2 DAYS 1 NIGHT SAFARI TO LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK

Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem, located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks and underlain by ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks which date back more than 500 million years. It is home to 350 bird species as well as zebra, impala, eland, buffalo, Oribi, Defassa waterbuck, leopard, hippo, hyena, topi and reedbuck.

Together with 13 other lakes in the area, Lake Mburo forms part of a 50km-long wetland system linked by a swamp. Five of these lakes lie within the park’s borders. Once covered by open savanna, Lake Mburo National Park now contains much woodland as there are no elephants to tame the vegetation. In the western part of the park, the savanna is interspersed with rocky ridges and forested gorges while patches of papyrus swamp and narrow bands of lush riparian woodland line many lakes.

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: transfer to Lake Mburo national park with a morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.

We leave Kampala at 8:00am in the morning for a drive to the park via Kampala Masaka road with a brief stopover at Kayabwe equator station where the world north pole and south pole are divided for the equator experience as you take photos after continue with a drive to the park for a game drive, this will enable us see the variety of wild life species such zebra’s, Kobs and topi’s, giraffes after we go for lunch and relaxation at the lodge as we are waiting for an afternoon boat at a long lake Mburo. Here you will be able to see some of the aquatic animals such as hippos later retire for the day break with dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Lodging: Mantana tented camp (Up Market) Rwakobo rock lodge (Mid- range.)

Day 2: Half day game drive and afternoon community visit with a transfer back to Kampala

In the morning we have breakfast and later go out of the lodge for the game drive to Lake Mburo national and also visit the salt lick which is a must visit, here it is a point where all animals around the park gather for salt liking and drink water after we proceed to the neighboring areas for a community visit as we learn and interact with the local community members about their local traditional practice after return for lunch and relaxation at the lodge and later prepare for the drive back to Kampala with a brief stop at Mpambire drum making here you will be able buy some souvenirs for your selves and continue with a drive back to Kampala thus making the end of the 2 days safari.