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Lake Mburo is one of the largest five lakes that are near by the wetlands , and it accounts for only 20% of this unique lake found in western Uganda. The park covers only 370km² yet it has 5 lakes within. It’s situated between the towns of Masaka and Mbarara taking you about  4 hours to get there. Lake Mburo National Park is  the only place where you can spot the impalas in Uganda, antelopes as well as the Elands. There are also many herds of buffalos and Zebras with in this national park. Some of the activities to be carried out will include, game drives in the park, boat cruise on Lake Mburo to view hippos and crocodiles and optionally nature/ community walk around the areas of the park.  As you advance to Masaka through scenic drive, you make a few stop overs one possibly being at Mpabire a place for making local drums and another stopover is at the Equator to do simple experiments such as the water experiment to determine the south pole and the north pole as y

Join us for Chimpanzee Trekking tour in Kyambura gorge and discover the hidden gem of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge is a great add-on to your game viewing and Kazinga channel launch cruise on your Uganda safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Descend and track through the fabulous kyambura gorge settled between the savannahs of QENP, Uganda’s second-largest national park. The gorge comprises of a rain forest and a river flowing in its heart. A hike through the gorge feels magical accompanied by the loud shouts and laughs of chimpanzees that call you from a far distance. Listening to the sounds and signs of chimpanzees is a wonderful experience that you live to remember. Fortunately, the trek to see chimpanzees in Kyambura gorge is quite simple compared to the strenuous Kibale Forest National park and the nearby Kalinzu forest. Kyambura gorge chimpanzee treks make your wildlife safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park a complet

Enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park.   Boat cruise in queen Elizabeth national park is conducted by Uganda Wildlife Authority and Mweya safari lodge and they are done is two sessions that is the morning session which starts at 9:00am and the afternoon session which starts at 2:00pm at the landing site near Mweya safari lodge. The boat trip within Queen Elizabeth National Park is done on the impressive Kazinga Channel a 40 kilometer water long natural channel that links Lake Edward plus Lake George. Normally the boat sets off every day at either 09.00 am local time or at 2:00pm in the afternoon – local time. Kazinga Boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda's most popular game reserve and the park is home to various birds and wildlife ... The Kazinga Channel in Uganda is one of the most impressive features found in Queen Elizabeth National Park. This narrow waterway links the small Lake George and to the larger La

Ostriches are the worlds' largest and heaviest living birds, so they can not fly. But they are fast runners .        The common ostrich (Struthio camelus or simply ostrich, is a species of large flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa. It is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite order of birds. The other is the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), which was recognized as a distinct species by BirdLife International in 2014 having been previously considered a very distinctive subspecies of ostrich. The ostrich is the largest member of the Struthionidae family -- indeed, it's the largest living bird in any avian family in the world. Birds , such as the ostrich , that lack a keel on their sternum (and thus, lack an attachment point for their powerful flight muscles), are collectively known as ratites.     The common ostrich shares the order Struthioniformes with the kiwis, emus, rh

Imagine how special it could be when you join us for this Easter trip to Queen Elizabeth National park while having face-to-face sighting at the tree climbing lions during the game drive. This is usually done at the Ishasha sector of the park. Elizabeth National Park located in western Uganda is one of the few respected National Park when it comes to game viewing, boat cruises, Chimpanzee trekking in Chambura, nature walks among other activities. The park covers an area of 1978 square kilometers and its boundaries extend from the bottom of the Mountain Rwenzori ranges, extending to the shores of Lake Edwards towards the faraway Ishasha River found in the south. Queen Elizabeth National Park is covered by the African Savannah, Crater Lakes, Kazinga Channel, Lake George and Lake Edward. Lots of animals can be spotted here such as Elephants, Lions, Hyenas, Leopards, Monkeys, Warthogs, Chimpanzee, Hippopotamus, Crocodiles and much more. The area around Ishasha in Rukungir

