8 Days queen Elizabeth, lake mburo & Bunyonyi safaris
This 8 days Queen Elizabeth, Lake Mburo and Bunyonyi safaris offers diverse experience on the Uganda wildlife safaris, encompassing a visit to several amazing Uganda sites and national parks, conducting activities such as games drives, launch cruise, community walks, and swimming in Lake Bunyonyi.
Safari itinerary.
Day 1: depart Kampala and head Queen Elizabeth national park.
Early in the morning after breakfast, your guide will pick and drive you south west wards to queen Elizabeth national park, passing though mbarara a home to the notable ankole long horned cattle. On your way you will be able to view cultural drum makers, stop by the equator for statue for a few photographs and later proceed to westwards to Queen Elizabeth national park having a brief game drive while viewing warthogs, Kobs, elephants along tracks as you head to katunguru gate, check in at your hotel for a relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 2: Game drive at Queen Elizabeth national park and launch cruise on Kazinga channel.
Early in the morning, you will set off for a morning game drive to Kasenyi track in search for lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards, Kobs. You will also get an opportunity to see lions preying on the huge number of Kobs in the park, it’s also an opportunity to view the wildlife in the park in close range. Return to your lodge for breaks first and relaxation, have lunch and later in the afternoon you will head to a launch cruise on Kazinga channel. Get to see the hippos in close range awide array of birds and wildlife on the lake shores. Return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Driving through ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth national park.
Early in the morning, you will drive through to ishasha sector where you will be able to view the tree climbing lions, there is nowhere else in the world you can stand a chance to have closer look at tree climbing lions on the fig tree, other than at ishasha sector at queen Elizabeth. The game drive will also enable you to see animals that you may have missed while at Kasenyi track.
Later return to your place of accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 4: drive to Lake Bunyonyi
After breakfast, check out of your lodge and you will ember on a scenic drive to Kabale while viewing several rolling hills. The brief drive will see in at the beautiful lake Bunyonyi, you will have a relaxation while gazing the beautiful scenery as well as swimming in the bilharzia free lake. Lake Bunyonyi is a little paradise for many visitors. In the early evening you will visit the locals in the community walk and get interact with them and find out more about them and their culture. Later return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 5: Lake Bunyonyi.
Wake to a beautiful morning at Lake Bunyonyi with the chapping sound of birds ushering you into another beautiful day. Have breakfast and later head for a nature walk, bicycle ride or canoes ride on Lake Bunyonyi, sail across the lake to the islands and later return to you lodge.
Overnight Accommodation will available on full board.
Day 6: Depart Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo national park.
In the morning, you will drive east to mbarara, a major town in western Uganda, and the former capital of Ankole kingdom for 400 years until it was split by independence in 1962. From there you will proceed to Lake Mburo national park famous for its numerous antelopes and home to the rare Bushel’s Zebra .among others including a wide a ray of bird species.
Luxury: Mihingo Lodge/Mantana Tented Camp
Mid range: Rwakobo Rock Lodge/Mburo Safari Lodge
Budget: Rwonyo Camp Site
Day 7: game drive at Lake Mburo and boat cruise.
Early in morning after breakfast, you will head to the park in search for the animals such as the zebras, antelopes, buffaloes, elands, giraffes and many bird species. Later return to lodge for lunch and relaxation. After lunch head for a scenic boat cruise on lake mburo spotting hippos, crocodiles and other bird species such as Fish Eagles, Pelicans, Black crake, Heron, Cormorant, and the rare shoebill stork. Return to your lodge for dinner an overnight stay.
Luxury: Mihingo Lodge/Mantana Tented Camp
Mid range: Rwakobo Rock Lodge/Mburo Safari Lodge
Budget: Rwonyo Camp Site
Day 8: game drive travel back to Kampala.
Wake up another wilderness experience have a relaxed breakfast and you can choose to have another morning game. Later drive back to Kampala. Reach in time for your flight or head to your hotel.
