Lake Bunyonyi is located southwestern Uganda within Kigezi highlands in the districts of Rubanda and Kabale, neighboring the famous wild giants (mountain Gorillas) in Ruwenzori ranges, is the second deepest lake in Africa after Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and third in the world, believed to have safe waters for swimming, bilharzia and crocodile free zone.
Entebbe International Airport
3 Hours Before Flight Time
in a sun set with our guide strike a memorable game drive to south west of the park with a guide helping you spot different park wildlife like, elephants, lions, buffalos, leopards, giraffes, warthogs, infinite antelopes like water bucks, kobs, monkeys, baboons, scenery with a chance to spot a leopard along the track. After the drive visit top of falls exposing you to a permanent rainbow coupled with a conducive eco-serena and enjoy your packed lunch. After lunch set for a 2:00pm boat cruise to the base of falls that is 3hours long coupled with busking crocodiles, schools of Hippos, elephants, waterbucks, extended birdlife and cliff-nested bee eaters, return to the lodge and have a relaxed evening.
You are joined by our driver guide after your early morning breakfast crossing the Nile at Paraa through Hoima district to the not only cleanest town in Uganda but city to Toro kingdom based along the shadows of Ruwenzori ranges, on arrival visit the king’s palace and proceed to Mountains of the moon hotel. Meal plan lunch and dinner.
After your morning breakfast visit the Mabeere ga’ Nyinamwiru, then steer to Uganda’s most popular park Queen Elizabeth National Park via Kasese through the beautiful great western arm of the rift valley with extra features like crater lakes scenic views extending to Kigezi ranges through to Park view safari lodge for accommodation. Meal plan lunch and dinner.
Have early morning breakfast and set out for a game drive for great game sightings and scenic crater lakes and grassy hills. Expect to see lots of elephants, Uganda kobs, buffalos, waterbucks, and bushbucks. After the game drive transfer to your lodge for lunch and relax.
Later after lunch set out for a boat ride along the Kanziga Channel extending from Lake Edward to Lake George at 2:00pm offering you a close range to wildlife magnet hosting lots of animals including Hippos, busking crocodiles, buffalos, and monitor lizards are a common sight. Elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, kobs, and other game come to the shores to drink, cool off, and eat fresh grass. Bird lovers are in for a treat! Cormorants, African fish eagle, pied and malachite kingfishers, pink-backed pelicans, cattle egrets and lots of colorful birds throng the shores of the channel. The ride last for about 2-3hours, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Park view safari lodge.
Have early breakfast and sign out of the lodge with your packed lunch, go for an early game drive and expect to see climbing lions, mongoose, leopards, hyenas, elephants, buffalos along the extended Ishasha trail. Be on the on look out for the tree-climbing lions that are common to this section of the park plus other big game. Thereafter proceed out of the park and head for Bwindi National Park, home of the Mountain Gorillas. Check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight. Lunch is enroute at Silver back lodge.
In an early mystic morning have your breakfast and set out to the Park head offices for a pregnant briefing about the do’s and don’ts of Mountain Gorilla’s that lasts up to 8:30am (EAT), where we are led by a team from UWA led by field ranger guide and armed park ranger to ensure our life’s safety into the Bwindi that will last for 2-8hours, and on encountering the Rwenzori Giants a one hour period with them in a 7meter distance is permitted as you enjoy their feeding playing and breath from the Gorillas, return to the Lodge for Lunch. After lunch we couple our adventure with a community safari to the Batwa trail for the exclusive Batwa experience, return to the lodge for an overnight
Visit the Batwa community and Bakiga the native inhibitors of the regional as they season your evening with their native entertainment coupled with life style and folklore, return to the lodge for an overnight. Meal plan Lunch and Dinner at Bunyonyi overland resort.
Wake up with a cup of African tea/coffee in an early morning dominated by fog and mist and strike the dominant islands on the believed Bilharzia free lake led by the famous punishment island and Bushara and Bungoma islands as you enjoy the canoe ride top of the second deepest lake in East Africa to Lake Tanganyika, each island has its unique features and activities ranging from cultural encounters, hiking and bicycle riding, return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch you can taste the Swiss waters declared clean and safe for swimming. Overnight at the Lodge.
Check out of your lodge after your early morning breakfast out of the mist through green banana plantations coupled with cattle farm ranches with lunch enroute at Igongo cultural center. Proceed through the popular Ankole Masaka dry corridor for equator experience, take enough photos and steer arriving Kampala in the evening.
