3 Day Eco Camping Tour Uganda: Hikes, Birdwatching & Chimpanzees.

You will travel from the mainland (Garuga or Entebbe) to Walindi Point by taking a boat cruise on Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh water lake in the world, and it is considered the source of the Nile. As opposed to most other lakes, Lake Victoria (locally called Nnalubaale)is primarily filled by direct rain as opposed to other lakes that have large catchment areas that feed the lake through rivers. Lake Victoria is 59'947 square kilometers large, that is about the same size as countries Togo or Latvia. The lake is rather shallow and was formed by the crust of the earth raising in the vest, as the eastern rift valley (Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchinson Falles National Park) is opening up and as a part of this the edge is rising.

After breakfast, the boat ride to Ngamba Island is about 15 minutes. During the visit to the Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary island you will experience chimpanzee viewing & feeding, possibility to buy items at the island gift shop, bird watching, and experiencing other wildlife encounters swimming on the equator, watching them from the boat.

We track birds that are observed here https://ebird.org/hotspot/L28355499. - Egyptian Goose - Spur-winged Lapwing - African Openbill - Little Egret - African Sacred Ibis - Senegal Lapwing - Long-tailed Cormorant - Black-headed Heron - Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill - Pied Kingfisher - Rüppell's Starling - Hamerkop - Western Cattle Egret - Glossy Ibis - Black Kite - African Fish-Eagle - African Woolly-necked Stork - Orange Weaver

The island rises high and you will be able to see how wast the lake is, and how beautiful the rocky island contrasts to the lake. You will walk across the top of the island and down on the other side to visit rugged beautiful beaches that are exposed to the full force of the waves from the lake. If the weather is calm, it is possible to pay extra to be picked up by the boat on the other side.