Compare 2 Days Lake Mburo Wildlife Safari by Kagera Safaris vs 5 Days Bwindi, Lake Bunyonyi And Lake Mburo National Parks Private Tour by Kent Safaris
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| Duration | 5 days | 5 days |
| Price From | $ 443 | $ 2,750 |
| Price Per Day | $ 89 | $ 550 |
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| Trip Style | Private guided tour | Private guided tour |
| Lodging Level | Standard | Standard |
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| Flights & Transport | Ground transport included | Airfare included |
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Lake Mburo National Park is the second smallest park in Uganda and the closest park to Kampala – the capital of Uganda.This beautiful park offers abundant opportunities to view Impala, Buffaloes, Topi, and the largest herds of Zebras in Uganda alongside variety of birds. You have opportunities for walking activities with an armed ranger guide, horse riding, and squad biking opportunities. |
Join us on a five-day trip to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park to view Uganda's finest (mountain Gorillas) alongside other primates in the Gorilla trekking activity to interact and understand the way of living in these primates. Also visit Lake Bunyonyi one of the deepest lakes in the world and Lake mburo national park to view vast wildlife species of birds like African watt led lapwing, Common. Bare-faced go-away-bird, Common, Black-bellied bustard, Common Greater painted-snipe among others and mammals like Burch ell’s zebra and eland only found here and in the less accessible Kidepo NP, impala are residents, Bushbuck has a quite unique habit in the park among others. |
Day 1: Travel to Lake Mburo NP – Uganda Wildlife Safari
Journey time – 4 hours
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Up market – Mihingo Lodge; Mid-range – Rwakobo Rock; Budget – Eagles Nest
Today morning after an early breakfast we will leave for the Lake Mburo wildlife safari early morning after your breakfast. The tour will take you through Uganda’s countryside with our first stopover being the drum makers stalls along the highway. Here you will watch briefly the process of making drums and other crafts before proceeding to the Equator monument.
Our next stopover will be at the Equator monument, you will have an opportunity to take photos in both the southern and northern hemispheres on the monument. Later you will watch a small water experiment and shop for crafts from the various stalls some of which support vulnerable women and children.
We will then arrive at in the park in time for lunch. We shall have lunch at our lodge and prepared to leave for a boat trip on the stunning Lake Mburo located inside the park. The boat safari can take about an hour or more as you look out for the Crocodiles busking in the sun, schools of hippos, numerous birdlife like pelicans, malachite and pied kingfishers fishing, herons, cormorants, and the flamboyant fish eagle.
Day 2: Morning Game drive &travel to Kampala – Wildlife Safari
Today morning after an early breakfast, we leave for a morning game drive in search of Impala, Buffaloes, Topi, and the largest herds of Zebras in Uganda, recently Giraffes added to the mammal list in Lake Mburo having become extinct in the years past. Enjoy the varying scenery in the national park.
We shall exit the park and have lunch at the Equator monument on the way back to Kampala or Entebbe International Airport.
Optional activities – horse ride and Squad bikes
Day 1: Kampala-Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Pick up by your guide from Kampala after your breakfast and immediately set off to the Southwestern part of Uganda-Bwindi Forest. It will be a great journey with a lot of sightings such as the rolling terraced hills, together with a few stopovers at the equator to take photos and another in Mbarara to have lunch as you proceed to Bwindi. You will arrive in the evening and rest at the hotel with dinner.
Day 2: Mountain gorilla Tracking-Bwindi
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast that early morning, move to the headquarters of the park for briefing with your packed lunch. After, enter the forest for gorilla trekking guided by the Park rangers. Later in the evening take a walk in the Batwa community for some cultural encounters from the Batwa people like the traditional dances among others.
Day 3: Bwindi Forest-Lake Bunyonyi.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
On this morning after a tasty breakfast, say goodbye to Gorilla sanctuary as you will drive to Lake Bunyonyi also termed as a great destination for birders due to the various numbers of birds that are available, apart from that it has eye-catching sceneries including the waters, hills, forests, islands among others. Upon arrival you could opt to go for a canoe along the lake or just go for a nature walk around the area. In the evening retire at the lodge and have dinner.
Day 4: Lake Bunyonyi -Lake Mburo.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, carry on with the journey to Lake Mburo national Park, whereby your eyes will be caught up by the large numbers of impalas (mainly concentrated in this park), zebras, buffaloes, and warthogs, among others. Along the way your eyes will be fed again with the stunning landscapes of the kigezi highlands. You will have lunch along the way, when you arrive at the park you will have a game drive through the park as you will have a chance to see most animals. Later have dinner and Overnight.
Day 5: Return to Kampala.
Meal: Breakfast & Lunch
Enjoy breakfast; go on a boat cruise along the lake where you will see more wildlife on the lake shores like hippos, Crocodiles, buffaloes drinking water as well as many birds and you will also see other smaller lakes like Bwa and Kazuma. In the afternoon after having lunch, drive back to Kampala after an amazing time in the wild.
