Entebbe to Lake Mburo
The drive south-west from Entebbe crosses the equator and reaches Lake Mburo National Park by early afternoon, in time for a late game drive among zebra, eland and impala across Uganda’s smallest savannah park.
Six days linking two of south-western Uganda’s quieter corners: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, where golden monkeys move through stands of bamboo, and Bwindi’s Rushaga sector, where mountain gorillas hold territory in some of the steepest forest in the region.
The route ends at Lake Bunyonyi, a terraced, island-studded lake with no bilharzia and no crocodiles, where the final day is given over to a canoe rather than a checklist.
The drive south-west from Entebbe crosses the equator and reaches Lake Mburo National Park by early afternoon, in time for a late game drive among zebra, eland and impala across Uganda’s smallest savannah park.
A long but scenic drive continues south-west through Ntungamo and Kabale to Kisoro, climbing into the Virunga foothills. Mgahinga’s three volcanic cones, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabinyo, come into view as the road nears the park boundary.
A guided trek into bamboo forest on the lower slopes of Mount Gahinga follows a troop of golden monkeys, an endangered subspecies found only in the Virunga range. Sightings are usually close and active, the monkeys feeding and moving through the canopy at speed.
The drive north to Bwindi’s Rushaga sector takes under two hours on tarmac and murram roads through Kisoro’s terraced hills. The afternoon is free to rest ahead of the following day’s trek.
Rushaga is home to several habituated gorilla families and offers the option of a standard trek or a longer gorilla habituation experience. Either way, the day centres on locating the group and spending time with them in the forest understorey.
A short transfer brings you to Lake Bunyonyi for a morning canoe trip between its terraced shorelines and small islands, before the drive or flight back towards Entebbe for onward travel.
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