Lake Mburo and Mbarara

Feb 2 and 3

Lake Mburo National Park, near Sanga

Rwonyo Camp bedded tents (Uganda Wildlife Authority)

We visit the park often as it is only a couple of hours from our home near Mbarara. The abundance of animals makes it easy to spot them, especially zebra, impala, hippo, water buffalo, warthogs and monkeys. On this trip we did not do a game drive but an early morning walk instead. We did not spot many animals which disappointed our guests but they enjoyed the walk anyway.

Accommodation

The twin-bedded tents were fine and the beds comfortable, but the toilet and shower rooms were disgustingly dirty when we arrived. Later in the day the water was pumped just enough to flush the toilets. During our two-day stay there were no hot or cold showers or running water even after complaining to the UWA office twice. Price - 40,000 shs per tent.

Meals

Meals at Arcadia Cottages were superb and the service as always is excellent. A full breakfast is 10,000 shs and dinner is 15,000 shs.

http://www.uwa.or.ug/mburo.html

Feb 4

Lake View Hotel, Mbarara

This is a hotel we visit often due to its proximity to our home. The Sunday buffet and the pool are always well worth it. So after two days w/o a shower we were all quite happy to get a long hot shower and a swim in the pool prior to dinner. We recommend the Indian cuisine if you don’t visit on a day when they have an African buffet.

Whilst in Mbarara we visited our campus. Kathleen and Riaan were impressed with how nice our house was, relatively speaking.