3 Day Ssese Island Exciting Tour on Lake Victoria

Ssese island exciting tour will lead you to one of the magnificent islands on Lake Victoria with a variety of sand beaches that are naturally covered with palm trees, nice looking flowers, stunning views of the surrounding areas, and the cool ambiance offering a mouthwatering experience. The Island is found in the district of Kalangala and it was popularly known as the fishing destination but because of the developments Ssese Island has become a very important tourism destination for leisure and relaxation and as you enjoy the classic beaches don’t forget to order for fish since it is in abundance.

About Ssese Island

The name Ssese originated from tsetse flies that had invaded the areas but because the local people couldn’t know how to write and read by then, they called it Ssese instead of Tsetse and this is how this place came to be known as Ssese Island.

Ssese Island’s exciting tour comes with exciting, magical, and beautiful islands coupled with sandy beaches which have made the island one of the best destinations for lake visitors for relaxation and leisure. Ssese Island is an archipelago of 84 islands on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Lake Victoria is shared by three African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya and it is Africa’s largest freshwater lake and the chief reservoir of the Nile. It is advisable that after you have engaged in tiresome activities such as gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, bird_watching tours, and safari game drives, you should then enjoy the 3-day Ssese Island exciting tour for relaxation and leisure. The beaches around Ssese are clean for you to chill and relax while enjoying the boat cruise on Lake Victoria.

Day 1: Kampala to Kibale National Park

Leave Kampala after breakfast for the fascinating drive through papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Kibale National Park just under the Rwenzori Mountains. Afternoon guided walk in the crater lakes area of the park for outstanding cultural visit. Meals and over night at your lodge.

Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest

In the morning you will have breakfast to transfer to Kibale Head quarters for briefing before setting off for a forest walk in search for chimpanzees. The forest walk will be guided to provide information not only on
chimpanzees and primates but also on small organisms making it interesting. The walk will reward you with other primates like Grey cheeked Mangabeys, Colobus monkeys, Red-tailed monkeys, phoestes, and butterflies. After tracking the chimps in the afternoon you will go for a nature walk to the Bigodi swamp- to see unique flora and fauna. Meals and over night at your lodge.

Day 3: Kibale National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Begin your morning with a visit to the Nyakasura falls in Fort Portal, thereafter drive to drive to the south into Queen Elizabeth National Park, sightseeing and game viewing en route. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 4: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park

Dawn game drive in Uganda’s best park, where all the big game can be seen in abundance. Famous for elephant and kob, expect to see some rarer animals like giant forest hog. There are 638 recorded bird species in the park! After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes Edward and George, for large numbers of buffalo and hippo. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 5: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Today’s drive is through what is probably East Africa’s most spectacular scenery, the highland rain forests which reach to the volcanoes in which live the mountain gorillas. A visit to the bat Cave close to Maramagambo forest or a glance of Kyambura gorge is a must! Make a game drive at Ishasha on your way to Bwindi in search of the tree climbing lions. Later, drive to Bwindi via the beautiful scenery of the tea plantations. This is the lushest highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates and exotic birds. The afternoon is spent on a foot safari around the local communities living around the park. Dinner and over night at your lodge.

Day 6: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi

Begin the day with breakfast ready for Bwindi Gorilla Trekking, which begins at 8:00 a.m with a briefing from the UWA staff. Ensure to carry along with you rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots etc The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. There are now only 650 left in the world! The tracking may take between 2 and 6 hours but its well worth the effort. Dinner and over night at your lodge.

Day 7: Transfer from Bwindi to Kampala / Entebbe

Return to Kampala, then Entebbe, with a lunch enroute with stopover at Igongo cultural centre to explore the life style of the Ankole and Bahima, thereafter proceed at the Equator Uganda before your evening departures home.