Overview
3 days Lake Mburo national park and Ankole cattle safari is a short trip for the travelers intending to have a short trip to have an encounter with Ankole cattle and engage in the beauty of Lake Mburo national park. On this trip be sure to have hands on experience with Ankole cattle and you will milk an Ankole cow, engage in the game drive in Lake Mburo national park. Mind you, Lake Mburo national park is Uganda’s 4th largest national park and it is the closest national park to Kampala the capital city of Uganda and Entebbe international airport. The ark is a home to buffaloes, leopards, zebras, impalas, elands, hyenas among others. Lake Mburo national Park is a home to over 350 bird species, plant life and beautiful sceneries favoring all kinds of nature lovers. Enjoy this natural wonder that lays in western Uganda, just about 4hours drive from Kampala the capital city of Uganda.
Day by day Program
Day 1: Transfer to Lake Mburo national Park and Boat Cruise in Lake Mburo National Park
On the first leg of your safari, our driver guide will meet you at the pickup point, he will greet you, take you through the itinerary and then hit the road to Lake Mburo national park. You will use Kampala-Mbarara highway for about 4hours, but you will have a stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe, have an Equator experience that you knew not about and embark on your journey to the park where you will arrive in time for lunch, connect to your accommodation, check in, enjoy a hot lunch and then head out for an amazing boat cruise on Lake Mburo. You will enjoy cruising through a school of hippos, Nile crocodiles, birds, buffaloes and zebras will be at the shore as you feed your ears with the history attached to this mighty lake. You will take as many pictures and videos as you want, return to the lodge in the late evening for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Game drives in Lake Mburo national park and Guided Nature Walk
This is another day of adventure where you will wake up in the early morning, have a scrumptious breakfast, meet your driver guide, head to the park gate, register, get a ranger guide and go to the deeper jungle to have a rare encounter with wildlife. You will be welcomed by herds of buffaloes, impalas, zebras, elands, hyenas, leopards all will be at your disposal. You will enjoy this encounter with animals and I know how it feels to take a first short of a wild animal. You will later return to the lodge for relaxation, lunch and then in the evening engage in the guided nature walk. You will have a chance of coming closer to animals for example giraffes, zebras and impalas will be just a few meters. You will be with a ranger guide who will take you to different animal viewpoints, take pictures, retire to the lodge at the dusk for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Ankole Cattle Experience and Departure
On the last leg of your safari, you will wake up in the early morning, get your breakfast packed, check out of the lodge, meet your driver guide and head to Emburara farm to have an encounter with Ankole cattle. You will milk an Ankole cow, take pictures, enjoy their names and how they behave and thereafter, you will hit the road to Kampala or Entebbe with lunch en-route in Masaka and your driver guide will drop you at the Airport or at the hotel depending on where you want to be dropped, thus marking the end of your short trip to Lake Mburo national park.
