Cormoran Hotel
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July 16 Wednesday Nyungwe to Lake Kivu
A pleasant drive to the next hotel on the shores of Lake Kivu. Our hotel, The Comoran , was apparently constructed a few years ago but it turned out that it must’ve been constructed on the site of a previous hotel as a lot of the parts were quite old.
We were shown to room four, after an argument with porters trying to hijack the luggage. This was a large pleasant wooden cabin with a really good balcony overlooking the lake. But the interior design left a little to be desired. We walked down to the beach and found that maybe one could swim in the lake though I doubted it. The temperature was warm enough: we will have see you tomorrow if a swim is on. Then back up to the room a little unpacking and then a short siesta.
We went up to the restaurant bar about 18.45 and ordered two cocktails, they were really strong, stronger than we had ever had before. We sat out on the balcony of the restaurant enjoying these and then had a very pleasant meal with good service. The first time we had really truly relaxed in this holiday
We stayed at the Cormoran for an overnight stop on Lake Kivu while driving from from Nyungwe to Volcanoes National Parks. The rooms are in wooden chalets, and are very large, with great views over the lake. The food in the restaurant was good and the service was friendly and reasonably efficient. The reason we enjoyed the food probably was that it was cooked to order, and not a buffet as in most other Rwanda hotels we stayed at. A slight negative was the porters touting for tips, who had to be force-ably moved away from our bags. The hillside down to the lake is steep, but we thought manageable. Getting in and out of the lake if you wanted a swim, looked to be a little difficult, and the lake was quite cold.
July 17 Thursday. Lake Kivu to Volcano National Park.
We woke up to rain but this stopped in time for us to go to breakfast about 8.30. The view from our cabin window and from the restaurant was so tranquil. We had a very pleasant breakfast on the balcony there and then went for a wander round the grounds with a great number of sloping and steep paths. Then back to the cabin and reading on the balcony and packing. At noon we went up to the main building and enjoyed their soup and some pork and David avocado with crab.
At 1 pm, we were picked up for the journey to Volcano National Park. This took three hours and we passed by lovely mountainous valleys and little towns full of people standing around doing nothing.
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