Sezibwa falls, The Uganda’s hidden Cultural treasure! The Sezibwa River is a river in Central Uganda in East Africa. The name is derived from the Luganda phrase "sizibwa kkubo", which translates into "my path cannot be blocked". River Sezibwa is located in the southern central part of Uganda. It starts from the wetlands between Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga west of Victoria Nil e and flows in a general northerly direction to empty into Lake Kyoga. The source of River Sezibwa is located in Buikwe District near the town of Ngogwe River Sezibwa enters Lake Kyoga in Kayunga Districtn near the town of Galilayaf with coordinates: Latitude:1.3700; Longitude:32.8150. The length of River Sezibwa is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) from source to end. Between its source in Buikwe District, but before it enters Kayunga District, the river flows through Mukono Dictrict.     The Sezibwa Falls are approximately 20 miles (32 km), east Kampala , Uganda's c

The African finfoot is an aquatic bird from the family Heliornithidae. The species lives in the rivers and lakes of western, central, and southern Africa.   The African Fin foot is a reclusive red-billed water bird that is widespread in quiet lakes and rivers with overhanging vegetation. Finfoot , (family Heliornithidae), also called sun-grebe , any of three species of medium-sized lobe-footed, semiaquatic birds found in tropical regions around the world. They constitute a family that superficially resembles cornmorants but are actually members of the Crane and order (Gruiformes). Finfoots are named for the lobes on their feet, which enable them both to swim well and to clamber about among fallen trunks and branches of dense forest and scrubland.haracteristically, finfoots are brown above and whitish below, with a long, thin neck, a small head, and a strong tapered bill. In Uganda If you are among those wishing to see the African Fin foot, you can regularly see it fr

Here is another amazing national park you may wish to pay a visit and know the attractions thriving travelers' attentions in there, "Akagera National park" in Rwanda. In Rwanda,Akagera National Park lies in the eastern part hugging the border with Tanzania. It's characterized by woodland, swamps, low mountains and savannah. The varied terrain shelters wildlife including zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions and hundreds of bird species, such as the rare shoebill stork. In the southern part of the park, vast Lake Ihema is home to hippos and crocodiles. Akagera National park is named after the Akagera River that flows along its eastern boundary and feeds into a labyrinth of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema. The forest fringed lakes, papyrus swamps, savannah plains and rolling highlands combine to make Akagera amongst the most scenic of reserves anywhere in Africa. However, it also has exceptional levels of biodiversity and forms the largest

The mountain Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National park- Rwanda.     Volcanoes National park is located in the larger exploding Virunga volcanic region that has an expansion into DR Congo and Uganda. It is one of the three other only habitats for Mountain gorillas on the planet and the only possible destinations for Mountain gorilla trekking expeditions in Rwanda . The is worth a visit and that mean a 3 day gorilla Trekking safari in Rwanda through this verdant forest will give you the opportunity to come face to face with the peaceful Mountain Gorillas which you will see chewing on bamboo shoots; it is certainly one of the amazing spectacles on planet earth you will ever see. Uganda and Rwanda are the best places to go gorilla tours in Africa. Gorilla tourism is very important to these two countries and they do their best to maintain a safe environment so that their tourism industries can flourish. Of the three countries where you can track gorillas in Africa, Rwanda

Primate walk/ Black and white Colobus Monkey Trek in Nyungwe National park found in Rwanda. Nyungwe has one of the largest concentration of black and white colobus monkeys on the African continent. Therefore, making it a perfect forest for a primate walk. The Primate walk takes between 2 to 4 hours and it can be done in the morning or in the afternoon. Bird watching Nyungwe forest. Rwanda as a country is blessed with so many different bird species and in Nyungwe is home to some.  There are over 300 different bird species therefore making it one of the best birding destinations in Rwanda. However,121 birds out of the whole number of species are known to be forest birds. while 27 of the total number of species are endemic to the albertine rift valley. Some of the commonly spotted birds include; Rockefellers sunbird, the Great blue Turaco, there are  the  red collared mountain babbler,  the Chapin’s flycatcher, Rwenzori Turaco, there are rush warbler, the white tail

Kidepo National park is most popular for it is a great home to  many diverse wildlife species including the big five animals plus some rare bird species like ostriches. It is considered to be the second after Queen Elizabeth national park. Kidepo valley national park usually offers excellent lion and elephant sightings. Herds of up 1,000 buffalo are often encountered. Cheetah are seen with increasing frequency, and it is home to many dry-country species, among them caracal, aardwolf, greater and lesser kudu, mountain reedbuck and Guenther's dik-dik. Kidepo National Park has over and offer rewarded its visitors life memories to its visitors especially birders from all parts of the world particularly because of her great diversity of birds and recorded approximately 475 bird species among which are Ostriches. At Apoka Rest Camp as well as at the park headquarters looking over the superficial southern Narus Valley provides a splendid spot for Uganda birding tour in Kidep

