Safari Highlights
Game Drive- 1 and Boat cruise -1
Safari Overview
The two days safari takes you to Lake Mburo National park. Lake Mburo is Uganda’s smallest savannah National Park. It is conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. The park is home to over 350 bird species and has the biggest concentration of Zebras, impala, and eland in Uganda. Other animals are: buffalo, waterbuck, leopard, hippo, hyena, topi and reedbuck. The safari will also give you a chance to experience being in two hemispheres at the same time since it includes a stop at the equator.
Safari Summary
Day 1. Depart Kampala for Lake Mburo and do a boat cruise.
Day 2. Morning game drive and return to Kampala.
Kampala
7:00 a.m
Have a morning breakfast at the hotel in Kampala after which you will be picked up by our driver/ guide, he will also brief you more about the safari. You drive to towards the western part of Uganda through towns like Masaka. You will have a stopover at the equator where you will observe and also get to know how the locals make drums.
On arrival in the park, continue for lunch at the lodge.
As you proceed along the park trails you will spot various animals such as the elands, warthogs, buffaloes, zebras, and waterbucks. In the evening you will have a boat ride along the lake where you will have a great time having a chance to see different animals like the crocodiles, hippos, topis and birds like the African fish Eagle, Giant and Pied Kingfishers, African Fin foot, Bee eaters among others.
Later return to the lodge for diner and an overnight.
Meal Plan (L, D)
Accommodation: Luxury- Mihingo Lodge
Midrange- Rwakobo Rock
Budget- Eagles Nest Camp
Have an early morning breakfast, check out and start off the game drive through the Park for about three hours. This will give you an amazing glimpse of the Savannah park, and its fauna and flora. Animals to watch out are: Zebra, impala, buffalo, eland, waterbuck, warthog and giraffe, topi and You will also see various animals such as buffaloes, antelopes, zebras, hyenas, topis, hippos, also the different bird species on the acacia trees and near the lake making beautiful sounds.
Birds to watch out are: White-winged warbler, Shoebill stork, Crested Francolin, Brown parrot, Red-necked Spur, Common quails, African grey hornbill, Nubian wood pecker, Trilling Cisticola, Coqui Francolin, Long-tailed Cisticola, Southern red bishop and so much more. The best birding spots in the park include the swampy valleys of Warukiri and Miriti, and the roadsides between Rwonyo camp and the jetty. There are viewing platforms at the salt lick, in Miriti Valley, and in Rubanga Forest.
After the game drive , go back to the hotel for lunch and drive to Kampala. You will reach Kampala in the evening.
