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3 Days Lake Mburo & Queen Elizabeth National Park

3 days Uganda Safari to Queen elizabeth National Park and Lake Mburo National Park is a haven of Uganda Safari Insights, visiting the Open Savannah for 3 days and 2 nights in one of the Most secluded Savannah with hundreds of Uganda wildlife roaming and loitering in the Open. Most travellers love visiting the tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth, the rewarding nature walks only done in Mburo Park offer a thrilling and memorable experience. Our customised 3 Days Mburo Queen Elizabeth package can be tialored with vast Uganda Safari activities for your memorable experience.

3 Days Uganda wildlife Safari to Mburo National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park, the most Open Savannah parks off the bitten path, is a Uganda Safari mostly enjoyed by a Uganda tourist on a short 3 days Uganda tour holiday, looking for the ultimate safari destinations in the Savannah scattered with shrubs and isolated trees, to have a deep taste to the Uganda wildlife recipes and sometimes meeting up with the dotted Uganda cultures leaving in and around the Savannah.

Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest park in Uganda and it connects all National parks in the Western region on a Uganda Safari, it’s most often visited due to its accessibility along the Kampala-Mbarara road that acts as an intemediary to all Uganda Western National Parks. With Mburo National Park hugged by tropical grasslands with most of the Open plains covered by acacia trees.

Although Lake Mburo National Park the smallest of Uganda’s Savannah national parks straddling just 260 square kilometres, it’s the only park best for Nature walks in the Savannah, best destination to view over 350 bird species including the kingfisher, papyrus, yellow warble, great snipe, white winged warbler and so many more. The park has camp grounds and permanent tent facilities for visitors to enjoy Mburo Camping tours.

Lake Mburo National Park is an ideal centre to watch a variety of Wildlife animals such as Zebras, impalas, Elands, buffaloes, water bucks, leopards, hippos, hyenas, topis, spotted hyena, olive baboons, reed bucks and also a lion which has recently returned after a long period of poaching. The park has different lakes and swamps that support abundant herds of antelopes and attract hippos and crocodiles.

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Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most visited National park in Uganda with the biggest number of Tourists throughout the year, found south west of Uganda 400km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda, the park straddles to cover districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi, and Rukungiri. Not forgetting that Queen elizabeth National Park forms borders with the voluminous key features of Maramagambo Forest, Kyambura Game Reserve, Kibale National Park and the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Queen Elizabeth National Park a home to 95 species of mammals and over 500 species of birds, with Ishasha sector being an open ground to see the climbing lions. The Park is known for its famous volcanic features including volcanic cones and steep deep craters such as katwe craters known for salt mining. Splendid nature views to Kazinga channel where the highest population of hippos is found. This channel continues from Lake George in north east to Lake Edward in the southwest and a nearby forest of Maramagambo which is a habitat to most of the bird species in the park.

Itinerary of our 3 Days Mburo Queen Elizabeth National Parks, 3 days Uganda tour

Day 1: Transfer from Kampala/Hotel to Mburo National Park for a 3 days Uganda Safari

Wake up early morning for a heavy breakfast, then our guide will pick you up from your hotel or area of residence, then, he will take you through a briefing of the whole trip to Lake Mburo National park and Queen Elizabeth National Parks. Start off very early morning in order not to encounter with the Traffic jam and also enable us reach early at our first National park Lake Mburo to catch up with the park activities.

Our 3 days 2 Nights Uganda tour, takes about 4 hours from Kampala to Mburo Park, Our first stopover shall be at the Uganda equator, have a chance to take pictures and have an amazing scenery of the imaginary line the north and South Pole at path way of the sun in Africa. Continue with the journey and go through the cultivated land and cattle grazing areas. Your next stop will be at Lake Mburo going through the Nshara gate.

Start off with the game drive as you sight the Impalas, Buffaloes, Elands and many others. check into your hotel for lunch as you prepare for an experience of a boat ride. In the afternoon, enjoy your boat ride with an experienced game ranger, you will see different bird species  like the fish eagle, king fisher, shoebill and many more. See the hippos nearby the swamps, crocodiles as they cool their bodies in water , you might see situating antelope in the papyrus.

The lake has varied landscape full of interest, colour refreshing and giving full life sight enjoy,  encounter on sight with different species. After the boat ride you will be guided on foot for a nature walk through the park as you encounter with beautiful landscape full of colour and refreshing life. visit the nearby Rubanga forest, a small forest near the park, spot out different bird species, get more information from the guide about different plant species. After an experience in the natural life, head back to the lodge or hotel for Dinner and an overnight. Accommodation options available(Eagles Nest Lodge, Rwakobo Rock Hotel, Mihingo lodge), Meals( lunch, dinner)

Day 2: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park Western Region of Uganda

Wake up early morning for a heavy breakfast and continue for the trail. Our guide will drive you towards lake mburo Rwonyo headquarters, have a good chance to see the hyenas coming back to their dens, hippos walking back to the water bodies. Have an amazing experience to search for buffaloes, impala, Uganda kobs, leopards, Eland the beautiful Zebras and Giraffes. You will also see some other animals you could have missed out during the evening game drive. And later, Check out at the lodge.

Then, drive to Queen Elizabeth national park for the 1-2 hours ride at Kazinga channel where you will have an experience to see one of the largest concentration of hippos and numerous crocodiles, buffaloes, among others. This channel attracts a variety of animals and bird species. Get ready after the boat ride to experience the salt mining at Lake Katwe for 1 hour with the local people.

Accommodation (optional lodges: Simba safari camp, Bush Lodge, Mweya Safari lodge), lunch dinner and breakfast

Day 3: Kasenyi trail Game Drive, Retire back from a 3 days Uganda tour back to Kampala/Hotel/Airport

Early morning have your breakfast then proceed for Kasenyi trail where you may spot out the elephants, lions, buffaloes, Uganda kob, antelopes, and if lucky, you may spot leopards. After an encounter with wildlife at Queen Elizabeth Park, your driver/guide will drive you back to Kampala city, either to your hotel, Airport or your area of preference with in the Capital City Kampala

Tour inclusive

  • Canoe boat fares.
  • All activities (unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
  • All taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Drinking bottledwater (on all days)
  • Park entry Fees.

Tour exclusives

  • International flights (from/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at end of the tour, if needed
  • Tips
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Air Travel to Uganda