Overview
This morning at after breakfast at 0630, depart for Lake Mburo National park.
Lake Mburo National Park is located 240kms between Kampala and Mbarara town (western Uganda) Make a stopover on your way at the equator for photographs. Arrive at the park by 1000 and start on your game drive. Lake Mburo park extends over 260 km2 and its altitude ranges from 1220 to 1800 meters above sea level. There are several large lakes in the park which are fed by the Rwizi River with Lake Mburo being the largest of them. The park mainly consists of open savannah and acacia woodland while papyrus swamps line the verges of the lakes. The park offers a harbour for some of the rarer species of Uganda such as impalas and zebras and giraffes. Furthermore, there are several antelope species, hyenas, buffalos, leopards, jackals, wild pigs, hippos and around 300 species of birds to be seen in the park. Especially bird viewing opportunities are excellent – for birders, this is one of the best places to find African fin foot, papyrus bush shrike.
You can have lunch at 2.00 pm. (Lunch will be pre-arranged so it will be quick). Depart for Kampala before 16hours arriving late evening