Travel Itinerary
Transfer to Ziwa rhino sanctuary for rhino tracking.
On this beautiful day, you will be picked up from the hotel early in the morning after your breakfast and set off for Murchison Falls National Park. On your way to the park, you will branch off to Ziwa rhino sanctuary. In Nakasongola District, near Nakitoma Village is where you will get a moment to track these beautiful animals. The white Rhinos became extinct in Uganda’s national parks in 1980, but conservationists and the government through Uganda wildlife authority took the few that had remained and transferred them to the sanctuary for better protection. There are about 18 rhinos in the sanctuary at the moment and there is a plan to reintroduce them in Uganda’s game parks in the future.
A visit to the sanctuary can be the only opportunity for you to track these fierce animals on foot guided by the ranger who feeds you with all the information about their natural history. It is a perfect day trip from Kampala to any short stay visitor.
Rhino Tracking Highlights
- Getting up close to one of the Big 5 member after a walk-through Savannah and swamps.
- Your visit contributes to the conservation efforts of restoring Uganda’s Rhinos.
Located half way between Kampala and Murchison falls National Park, the drive to the sanctuary usually takes about 3 hours. We depart for the trip at 7:00 am to have a drive through the famous Luweero triangle remembered for the brutal massacres during the Bush war that brought the ruling government into power in 1986.
Luweero is our usual stopover point for the purchase of fresh fruits for the day before reaching Nakasongola. Nakasongola is part of the country’s cattle corridor and during the drive through, you are able to view cattle grazing the short grasses in open deciduous savannah woodlands.
On arrival at the sanctuary, you are briefed about the sanctuary and the Rhino tracking activity with the dos and don’ts. Tracking usually takes 2 hours and on return, we drive to Kabalega Diners for lunch, rest for a few minutes after lunch and there after drive back to Kampala / Entebbe.
That will mark the end of your 1 day’s rhino tracking safari Ziwa rhino sanctuary.