A team of profession marine police officers have been dispatched from Kampala today to search for the two Danish tourists who drowned in Lake Bunyonyi last evening.

Lake Bunyonyi in western Uganda, Kabale district is said to be one of the deepest lakes in African.

The Danish embassy in Uganda chartered the aircraft that airlifted the marine officers to the scene.

The Southern region police spokesperson, Eli Maate says that the victims include, Dustin Sebastian and Thomas.

Maate says that the victims were swimming while putting on heavy shoes a reason he says might have caused them to drown.

He says that the chances to recover them live are very minimal as they have taken over 12 hours in water.