[2] The steep hills in Rubona are populated by small homesteads with surrounding gardens.

The lake shore is rocky, in most areas, with occasional sandy spots and places suitable for swimming.

Rubona is also the location of natural hot springs, which are used for boiling potatoes and are reported to cure a variety of ailments.

[1] The frontiers of the Congo Free State were defined by the Neutrality Act during the 1885 Berlin Conference, in which the European powers staked out their territorial claims in Africa.

[3] In June 1909 John Methuen Coote started the Kivu frontier incident when he travelled southwest from the British colony of Uganda and established fortified camps at Burungu and Rubona (Lubuna).