One day tours are some of the most desired safaris for people looking for a simple get away to celebrate a special day, unwind, explore nature etc. There are not a lot of one day tours/safaris in Uganda because of the distance of safari places from the country’s capital.
However that doesn’t mean we can’t get you some. At Achieve Global Safaris we have tailor made a number of one day tours that are adventurous, fun and refreshing. You should know though that since these are one day tours they usually start quite early in the morning at 6am. And some may end after 6pm because of the travel back to Kampala considering traffic.
That said below are some of the top one day tours offered at achieve global safaris.
- Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park as the name suggests is national park with a variety of water and a lake from which the park gets its name. A one day experience at this park will give you an opportunity to enjoy a number of wildlife species, both living on land and in water. In the one day you will have a game drive and a boat ride and you will also travel to and from the park in that one day.
Lake Mburo National Park is about 3 to 4 hours the country’s capital Kampala.
Mabira Forest in Eastern Uganda is one of the largest forests in the Uganda harbouring the rarest birds and filled with a wide variety of tree species over 1000 species. Mabira forest is about 2 to 3 hours from Uganda’s capital Kampala so a trip to the forest can easily be done in one day.
The activities you can do in this huge forest include bird watching, zip lining, forest nature walks and picnicking in the forest.
The source of the Nile in Jinja is a one day visit, with Jinja about 2 to 3 hours from Uganda’s capital Kampala, you can visit the source of the Nile, explore the point where the Nile starts, spend your day enjoying the scenes at the source of the Nile and the surrounding flora and people activities then after return back to Kampala.
- Equator
The equator line along masaka road, is one you can visit for one day and have spectacular experience as you learn more about the Equator, the North and southern hemispheres, do the equator line experiments- the water direction experiment, the weight experiment, the egg experiment among others. At the Equator you will enjoy dining seated on the Equator line oe in either of the two hemispheres.
- Sezibwa falls
The Sezibwa falls are roughly 1 to 2 hours from the capital Kampala, so you can even visit them on a morning spree and enjoy a hike to the falls, a nature tour in the surrounding forest and a walk through the cultural sites adjacent to the falls. In one day you will explore the falls and exhaust them.
- Kampala tour
On this tour you get to see the different unique places in Kampala city like the markets, Gadhaffi mosque, the 7 hills of Kampala, the Buganda Kingdom Palace, the Kabaka’s lake, Independence monument etc. This tour will help you appreciate the history and beauty of Kampala city. Interacting with the people in the city will also give you an opportunity to learn more about the Uganda urban culture.
These are some of our top one day tours from Kampala. We have a few in the other cities of Uganda for persons who are already in those specific cities.
