5 DAYS LAKE MBURO AND GORILLA SAFARI
Duration
Overview
5 days safari to Lake Mburo and Gorilla safari is an eminent chance for seeing Uganda’s greatest wildlife and mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Lake Mburo is located in Nyabushozi District, Western Uganda and Bwindi Impenetrable in Kanungu District South -Western Uganda and it takes you about 4 to 5 hour to reach Lake Mburo National Park with a stopover at the Equator for photography and buying souvenirs, and a minimum of 4 to 5 hours to reach Bwindi Impenetrable from Lake Mburo National Park. This safari will reward you game drive, boat cruise and horseback riding will be carried out at Lake Mburo National Park which will give you a chance of seeing and admiring animals such as zebras, warthogs, Impalas, Hippopotamus in open savannah grasslands and different bird species such as the shoe bill, blue turaco, water bucks to mention but a few, the safari takes you to Bwindi which is a haven of endangered mountain gorillas, over 350 bird species and some being endemic to Albertine rift valley. This trip will start in Entebbe and end in Entebbe.
Included/Exclude
- All taxes
- Professional driver guide
- Accommodation according to the itinerary
- Meals as specified day by day
- Transport to and from
- 1 Gorilla permit per person
- Park entry fees
- 3 Bottled mineral water per person per day
- Travel insurance
- Tips or personal purchases like souvenirs and alcoholic drinks
- Additional accommodation before and after the tour
- Government imposed increased of taxes
Tour Itinerary
You will be picked up from the airport by our professional guide in the morning and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park where you will have a stopover at the Equator for photography and buying souvenirs in case you are interested. You will after proceed to Lake Mburo National Park and check in at the hotel, have lunch, refresh and go for an evening game drive around the plain grasslands of Lake Mburo as you see and admire natures wildlife such as zebras, warthogs, impalas, hippos and bird species such as the shoe bill, blue turaco and water bucks. You will return to the hotel for dinner and then retire for the night.
An early morning breakfast will be provided to you upon waking up and there after you go for a boat cruise where you will sail along Lake Mburo to view different water loving animals such as hippopotamus, crocodiles and different birds which gather around the lake to drink water and grab some planktons. You will have lunch and then do horseback riding around the park, have dinner in the evening and rest.
You will be served an early morning breakfast and then set off to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, have an en-route lunch in Mbarara and then proceed to Bwindi. On arrival you will check in at the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
An early morning breakfast will be served to you and then you will go for Gorilla trekking with packed and go the park’s briefing center, where you will a located a gorilla family to track. You will enjoy taking pictures, capturing moments, seeing gorillas breastfeed, play, fight and later return to the park headquarter for a trekking permit and then retire to the lodge as you wait for the evening cultural tour to Batwa tribe. You will afterwards return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight.
Greet your intestines with a scrumptious breakfast and check-out of the lodge and head to Kampala/Entebbe with lunch en-route in a decent restaurant, after lunch embark on your journey, there the driver guide will either drop you at the Airport or at the hotel depending on your time of flight and this marks the end of your 5 days Lake Mburo and Bwindi Impenetrable Safari.
