4 Days Lake Mburo and Bwindi

DAY 1: TRANSFER TO LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK After your presented breakfast early in the morning, your guide will pick you up and drive you westwards through masaka Mbarara road. You will have your first stop at the equator in kayabwe 73kms away from kampala and about 1/2 hour drive. Proceed to lyantonde and enter the park through nshara gate as you proceed to the lodge for lunch as you prepare for the afternoon boat. You will then enjoy the afternoon boat ride on Lake Mburo where you will sight some of the aquatic animals such as hippos and crocodiles. Expect to see many birds around and on the lake such as fish eagles roaming around in search of fish, king fishers among others. The boat ride normally takes 2 hours and then later transfer back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight. Accommodation: Mihingo Lodge (Luxury) Arcadia Cottages (Midrange) Mantana Tented Lodges (Budget) DAY 2: GAME DRIVE AND TRANSFER TO BWINDI Following your presented breakfast, drive to the park for the morning game drive with expectations to see various animals in the park. Some of the animals that can be encountered at the park are; elands, giraffes, zebras, impalas, topis, waterbucks among others. Check out of the park as you proceed on your way to Bwindi. Reach late in the afternoon and check in at your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight. Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp (luxury) gorilla havens lodge (midrange) bweza lodge (budget) DAY 3: GORILLA TRACKING Early morning breakfast make a short drive down the road to the starting point for the Gorilla Trekking. You will be taken by your safari guide to the Ranger Station, where you will receive a short briefing with instructions on how to behave in the forest. You will be sorted into small groups of no more than 8 people and assigned a particular Gorilla family to track. Then the journey begins in the forest to seek out the gorillas. The staff at your accommodation will pack you a lunch, as it is uncertain how long you will be tracking in the forest. The Gorillas set up a new camp every night, so they are constantly on the move, and sometimes locating them can take many hours. When you do locate the Gorilla family, you will be allowed one hour to watch and photograph them, after which you will return to the Ranger Station and re-group with all the trackers for graduation and getting the gorilla tracking certificate. Your guide will then drive to Lake Bunyonyi for the evening chills at the lake. Dinner and overnight at the lodge Accommodation: Arcadia cottages Bunyonyi (luxury) lake Bunyonyi rock resort (midrange) hawks eye lodge (budget) DAY 4: RETURN TO KAMPALA After breakfast, your safari guide drive you back to Kampala/Entebbe, Lunch enroute in Mbarara or Masaka depending on your departure time from Bunyonyi. Have a stopover at mpambire drum village and the last stop at the equator as you proceed to Entebbe.