FORT JESUS OF KALANGALA ISLANDS (SSESE HABITAT RESORT)

Every one can be forgiven to think that Jesus was shown the splendor of the world and tempted at ssese habitat resort the splendor of nature can be absorbed at a glance outside or inside any of the suites at the resort .the only restriction is the wallet .Uganda is gifted by nature as its mostly observed at the beauty of ssese island which really endowed with nature but with ssese island the creator seems to have been very generous in the resources of ssese with its crystal blue lake waters, birds, forests hills and valleys not long time of the ago when these goodies of nature would take one a lot of moving around to see them all as its believed that ssese island is a mojor attraction to many tourists of different status both local and international ,honey mooners and even singles they all acclimatize them selves around the beaches of ssese island . since now its coming to Christmas season so many tourists are rushing to take up their hotel bookings in the region as its alleged that the construction of the new ssese island resort would reduce on the crowding of tourist in the hotels around the island towards Christmas season as well as slowing down the accommodation prices ,ssese island resort ,whether lying on your bed or verandah you can observe the beauty of the island as its reffered to as a home rather than a village for more information
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One third of Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, belongs to Uganda. Created around 12.000 years ago, when a tectonic shift caused the formation of a huge basin of water within the two branches of the Great Rift Valley. During that time many volcanic islands were formed, most of them in the northern part of Lake Victoria. The biggest one belongs to the Ssese Islands archipelago: Bugala Island.

Ssese islands, an archipelago of 84 islands in the north west area of the lake, was called by Baganda “Islands of God” because they believed to be inhabited by spirits and divinities, called Balubaale in luganda included Mukasa, the spirit of the lake.

A part of Bugala, where the headquarter of the district of Kalangala is located, there are many other inhabited islands like Bubembe, Bukasa, Bufumira e Banda.

All the 84 islands of Ssese islands are covered with a magnificent equatorial forest and are a paradise for birdwatchers and travellers who love tranquillity, peace and leisure. The island is inhabited by

Wildlife
Vervet monkey, Bushbuck, black and white colobus, hippos, sitatunga antelope endemic to the islands with larger horns than the mainland specie. Other endemic species are present on the islands like the creek rat and three butterfly species.

Birdlife
Visitors can see various different species of hornbills, barbets, turacos, robin chats, flycatchers and weavers. Very common are jewel-like pigmy kingfisher, brown throated wattle eye, paradise flycatcher, African fish eagle, palmnut vultures, little egret, great cormorant.

Activities
Pleasant walking all around Kalangala
Fishing
Swimming
Boat trips