CVK Guesthouse

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CKV is budget accommodation beautifully located 21 kms from Fort Portal town on the tranquil crater Lake Nyabikere (meaning lake of frogs), facing the Mountains of the Moon (Rwenzori) where snow is visible on a clear day. Our self-contained rooms have hot and cold showers and sitting flush toilets. We offer genuine local family hospitality, delicious local and international meals, mineral water, sodas, beers, Uganda gin, honey wine, coffee and local tea.

CVK Guesthouse is a purposely built for eco-tourism, protecting and conserving the local environment. Its unique location on the Crater Lake edge surrounded by forest, monkeys and birdlife is unequalled by any other accommodation in the area.

CVK is famous for its picturesque views across the lake, resident families of the rare L’Hoest’s monkeys and the presence of 12 species of primates in the nearby Kibale tropical rain forest such as chimps, monkeys and baboons. CVK’s gardens were purposely planted by the owners to provide the fruits and flowers necessary to attract the monkeys and birdlife which travellers can then watch and enjoy while relaxing with a cold drink and hot meal.

Activities and experiences:

Chimp trekking in the nearby Kibale National Park.
3-4 hr walk through the local village.
Boat ride on Lake Nyabikere.
1 hr. nature walks around the properties acreage & village trading center.
Walking through or sitting in the beautiful CVK gardens and watching wildlife.
Swimming and canoeing in the beautiful, tranquil and peaceful lake.
Visit numerous nearby crater lakes, homesteads, tea estates, a bi-weekly open-air market at Rwaihamba, Kibale tropical rain forest, and enjoy community traditional dancing, singing and reciting of poems.
Enjoy an evening walk to the Rwenzori Commodities Ltd Tea Estate, overlooking Lake Nyabikere and the misty Kibale evergreen natural forest.

Highlights

The scenic views of the lake from your balcony or restaurant while you listen to the frog sounds in the lake of frogs.
Encounter of the monkeys, birds and other wildlife close to your accommodation within the lodge.
Adventurous Crater Lake walk around Lake Nyabikere as you enjoy the views from different angles.
Beautiful tea plantations within the community neighboring the lodge.

Responsible Travel

The lodge has provided safe taped water to the local community.
Local employment of the community members gives them an opportunity to earn a living income and reduces community pressure on the environment.
Sales and marketing of the local handicrafts to the tourists and foods consumed by the hotel
Skills training to the women in different areas of production.
The hotel is located on the lake shores in a forest and is conserving an important ecosystem that would have been cut off by the community if it was not dedicated to tourism.

How to Find Us

CVK is located approximately 21 kms from Fort Portal town, 9 kms from the Chimpanzee trekking and 10 kms to the Kanyanchu visitors’ center in the Kibale Forest National Park. Travellers can catch a bus, or take a car from Kampala to Fort Portal. From Fort Portal, turn on to the Kamwenge road at the Mpanga bridge (near the markets). Follow the road for approximately 20 minutes until the Kasisi junction (where there are many sign posts). Keep left and continue for approximately another 10 minutes. You will find CVK just passed a local village trading center and tea estate and opposite the tea plantation.

Contact us to book:

P.O Box 769, Fort Portal

Tel: +256 (0)772 906549, /+256 (0)772 492274

Email: info@cvklakeside.com

Website: www.cvklakeside.com

Or contact: UCOTA/Pearls of Uganda

Phone: +256(0)414-501-866/+256(0)772-657-700

E-mail: info@pearlsofuganda.org

Website: www.pearlsofuganda.org

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