Bunyonyi SafarisResort · Safaris · Institute
Paved driveway leading up to the hotel building, with a life-size elephant sculpture at the entrance

About us

A Ugandan family company on Lake Bunyonyi

Bunyonyi Safaris Ltd has worked in travel, transport, hospitality and tourism since 1996 — nearly thirty years, all of it in Uganda.

Since 1996

Transport first, then hospitality, then training

We began as a Ugandan-registered travel and transport company. Guests kept asking where to stay on the lake, and the resort grew out of that; the Skills Institute grew out of the resort, because the kitchens and front office we already ran turned out to be the best classroom in the district.

Everything is still run by the same family, on the same shore. The people who meet you at the front desk, guide you across the lake and cook your dinner are from the villages around Lake Bunyonyi — many of them trained here.

That is the whole idea of the business: keep the work, the training and the money in the community that the lake belongs to.

Aerial view of the whole resort on its peninsula, the hotel block above the gardens and jetty

Three pillars, one company

What Bunyonyi Safaris does

One brand, three parts of the same operation — and they support each other.

The Resort

Bunyonyi Safaris Resort, classified as a 4-star hotel by the Uganda Tourism Board, on the shore of Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale District.

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Safaris & Experiences

Days on the lake and multi-day itineraries across Uganda, run with our own transport arm — the part of the business we started with in 1996.

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The Skills Institute

A social contribution: vocational hospitality and tourism training for community youth and women, examined and awarded by UBTEB, taught inside a working 4-star resort.

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Our people

The team you will actually meet

Photographs of our own staff at the resort. TODO_CONFIRM: names and roles have not been supplied, so we have not captioned them with any.
  • Three staff members in branded shirts walking together on the hillside path
  • A staff member speaking to a video camera on the institute walkway
  • A waiter serving a plated meal to a seated guest in the restaurant
  • A staff member in a branded waistcoat being filmed on the institute veranda
  • A staff member in a branded shirt and waistcoat speaking on the institute veranda
  • A staff member in a branded shirt and waistcoat standing by a window on the veranda
  • A staff member in a branded white shirt standing in front of green foliage
  • A waiter carrying a tray past a seated guest in the restaurant
  • A staff member standing in the restaurant beside the timber chairs
  • A security officer in a dark uniform standing indoors
  • A chef in whites and a tall hat standing in the stainless-steel kitchen
  • A barman in a branded shirt standing behind the spirits shelf at the bar
  • A staff member in a branded white shirt standing in the lobby
  • A smiling chef in a tall white hat beside the kitchen range
  • A staff member in a branded white shirt in the restaurant
  • A staff member in a pale shirt in front of a framed gorilla photograph
The green Bunyonyi Safaris Hotel and Tourism Institute sign board with its phone number and email

Community & sustainability

The Institute is the point, not the marketing

The Bunyonyi Safaris Skills Institute was established as a social contribution: to give young people and women from the communities around the lake employable skills in hospitality and tourism.

Students train inside a working 4-star hotel — real kitchens, real guests, real service standards — and complete supervised internships on site. Their qualifications are examined and awarded by the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board.

Guests staying at the resort are part of that, simply by being here. Sponsoring a student is the most direct way to help.

Sponsor a studentAbout the Institute

Certifications

What we are formally recognised for

Only what is genuinely established — no other awards are claimed.

  • Uganda Tourism Board — 4-Star Classification

    The resort is classified and certified as a 4-star hotel by the Uganda Tourism Board.

  • UBTEB Examined & Awarded Programmes

    All Skills Institute programmes are examined and awarded by the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board.

  • Ugandan-registered tour operator since 1996

    Nearly three decades in travel, transport, hospitality and tourism across Uganda.

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