Our story
Built by hand.
And by neighbours.
We didn't build a business.
We built a place.
It started with a boat crossing and a piece of land nobody thought could hold anything. No road. No power. Only water, mountains, and neighbours who knew every corner of both.
We chose to build together. Bamboo cut from the hillsides. Timber shaped by the carpenters two villages over. Grass roofs laid by the same hands that lay them on family homes.
What arrived isn't polished, and that's the point. Every corner tells you who made it. Every meal tells you where it grew. That's the hospitality we wanted to give.
How Buhita came to be
A slow timeline.
2023
The first crossing
A quiet plot of shoreline on Lake Mulehe. A dream too large to say out loud.
2024
The neighbours
The villages agree. Not to build a hotel · to build a place.
2025
Bamboo and stone
Every beam carried by hand across the water. No machines.
2026
The first guests
Coffee at sunrise. Fire at dusk. The lake does the rest.
Today
Still growing
Solar power, new cabins, a garden that never stops giving.
“Hospitality starts before you arrive.”
That's why we don't have a booking engine. We'd rather answer your questions ourselves · what to pack, how to get here, which season fits the trip you have in mind.