17/04/2024
THE MYSTERIOUS TWIN LAKES OF AFRICA:
This is posted to promote Regional Tourism.
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Mystery largely sarouds the formation of the Kitara’s twin crater lakes Kyema and Kamweru found in Rubirizi district of Kitara region.
The pair located in Magambo Sub-county is part of the 32 crater lakes and one pair of twin lakes, sit on the western arm of the East African Rift Valley.
Kamweru and Kyema are the only conjoined lakes in Africa, which makes this a good tourism destination. Lake Kamweru has a heritage cave besides it which fills the crater with water. There are many plant species, birds, monkeys and other wild animals around the twin lakes.
The twin lakes are in the same locality where we find Lake Africa, a crater lake formed in the very shape of African continent.
Although science describes the formation of these lakes to volcanic eruption in the 17th Century, folklore tales of interesting stories, a lot of which form the mystery of these lakes.
According to locals of Magambo Sub-county, Lake Kamweru was a crater which later got filled up with water from a nearby lake Nzuguto, that is now a wetland.
For more information please visit the place to know it's history.
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