourist attraction in Uganda, due to its remote location, cool climate and the absence of crocodiles, hippopotami, bilharzia parasites and scarcity of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.[5] The surface of Lake Bunyonyi lies at an altitude of 1,962 metres (6,437 ft), above sea level.[1]

The road is used by tourists and residents who live on the more than 25 islands on the lake. Prior to 2019, the road leading from Kabale to the lake was gravel-surfaced. The government of Uganda intends to improve the road to class II bitumen surface, with culverts and drainage channels.[6] Other road infrastructure around the lake is being developed to attract more tourists.[7]

In March 2019, the Ugandan junior minister of finance announced that government had secured US$18 million to upgrade the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi Road to class II bitumen surface and to procure a marine ferry to transport tourists and residents across the lake. At that time, the procurement process for a contractor for the road and a supplier for the ferry were ongoing.[6][7]

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