Mburo Eagle’s Nest

Accommodation

Accommodation at Eagle’s Nest consists of 10 African safari tents with outside areas overlooking the vats Lake Mburo National Park savannah plains. From outside any room, guests can surprisingly view most of the park game animals as they stroll across the plains. The tents have ensuite bathrooms with refillable showers.

Eagle’s Nest also offers non-self-contained tents with shared bathrooms. They are comfortably furnished for up to two occupants with a bedside table and charging power outlets. The tents share a communal ablution block with showers and flushing toilets.

Dining

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served in the main lodge building. From set continental, Italian and Indian menus to a buffet-style dinner, there is always something for everyone. If you are leaving the lodge early in the morning, the chef will prepare an early breakfast and offer you a packed lunch for your journey.

Eagle’s Nest Rates

Activities

Biking Safari

If you like to test your adventurous muscles, grab a bike and explore the sandy tracks outside the Park. You can hire one of Rwakobo’s guides to take you around. Trails are suitable for a gentle family to ride out, taking in the wildlife all around, but there is plenty inside the park for the extreme riders to explore. Dive off the larger roads to narrow animal paths and clamber over termite mounds.

Nature Walks

Nature walks are a magical way to experience the African bush on foot and catch the wilderness details at your pace.

All walks in the park must go with an armed UWA guide. From the lodge, take a two-hour loop that will take you around the valleys and ridges and back. The swamp walk has a couple of raised platforms from where you can look over the swamps; if you are fortunate, you may even see a Sitatunga or Uganda’s famous Shoebill stork.

Safari Game Drives

Lake Mburo National Park offers moderate Uganda safari game drives without the celebrated big game like lion and elephant. Guests can drive or hire a safari guide from UWA to take them on a riveting game drive around the park’s famous tracks to meet Lake Mburo National Park’s protected inhabitants. For spectacular views, park at the bottom of Kazuma look-out and walk up to the top; from here, the view across the plains is breathtaking.

It is both a cultural and a wildlife experience going on a game drive outside the park. You will pass homesteads, farmers herding their cattle, kids walking to school, and motorbikes ferrying people to and fro. In amongst this, wildlife roams about freely; zebras, impalas, topi, warthogs, waterbuck, and even the shy eland are all possible to spot.

The birdlife is also prolific, with many water birds living at the livestock dams. Large groups of crested cranes take up residence in the rainy season and even spot the shoebill in the wetlands. A game drive outside the park is helpful if your park entry has expired and you would like to go for a bit of spin!

Night Game Drives

Lake Mburo National Park is one of the few parks that offer night game drives. Nocturnal mammals like bush pigs, genet cats, and white-tailed mongoose become active during the dark hours, which is the best time to catch sight of these elusive creatures.

Also, the best chance of sighting leopards and spotted hyenas are during the night game drive. It is an exhilarating experience out at night with a spotlight, an unusual twist on your regular Uganda safari game drives.

Ankole Cultural Experience

As part of the Rwakobo Rock ethos, guests are taught about the local traditions and cultures of the Bahima people that live in the surrounding areas to preserve their historical value. The lodge partners with a local family living close to the lodge to open their doors and give guests a small insight into the way of life of a Bahima.

You will learn about making the local ghee while listening to some of the women talk about their ancient traditions folklores. Guests can even milk some of the Ankole cows.

Boat Safaris

The national park runs boat trips on Lake Mburo every couple of hours throughout the day, with the last tour starting at 5:30 pm. You will be able to get up close to the hippos and crocodiles that call the lake home, as well as experiencing the fantastic birdlife that inhabits the surrounding areas of the lake. The UWA guides make the cruise very entertaining with their wildlife and the local folk tales.