Things to do in Kibale Forest National park . View us to arrange your booking schedules today. Kibale National Park could easily be called the primate capital of the world. Due to it being a home to a host of wildlife although mostly famous for it 13 species of primates including chimpanzees. Kibale national Park lies close to the tranquil Ndali-Kasenda crater area and is a half a day’s drive from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Rwenzori mountains, and Semiliki National Park and the Toro-Semiliki national Reservewildlife. Kibale National Park is situated in the Western part of Uganda close to the beautiful town of Fort Portal. This park covers a total land expanse of 795 sq km. It is among the most scenic tropical rainforests in the whole of Uganda. Kibale National park was established in 1995 primarily to protect the forest, however over the years, the leading tourist activity in Kibale National Park has remained Tracking of the chimpanzees. Chimpanzees might be the

Sighting the shoebill stork at the Mabamba Bay wetland in Entebbe. Uganda being the pearl of Africa is almost not lacking any tourist attraction like the wetland. this is protected under the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty signed in 1971 in Iran for the protection of wetlands.   In Uganda, birding safaris often times include visiting the Mabamba wetland and the birding excursion is done on the canoes through small channels of marsh-filled water and lagoons and the birds are best seen during morning hours though they can be spotted at any time throughout the day.  Birding safaris in Uganda are very popular due to the vast numbers of bird species that can be spotted in any single tour. Here comes the shoebill bird and can be spotted at any time either at Mabamba Bay Wetland or Murchison Falls National Park. On the other side of nature enrichment, Uganda has 17 % of its surface covered by fresh water lakes, rivers and swamps and it's probably fo

Good Time my people from across the wild! I understand you may be wondering where to find/do pure relaxation, water rafting, bungee jumping and a chance to complete de-stress  then  you got to take a cruise on the River Nile in Uganda. River Nile is well known to be the longest river in the world. Its source starts right from Jinja Uganda, some people may be wondering how the name Nile come about. It’s a famous Greek word simply meaning valley. The river starts from the Northeastern part of Africa. It flows from the surrounding areas close to the equator to the outrageous Safari desert and up to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The river is about 6696km long and pours its water to over nine countries although it’s more centered to Uganda as well as Egypt. Countries include Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zair and Ethiopia. Source of the Nile is also known for being famous river and longest comprises of two major twigs, the white and blue Nile that connects in Kh

Zebras in the wild of Lake Mburo National park. www.ssemambotours.com/ #LakeMburo/ #factsOnZebras As you ever dream of discovering nature with their different life styles, Here are the Zebras and are one of Africa’s native animals characterized by beautiful ‘black and white’ pattern stripes on their body and closely related to horses. The stripes differentiate according to the zebra species, some have thin stripes while others vertical or horizontal stripes. Zebras are amazing mammals, they fallin a group of  herbivorous and feeds mainly on shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves and bark are known to be very social animals which live in large group called ‘harems’ mainly with many females protected by one male. The plain and mountain Zebras all live in groups that are made up of one stallion, six mares and their young on  The Zebra is very friendly and social animal although found in the national parks. The most common species are the plain zebras which also appear on Botws

Things to do in Rwenzori Mountains National Park Uganda. https://www.ssemambotours.com/mt-rwenzori-national-park/ Mountain climbing: Rwenzori Mountain is an underrated gem that is largely undiscovered by many. The scenery on the mountain has been called some of the most beautiful on the planet! Mountain Rwenzori is covered in different types of vegetation and climate which will leave you spell bound as you scale its heights. It will not be unlike climbing into heaven. On the foothills of the mountain is farmland with crops such as coffee which is a very important cash crop in the country. From there you will behold beautiful land terrain and plant life of sub montane vegetation in the Afro-montane zone covered by luxurious tropical evergreen forest with a high richness in color and species. When you finally reach the top, you will behold the majestic snow-capped peaks that will leave you breathless and teary eyed. Bird watching: Uganda as a nation is teeming with