Uganda {Part II}: Our Little Island Bungalow

Today I'm happy to be back with another recap post from my trip last month to Rwanda & Uganda! 

Some of you may have noticed that I took a little hiatus from my travel recap posts since I was worried that if I posted them all in succession I was going to send you all into Rwanda/Uganda overload!  Plus, Jurg and I have had a lot of other exciting and blog worthy things happening in our lives over the past couple of weeks that I wanted to share on here.  But today, I'm finally back on track with another :)

To see {Part I} of my Uganda trip to Lake Bunyonyi see here.

One of the many things that makes Lake Bunyonyi such a beautiful and mesmerizing place to visit is the fact that the lake is speckled with hundreds and hundreds of tiny green islands.  Many of these islands house local villages, schools, and orphanages, but some of them also offer tourists and backpackers a place for rest and relaxation.  We opted to stay on one of the islands rather than along the shore and, based on the recommendation of our boat driver, found ourselves checking in at Byoona Amagara Island Resort.  

We were allocated the most adorable little wooden cottage for three and thoroughly enjoyed our short stay in this tiny paradise.  The food was amazing {it's incredible what they can put together with only a few ingredients!} and we had the coolest solar powered outdoor shower that I've ever seen {I think I showered 3 times in the span of 24 hours!}.  We spent a lot of time lounging in their common area, reading our books, and sipping on fantas straight from the bottle.  Since electricity is limited to solar panels, at night it's very dark - the kind of dark where you can't see your hands when you hold them right in front on your face - so we headed back to our cabin pretty early that evening, lit the candles they provided, and watched movies on Katie's iPad.  The next morning we enjoyed a delicious breakfast of apple cinnamon crepes and french toast before heading back to the mainland.

Our adorable little cabin!

Scoping out the inside

Each bed had a mosquito net over it - Uganda has a serious Malaria problem.

Family photo ;)

The "resort's" awesome lounge/common area

It's a proven fact that fantas are even more delicious from a glass bottle.

Last glimpse of daylight over the lake

Only candles at night!

6am view of the lake - stunning!

Complimentary Ugandan tea with breakfast :)

My apple cinnamon crepe - it was just as good as it looks and definitely hit the spot!

Our shower - quite possibly my very favorite part of our stay!  It was outdoor and solar heated with a perfect panoramic view of the lake!  Doesn't get much better than that my friends.

And of course, we had to squeeze in a jumping pic :)

Byoona Amagara Island must be close to the top of my list of coolest places I've ever stayed and on the off chance that you decide to visit Lake Bunyonyi one day, I definitely recommend staying at this little island resort.  In fact, I'm dying to convince Jurgen to hop on a plane with me back to Uganda since I know he would fall in love with Lake Bunyonyi and all of its third world "middle of nowhere" charm.  I'm not sure what their prices were as I never really got a good grasp on the whole Ugandan currency exchange thing, but I know that they were cheap!

What's the coolest/most unique/most memorable hotel/backpackers/accommodation experience you've ever had while travelling?

Ps: I'm Daryl's featured fave this week!  Head on over to her blog and check out some of my favorite things about living in South Africa here!