Ruhija Community Rest Camp

To wind down after all that national park trekking, head to Lake Bunyonyi (an hour and 15 minutes’ drive) for a dip – it’s believed to be one of the country’s few lakes that's free of bilharzia, crocs and hippos, so it’s considered safe for swimming… watch the depth though, as it’s also rumoured to be Africa’s second-deepest lake. Watersports – particularly canoeing – ziplining, hiking and island hopping (the lake boasts a whopping 29 of them) are all options in the area. Or just take a moment to relax in this birding paradise – the lake’s name roughly translates as ‘lake of little birds’ and it doesn't lie… there are more than 200 species to look out for. Around an hour and a half’s drive away is the town of Kabale, for a decent selection of bars and restaurants, a collection of artefacts and masks at the Great Lakes Museum, and a nine-hole golf course for sporty sorts. If you’ve got energy to spare, Lake Mutanda (two and a half hours away) has canoeing, hiking, mountain biking trails and fishing, while at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (a similar length of drive) you can set out for volcano hiking on Mounts Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabinyo.