Our history

Hello and Welcome to Le Gite, allow us to introduce ourselves. We are a family of four, Bakari, who is Ugandan and was raised in Kyambura. Iris a French national raised in Normandie. We have two children, Bahia aged 8 and Marius aged 5 and both born in Kigali as we have been living there since 2012.

Iris came to work in Uganda fifteen years ago back in 2008, were she was volunteering in a private organisation. This was her first time in Africa and absolutely fell in love with it. Iris and Bakari met shortly after and spent three years touring around Uganda and landed up in Bakari’s home town next to Queen Elizabeth National Park and the village of Kyambura. This is where Bakari grew up and it immediately felt like home to Iris.

Bakari has always paid attention and respected his fellow community members and is highly respected within the area. Bakari’s grandmother, known as Granny by everyone has also retired in Kyambura and is one of the village’s counselors . Bakari's dad is also from this area, really making it a special place for the whole family.

The region is full of divine nature, a variety of landscapes and systems meaning everywhere you look there is magic and beauty. The people in Kyambura and neighboring communities are extremally friendly and living in harmony with this magical nature. When we visit Kyambura we are always taken back and love the easy way of living and we wanted to share this with other people. There are so many fascinating places in and around Kyambura, meaning it doesn’t need to be just a place to sleep before you tour around The National Park. 

After talking and sharing our vision we found the perfect spot. Now known as Le Gite is on the escarpment of the gorges because it offers a view of all surrounding gorges, craters , Rwenzori mountains and the Queen Elizabeth national park, were we could sit for hours on end watching the view.