Overview
5 Days Lake Mburo National Park Safari will enable you to do game viewing, birding, nature walks, and boat cruise at Lake Mburo National Park. This attractive park of rolling hills and open grassy valleys interspersed with thickets woodlands and rich wetlands is the only place in Uganda where Impala still occurs and is the best place to see large herds of Elands (African’s largest Antelopes). It is one of the only two Ugandan National Parks where Burchell’s Zebra are found and where a guided game walk is possible.
Included / Excluded
To help you plan your trip, we have put together a list of what's included and what's not included in your tour package. This will give you a clear understanding of what to expect and help you make any necessary arrangements before your journey begins.
- Transportation in a land cruiser/super custom with pop-up roof
- Boat cruise
- All fuel for the trip.
- The Park fee is according to the program.
- Driver/guide.
- Guide ranger fees.
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary.
- All activities are described in the itinerary.
- Meals are according to the program.
- Other drinks
- Laundry
- Tips to local guides
- Telephone expenses
- Personal insurance
- Cigarettes / Tobacco,
- Visa
Tour Map
This comprehensive map is designed to guide you through an exciting journey filled with remarkable destinations and captivating experiences.
Itinerary
We have carefully planned out each day to give you the best possible experience. From exploring historic landmarks to tasting delicious local cuisine, each day is packed with adventure and excitement. Join us as we take you on a journey through some of the most fascinating destinations in the world.
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our safari guide who will transfer you to Kampala to a hotel booked for you. In case you have had an early flight to Uganda, you will be taken on a brief tour of the city of Kampala. The next day the Lake Mburo National Park Safari adventure begins.
- Accommodation: Anderita Beach Hotel, Papyrus Guesthouse Entebbe, Gately Inn Entebbe
The Lake Mburo National Park Safari starts after breakfast then we travel west of Kampala to Lake Mburo National Park. The journey will take 3-4 hours with a stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time and take memorial photos. You will continue to Lake Mburo where you will have lunch at the lodge booked for you.
In the afternoon, you will go on a boat trip on the lake to see a variety of animals such as hippos and crocodiles and bird species such as Pelicans, Black Crake, Heron, Cormorant, and Fish Eagle which can only be viewed clearly on a boat trip. You will retire to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Luxury: Mihingo Lodge/ Mantana Lake Mburo Camp/ Arcadia Cottages
- Moderate: Lake Mburo Safari Lodge/ Rakobo Rock
- Budget: Eagles Nest Camp
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner
You will have an early breakfast and set off for a sunrise game drive in the park where you can expect to see a variety of wildlife such as zebras, monkeys, impalas, waterbucks, elands, buffaloes, hippos, topi, Bohor reedbuck, sitatunga antelope, klipspringer, vervet monkey, olive baboon, side-striped Jackal, spotted-hyena, leopard, white-tailed mongoose, among others.
You will return to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon go for either horse riding around the park, or a Nature walk in the Rubanga Forest.
This forest offers excellent habitat for birds therefore a very attractive place for bird watching. Time allows you would participate in sports fishing at Lake Mburo before retiring to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Luxury: Mihingo Lodge/ Mantana Lake Mburo Camp/ Arcadia Cottages
- Moderate: Lake Mburo Safari Lodge/ Rakobo Rock
- Budget: Eagles Nest Camp
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
You will have breakfast and then set off for a cultural tour in the Nshenyi area. This is a cultural tour that rotates around cattle i.e. the keeping, grazing, and benefits. Highlights involve witnessing how milk is extracted from the udders of the cows and treated to become ghee.
You also see how the Bahima community set up their homesteads, take a village walk, and if it’s a market day we visit the market. In the evening, entertainment by the local community can be arranged.
- Luxury: Mihingo Lodge/ Mantana Lake Mburo Camp/ Arcadia Cottages
- Moderate: Lake Mburo Safari Lodge/ Rakobo Rock
- Budget: Eagles Nest Camp
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner
You drive back to Kampala, arriving in the afternoon. No accommodation and meal will be provided.
Gallery
Each image tells a unique story, inviting us into a world of emotion, beauty, and complexity. Get ready to be moved, inspired, and challenged as we journey through this captivating collection of images.
June to August and December to February (All parks)
June to September (It’s rarely crowded, but you’ll need to book your gorilla permits long in advance)
March, April, May, October, November (Some lodges and camps in high rainfall areas close down; roads and forest trails can be in poor condition)
June-July and January-February (Little rainfall)
March, April and May (Peak of wet season)
