Lake Katwe — Attraction in Kasese

While on tour to Kasese and Queen Elizabeth national Park, don't miss the chance to visit this amazing place, many things to learn here, Salt extraction, different kinds of salt on display.

Did you know this salt lake is naturally meant to be an animal 'referral hospital' where wounded animals dip their wounds? Did you know most salt lakes with in the park are shallow less than 8M deep so as not to drown the animals?

Did you know that Salt extraction is done by mostly women and old men? There is too much to learn

Methods of extraction Floating logs

Dont forget to ask for a pimples remedy, its free😀 And the plots make a good scenery...

Located in Katwe-Kabatooro, Lake Katwe is a salty lake used for salt mining. Traditional salt mining methods are used here. It was discovered way back in the 16th Century by a hunter known as Mulogo. Ever since then, the lake has served various parts of Uganda with local unprocessed salt. Rocks salt and table salt are found here both for human and animal consumption. It's a tourist destination, and easy to access. visit it...

Lake Katwe definitely wasn’t part of the plan but visiting it was totally worth it. It’s not a long way from the Queen Elizabeth National Park from the Mweya entry point. So if one manages to visit the park then Lake Katwe can’t be left out. The lake is famous for its salt mining activities as well as the pink flamingos that can be seen a far off. It’s definitely...