Lake Mburo Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth National Park
Summarized Itinerary
Day one: Transfer to lake Mburo national park , afternoon boat ride
Day two: Morning game drive, transfer to Bwindi Forest national park
Day three: Gorilla trek
Day Four: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth and arrive in time for an afternoon boat ride.
Day Five: Morning game drive and drive to Kampala.
Detailed Itinerary
Day One: Kampala – Lake Mburo National park.
Transfer south westwards with our first stop at the equator for souvenirs and photographs. Have a lunch stop in Masaka town and continue on to Lake Mburo National Park. Arrive in time for an afternoon boat ride. We shall have good sightings of hippo, crocodile, buffalo, waterbuck, bush buck and otters. Bird species include African fish eagle, marabou stork, pied king fisher , various egrets and herons. While Ross’s turaco and Narina trogon are frequently sighed in the lake side thickets, Lake Mburo is possibly the easiest place in Uganda to see the exclusive African fin foot that is associated with still water below overhanging branches.
Overnight stay at Mihingo lodge (Up market), Rwakobo tented camp (Midrange ) and Eagles’s Nest (Budget)
Day Two: Lake Mburo – Bwindi Forest National park.
Have an early game drive in the park and view animals like Impala, Zebra,waterbuck,buffalo,topi,buffalo,hippopotamus,warthog,Defassa waterbuck, bushbuck, common duiker, Eland as well as a variety of woodland and water associated birds.
Return to the lodge for an early breakfast and check out of the lodge with packed lunches and transfer to Bwindi arriving in the evening. Bwindi Forest is regarded as the most biologically diverse forests in Africa since it dates before the Pleistocene ice age making it over 2,500 years old It has got an altitude range of between 1,160 m and 2,607m above sea level. Bwindi is a true rain forest spread over a series of steep ridges and valleys that form the eastern edge of the Albertine rift valley.
Overnight stay at Clouds Mount Gorilla lodge (Up market) , Nkuringo Gorilla Bwindi lodge(Midrange) and Buhoma community rest camp(Budget). B,L,D
Day Three: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park – Gorilla trekking.
Have an early morning breakfast and transfer to your respective Gorilla trekking points for a briefing from the guides. Gorilla trekking is unpredictable and it usually takes 2-8 hours `depending on where the gorillas built their nest the previous night. Your efforts will be rewarded when you encounter with the humble giants. Enjoy the infant Gorillas as they feed, play and swing from on branch to another. For conservation purposes, the time spent with the Gorillas is only one hour.
Bwindi harbors at least 120 mammal species,11 types of primates and a total of 350 bird species.
Overnight stay at Clouds Mount Gorilla lodge (Up market) , Nkuringo Gorilla Bwindi lodge(Midrange) and Buhoma community rest camp(Budget). B,L,D
Day Four: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – Queen Elizabeth National park.
Early morning breakfast and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park through the southern part of the park (Ishasha sector). This will depend on the condition of the road and if we are lucky, we shall spot the tree climbing lions. Arrive in time for an afternoon boat ride at the Kazinga Channel; this is one of the highlights to your safari. View animals like elephants, buffalo, waterbuck, hippos and crocodiles. Water birds are also plenty and these include water thick-knee, yellow-billed stork and various plovers, pink blacked pelicans ,pied king fishers and white bellied cormorants and the sunbird.
Overnight stay at Mweya lodge /Kasenyi safari camp (Upmarket) or Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Five: Queen Elizabeth – Kampala.
Wake up for an early game drive in the park today, Queen Elizabeth National park is Uganda’s popular and Uganda’s most accessible Savannah reserve and it’s associated with open savannah, large areas of swamp around Lake George, forest and crater lakes. Animals that can be sighted during the game drive include the Uganda Kob, bush buck,topi,and defassa waterbuck, buffaloes, sitatunga and elephant. The Park’s predators include side stripped jackal, spotted hyena, lion and leopard. Return to the lodge for a late breakfast and transfer to Kampala with packed lunches. Arrive late in the evening.
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