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SAFARI EQ9: Lake Mburo/Queen
Elizabeth National Park- Gorilla tracking (Bwindi) (5 Days)
Day 1: Kampala - Lake Mburo National Park
- After an early breakfast, set off from your hotel in Kampala
for Western Uganda. En route, there is a local community
popular for making local drums and crafts and a fruit market.
Stopover and admire and buy yourselves souvenirs. Proceed
for the equator line - the pathway of the son and take photographs.
- Early afternoon, arrive in Lake Mburo for a lunch in the
park grounds as you marvel at the game and birds within
the park.
- Take a game drive in the afternoon and look out for zebras,
topis, elephants, water hogs, waterbucks etc.
- Early evening, take a boat ride on the lake, giving you
chance to view different bird species. Don't miss the rare
shoebill stock!
- spend overnight at Lake Mburo or the neighboring Mbarara
town.
Day 2: Lake Mburo - Mweya Safari Lodge
- After an early breakfast, leave Lake Mburo through Mbarara
town and head for Bushenyi. As you leave Mburo, you may
be amazed by the local Hima pastoralists grazing the famous
Ankole long - horned cattle. Take pictures and proceed.
- Head for QENP for a game drive and have your packed lunch
en route.
- After lunch, you will go for a boat cruise on the famous
Kazinga channel that connects Lakes George and Edward. View
variety of bird species and wildlife drinking water on the
channel shores. The galloping hippos shouldn't scare you!
The boat cruise is excellent for photography.
- Go for an evening game drive for those animals you never
saw in the morning.
- Return to hotel for dinner and overnight
Day 3: Queen Elizabeth - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- Early breakfast and depart from Queen Elizabeth national
park
- Through the Ishasha sector of QENP, you will view the
interesting tree - climbing lions
- Arrive Bwindi in the evening, have your dinner and spend
the night at Buhoma in Guest house or Mantana /kitandara
tented camps
Day 4: Gorilla tracking
- Early morning, pave your way into this impenetrable forest
- home of the world's most endangered wildlife - mountain
gorillas. The landscape is hilly & steep and offers a variety
of animals such as baboons, golden and colubus monkeys plus
plenty of bird species
- Return in the evening to dine and spend a night at Buhoma
guest house or Manatana /Lake Kitandara tented camps. You
could take an evening guided community walk.
Day 5: Bwindi - Kampala
- Breakfast at Buhoma and depart for Kampala.
- Through the Switzerland of Africa
- Have stop - over at your leisure at spots of your interest
- Enjoy your lunch in Mbarara
- Then proceed to Kampala
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