1. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park The Park is located to the north-west of Kabale district, about 120 kilometres from Kabale town. The Park, upgraded to National Park status and gazetted in 1991, covers a total area of 321 square kilometres. Although accessibility to the Park through Kabale is currently better than the various other routes, most of the Park is found in Rukungiri and Kisoro districts.The Park together with Mgahinga National Park are home to more than half of the world’s remaining stocks of the endangered mountain gorilla. In addition, the Park is said to have the richest bio-diversity in East Africa representing the rare Afro-montane and Afro-alpine. Besides secondary activities such as butterfly viewing and watching Albertine Rift endemic birds, gorilla viewing in the Bwindi Park is currently the most important tourist attraction for Uganda. The Park’s attractions are of international significance and the community tourism activities, such as forest and nature walks, in the areas bordering the Park, are also becoming important. 2. Lake Bunyonyi Lake Bunyonyi is a crater lake, situated about 10 kilometers from Kabale town. This is the deepest Lake in Uganda. Although relatively small, the lake is punctuated with several Islands that are attractive to tourism activities. The fairly flat areas around the lake and on the Islands have offered good opportunity for development of tourist holiday accommodation and camping activities. Other attractions at the lake include fishing of shrimps, canoeing and professional swimming. Located within town, Kabale Museum, constructed by the Government of Uganda in the 1960s, is intended to help preserve valuable cultural ornaments, while also serving domestic and international visitor recreational needs in the region. 4. Kanaba Gap Kanaba Gap is a beautiful scenery of breath-taking sharp terrain and corners along the Kabale –Kisoro road. Kanaba Gap is said to be a memorable experience for both local and international visitors to Kisoro along the route. 5. Crafts and Souvenirs Some two entrepreneurs within Kabale town employ a number of women for the purpose of making crafts and Souvenirs for sale. Most other crafts sold in the town and at the Munyonyo tourism facilities are either bought from the villages or Kampala. The recently formed Kabale District Tourism Association is yet to mobilise its members to facilitate tourism activities through sustainable production of high quality crafts and souvenirs. 6.Hotel and Catering Industry The sector had 42 accommodation establishments with a total capacity of 992 beds. The sector employed 379 people. There were a number of key tourism accommodation establishments in the district. These included Bunyonyi Overland Camp, Far Out, Bushara Island Camps, White Horse Inn and Capital Inn. |


