Country: Uganda
Destination: Entebbe – Lake Victoria
Trip Overview
You will enjoy one of the best day excursion doing great fishing adventure to the Africa’s largest Lake Victoria, filled with a number of fish species, and the Nile Patch is the highly caught fish here, however chances to trap Tilapia’s is very high too, offering the opportunity for hooking one of the world’s largest freshwater fish the Nile Perch, anyone with some free time and an interest can enjoy this day out excursion on the water.
We have been offering half and full day excursions for “catch and release” of Nile Perch and our experience ensures we know the best spots, methods and also have experienced and knowledgeable skippers who have a good command of the English language. You will enjoy modern fishing methods, with either a local canoe boat engine powered or modern speed boat engine powered depending on your budget. You will be provided with the fishing equipment and it is included in the cost, but you’re free to carry yours as well, if you have any, anything damaged or lost will need to be paid for before disembarkation. We also have a cooler box on board for cold drink storage and basic first aid box and fire extinguisher on board for your safety
The Itinerary: Day Trips – timings
Day Itinerary
Begin your day, with great breakfast at your hotel or Residence in Kampala or Entebbe and our driver guide will pick you up at 07:00am (timing depends on the session you booked), drive to our day trips meet point in Entebbe outside UWEC (Zoo), Lugard Avenue, where you meet you team of the day, and later head of for your Lake Victoria spot fishing excursion.
Trips for half day fishing normally depart around 9.00 am or 1.00pm and return around 12.30pm or 5.00pm with a full day being approximately 8 hours on the water and a half day around 4 hours. Fishing is done around local islands about a 45 minute boat trip from Entebbe. The areas fished will depend upon the weather and how the fish are biting. At certain times of the year the lake can be very rough with large swells and so then we tend to utilise the sheltered bays for fishing. A picnic lunch is provided with a cool box of beers, mineral water and sodas as well as tea and coffee. Anglers are free to bring along additional drinks required.
You might not catch anything. As we mentioned before, fishing takes patience and perseverance. Even experienced anglers sometimes go home empty-handed. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t catch any fish on your first trip. Just enjoy the experience and try again another time.
The Tour Included:
- Transportation to and fro (If requested)
- Use of fishing speed boat/ canoe (depends of choice0
- Picnic Lunch (where appropriate)
- Reasonable quantity of hot and cold drinks
- Fishing tackle
- Services of local fishing guide/skipper
- Fishing equipment for trolling for up to 4 persons on board.
- Much fun during the excursion
The Tour Excludes:
- Visa
- Items of personal nature
- Alcohol
- Tips for guide
- Accommodation (can be arranged on request)
Note: any damages/loss to be paid before departure, at ruling rates
Speedboat trips include: Hot and cold beverages on board and picnic lunch on full day trips. Motorised Canoe trips include only drinking water on board
A catch and release policy applies to all fish caught on board our boats
What to bring on board
We suggest you bring as much sun protection as possible – hats, sunglasses, creams as it can be quite hot out on the lake (average day time temperatures are in the mid to late 20 degrees C). Strops or sandals are a good idea as you may well get wet feet – especially getting on and off the boat! Insect repellent is a good idea. A camera if you’d like to capture “the big fish” on film and a pair of binoculars if you are keen on birdlife. . Light day wear such as T shirts and shorts are normally fine but we recommend a rain jacket in case of bad weather and a sweater or light jacket for cooler weather and the evenings