For those of us not going on the gorilla trek the itinerary seemed a lot like “sloppy seconds”, a visit to the twin lakes in the morning and a pygmy village in the afternoon. I was wrong and the morning in particular, far exceeded expectations. Lake Ruhondo is a submerged volcanic crater. The waters are still and mirror reflective which made for magnificent pictures of the islands and the surrounding shoreline which featured the silhouettes of 8 different volcanoes.
We visited an island in the middle where the locals from the only village there turned out to provide a song and dance greeting.
Lake Burera at the top of the hill is a hydroelectric dam dating back to the era of Belgian colonisation in the 1950s.
The afternoon provided interesting insight into local village life but was a bit light on with actual pygmys.
