5 Days Lake Mburo Wildlife Safari
5 Days Lake Mburo Wildlife Safari
5 Days Lake Mburo Wildlife Safari is an incredible safari that will allow you to explore Lake Mburo National Park which is the smallest national park located in western Uganda. During the Uganda safari, you will engage in interesting activities like game driving, boat cruises, guided nature walks, and horse riding. You will be able to view animals like buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes, zebras, elands, impalas, topi, waterbucks, leopards, different bird species, and cultural tours where you will be able to interact with the local people living around the community.
Highlights
- Pick up from Entebbe International Airport and transfer to a hotel in Kampala
- Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
- Morning game drive and afternoon nature walk
- Horse riding and cultural tour
- Morning game drive and departure to Kampala
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to a hotel in Kampala
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by our driver guide. He will brief you about the safari. Then transfer to a hotel in Kampala. In case you have a morning flight you will go for a city tour in Kampala where visit the Uganda Museum. You will learn about the history of Uganda, visit Owino market where you will interact with the local traders, and visit craft centers among others. After the city tour, you will return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel to transfer to Lake Mburo National Park in western Uganda. The journey takes about 4 hours drive and on the way you will have a stopover at the Equator to buy souvenirs, and take photos. Then proceed to Lake Mburo National Park. Upon arrival in the park, you will check into the lodge and have lunch.
Boat cruise
After lunch, you will go for an exciting boat cruise where you will paddle along the lake shores with spectacular views of hippos and crocodiles in the water, buffaloes, zebras, warthogs, and antelopes drinking water along the shores. Have views of the beautiful scenery, water birds like fish eagles, kingfishers, cormorants, the rare shoebill stork, bee-eaters, pelicans, herons among others, view fishermen fishing among others. After the launch cruise, you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Morning game drive and nature walk
Morning game drive
after an early breakfast on the third day of the 5 days Lake Mburo wildlife safari, you will meet up with your driver-guide to go for a morning game drive where you will follow different tracks that will offer you great views of the sunrise, animals like buffaloes, warthogs, zebras, impala, elands, topi, bushbucks among others grazing in the open savannah plains, view predators like leopards and hyenas if you are lucky, view different bird species like yellow warbler, Abyssinian ground hornbill, white wings warbler, saddle-billed stork, grey crowned crane among others. After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Nature walk
After lunch, you will go for an exciting nature walk. Explore the park on foot with the company of an armed park ranger to protect you from dangerous animals. During the nature walk which takes about 2 hours, you will follow different trails. For example, the trail to the salt lick where you will view animals that come to lick salt, trails to Kazuma Hill. Continue to have panoramic views of the savannah plains, acacia vegetation, several lakes, and trails to the Rubanga forest. Here, you will be able to spot different bird species. After the guided nature walk you will return to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Day 4: Horse riding and cultural tour
Horse riding
After breakfast, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to go for horse riding. This is one of the best activities in the park. Explore the park while on the back of the horse. During the horse ride, you will be able to view animals like zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, warthogs, waterbucks, bushbucks, elands, impalas in the open plains, view leopards if you are lucky on horseback. After the horse ride, you will return to the park for lunch.
Cultural tour
After lunch, you will go for a fascinating activity. Get an opportunity to interact with the local people in the communities neighboring the park. During the cultural tour, you will visit the Banyankole and Bahima people. Learn about their culture and traditions. Go ahead and visit their traditional homesteads, and banana plantations, learn how to cook traditional meals, witness how to milk, and enjoy traditional entertainment among others.
Day 5: Morning game drive and departure to Kampala
Morning game drive
On the last day, you will go for another game drive. You will be able to view animals that you might have missed during the previous game drive. After the game drive you will drive out of the park and start the journey to Kampala with an en-route lunch at the equator. After lunch, you will continue the journey to Kampala. Your driver guide will drop you off at Entebbe airport for your departure flight or drop you off at your place of advice.
End of 5 days Lake Mburo wildlife safari
Tour includes
- Bottled drinking water
- Fuel and vehicle
- English speaking guide
- Meals
- Accommodation
Exclude
- Alcoholic drinks
- Laundry
- Items of a personal nature
- International airfares
- Travel Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
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