BUHOMA COMMUNITY REST CAMP

Kisoro district, Southwestern Uganda

Mid-Market to Budget

Buhoma Community Rest camp was set up in 1993 to enable the community to benefit from gorilla tourism in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. 

The rest camp is run by community members and all profits are shared with the local community and gives funding to local schools and clinics. There is an associated women's group, Bwindi Progressive Women's Group, which makes handicrafts and puts on performances of local music and dance for visitors. Part of the proceeds from the women's group's activities is being used to fund a maize mill for the community.

Accommodation is provided in clean well-maintained bandas (round circular houses that are grass thatched). Each has solar electric lighting installed. Five bandas have shared washing/toilet facilities and one is self-contained. The showers are heated by firewood. Levelled tent sites, some under tree-shades, are also available.

There is a picnic banda in which to sit, socialise, relax and eat; as well as a reception building, which houses a bar and dining room. A variety of foods are available, as well as cold beers and sodas.