LAKE VICTORIA

LAKE VICTORIA

Lake Victoria is one of the fresh water lake which is found in east Africa specifically Uganda. It was named after her majesty the queen of Britain (UK) by John Hanning Speke. Before it was known as “NALUMBALE” and covers a surface area of 68,800 square kilometers which makes it the largest lake in the African region and the second largest Lake in the whole world. Lake Victoria lies in the tropics and receives its water from thousands of small streams and Kagera River is the biggest river which pours its water in Lake Victoria.

In the history of Buganda, Lake Victoria was the first bank of Buganda where people like peasants after working for the royal families were granted authority from the king to go and pick money from the lake cowry-shells (ensimbi eganda) .This Lake is gifted with many beautiful physical features which have attracted many tourists from across the entire world. Some of the physical features include islands like: dolwe, buggala ,koome, buvuma and many others. Other beautiful features include beaches, geo, cliffs, bay, head lands, ever green forests and many more. The abundant bird species plus the modifying climent of Uganda that is rainfall and sunshine which has made Uganda a pearl of Africa.

Lake Victoria occupies  a shallow depression in Africa and maximum depth of 84 meters which enables the boats and the ferries to cruise  most of the activities done on this lake is swimming, boat cruising  spot fishing , beach activities and many more, which needs you to experience its wonder fullness