SAFARI TO LAKE MBURO & QUEEN ELIZABETH UGANDA SAFARI

Day 1 Meet your safari guide and depart by road for Lake Mburo National Park. The first stop will be the Equator where you will stop and take photos before heading to Lake Mburo. Lake Mburo harbors several species not easily observed elsewhere in Uganda. It is the only reserve in the country to support a population of Impala, the handsome antelope for which Kampala is named, and one of only three protected areas countrywide where Burchells Zebra occurs, the other two are being the far less accessible Kidepo and Pian-Upe. Other Antelope species likely to be seen by casual visitors are topi, bushbuck, common duiker, oribi, Defassa waterbuck and Bohor reedbuck, while the lake and lush fringing vegetation support healthy populations of buffalo, warthog, bush pig and hippopotamus. Roan antelope, one common are now locally extinct, but large herds of the majestic eland still move seasonally in the park.

In the afternoon, you will go for a boat ride on Lake Mburo its self. Here you will be able to see wildlife clearly while on boat, these include, hippopotami and birds like black crake, pelicans, heron, cormorant and fish eagle but you may also see the rare shoebill stork, all of which will furnish your visits with pride.

Dinner and overnight at Mantana tented camp/Muhingo Lodge/Rwonyo camp.

Day 2      After breakfast go for a morning game drive in the park. The park has a number of tourist tracks that are used for game drives. Expect to see waterbucks, warthogs, topis, zebras, oribi and reedbucks. You will then depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will continue to Mbarara town where you will stop for refreshments before heading southwest through the Western Rift Valley to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will enter the park game viewing en-route.

              Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana Lodge/Albertine safari camp.

Day 3 An early morning game drive in this park, provide brilliant opportunity to see the Elephants, Uganda Kobs, Lions, Giant Forest Hogs, Leopards, Cape Buffaloes, Defassa Waterbucks, Topi and Bush bucks and much more.

In the afternoon, you will go for a boat ride along the Kazinga Channel. This will cruise offers a tremendous platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing, ideal for the Uganda safari .The abundant bird life is colorful and amazing with over 550 inhabitant species.

Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana Lodge/Albertine safari camp.

Day 4 There are 2 choices of activities to do on the last day, either go for a nature walk in Maramagambo forest or go to Kyambura Gorge for chimpanzee trekking. Drive back to Kampala arriving in the early evening.