Mburo & Village Uganda(4)
Day One: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport. A member of staff of Africa Secrets will meet you. Transfer to your hotel in Kampala - about 40 km away. Depending on your arrival time, a complementary sight tour of Kampala City is optional. Overnight in Kampala.
Day Two: Pick-up from your hotel. Take the Masaka Road exit due west. Drive through the rounded-top Buganda hills evenly endowed with papyrus swamps. First stopover at the equator for a snap with a foot in either hemispheres and a glimpse at what Ugandan craftspeople can do at the adjacent souvenir shops. Continue through the infamous Katonga Bridge, entrenched in the people’s minds for its notoriety during the past wars - more war memorabilia are an open museum spread along the Trans-African Highway.
Your guide will recommend worthwhile stopping spots to stretch your legs and enjoy the local highway refreshments of mchomo and softies. After Lyantonde Town, start enjoying the interminable undulating Ankore hills that give way to Lake Mburo National Park, the home of over 68 different mammals and a variety of bird species and reptiles; the
natural habitat of the impala, zebra, eland, warthogs, a variety of monkeys, buffaloes, Roan antelope, hyenas, jackals, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, sitatunga antelopes, black and yellow papyrus gonalek, topis and the adjacent majestic long-horned cattle linked to the mysterious Chwezi dynasties. Enjoy a game drive up to Lake Mburo where you will have packed lunch; shared with nature - the native monkeys, while they entertain you, free of charge, with their acrobatic skills! After lunch complete the game drive circuit amidst nature’s plenitude and game. Drive westwards through Mbarara town on to Kashenyi - Bwoma, the authentic Ugandan village concept. You may stop to chat with the village folks while you stroll through the village (crafts) shops, where for the first time you will get a feel of real Uganda village life. Tasting the local gin and banana wine is highly recommended for those who can. Well in time, walk back to your accommodation point where you will enjoy the unspoiled hospitality - goat roasting and plantain/potato baking in the open bad-weed ovens. Complementary country entertainment and story telling are optional. Retire to your accommodation, whenever you can’t resist sleep and fatigue anymore!
Day Three: Get off to an early start. Drive to Kitagata natural curative hot springs (only 10 km away). Enjoy nature-given hot baths, which carry healing components. Then drive back to Bwoma-Kashenyi for breakfast. At leisure stroll through the village roads to wave good-bye to these lovely folks before boarding for a drive back to Kampala. Drop-off at your hotel in Kampala later in the day.
Day Four: Depending upon your flight details, you will be picked up from your hotel by a representative of African Secrets for a transfer to the airport.
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