Kibuye Stephen and Anna

Met Stephen and Anna at the Airport on Saturday evening.  Set off to Kibuye on Sunday morning.  It took us until lunchtime to reach Kibuye.  Kibuye is beautiful. 

We stayed at Home St John and were met by John who was all smiles and laughter.  Checked into the rooms which were lovely (with hot water! Yippee) and then walked into town to see the sights. Decided to do the circular walk around the one way road through town. 

Sounds easy but we got lost and went off along a dirt track instead of staying on the main road!  Oh well… met lots of kids and played with them .

Children playing with whip and tops.

Met up with Olivier who said he would take us to Bethany which is the opposite side of the promontory – he eventually came with us all the way around the loop which was nice. The lakes are stunning and this must be the best view from a toilet window anywhere! 

Next day took a boat out to Napoleon Island with our guide Everest   He took us on the island and proceeded to guide us along the path.  At one point he said I am going in the forest to clap and then you will see the birds!  So we waited and he clapped and the BATS call came out of the trees.  Millions of them screeching above our heads it was surreal. 

Anna and I were in fits of laugher and just hoping none of the bat pooh landed on our heads!  Then we walked up to the summit of the island which was not easy in the heat. 

Turns out there are cows on the island and when we asked him how they got there he said they swam!  Didn’t know cows swam either!  Headed back to the shore taking a trip around amahoro island (peace island) on the way back. 

A very pleasant trip.  Then set off for Musanze.