3 days Queen Elizabeth National park Safari

Overview

This 3 days safari entails 2 amazing nights and 3 wonderful days in Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have the opportunity to enjoy viewing the iconic Big Five wild game during game drives, superb bird watching & cultural adventure.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular park, named after the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, after her visit to the park in 1952 and covers an area of 1978 km2. The park is situated on the floor of the Albertine rift valley in a fertile, equatorial area and has beautiful scenery. This impressive park features a diverse landscape with grassy savannah plains, tropical rainforests, moist acacia woodlands, natural volcanic crater lakes, freshwater lakes, and a variety of wetland habitats. As a result, it has one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any nature reserve in the world, including 95 mammal species and over 610 bird species. The park is famous for its tree-climbing lions but also hosts savannah lions, elephants, buffalos, leopards, hippos, crocodiles and plenty of antelope species.

This makes it one of the few respected National Park when it comes to game viewing, boat cruises along with the 45km long Kazinga Chanel to view some of the highest concentrations of hippos in the world, optional chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge, nature walks among other activities.

Summary of the 3 Day Queen Elizabeth wildlife safari

Day 01: Drive from Kampala to Queen Elizabeth NP

Day 02: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 03: Transfer back to Kampala.

Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1: TRANSFER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

You will be picked from your lodge or residence early in the morning by a driver guide who will first brief you on what to expect, drive time and ensure that you have the right gear for your 3 Day Queen Elizabeth wildlife safari.

This 387km or 6-7 hours journey will take you through small towns along Kampala-Mbarara road. You will have an opportunity to see royal drum makers along the way, small markets and a stop at the Equator about 77km from Kampala for photography. You can also perform water experiments to justify the geographical divide between the two hemispheres. There are also craft centres at the site where you can get yourself a souvenir as remembrance of your safari.

Lunch will be served en route and then proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a short relaxation and an evening game drive if time allows.

Accommodation:

Upmarket/Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge Mazike Valley Lodge/Katara Lodge

Midrange/Standard: Engana Came Lodge/Bush lodge/kasenyi Safari camp

Budget/Basic: Pumba Safari Cottages/Park View Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: – Lunch and dinner

DAY 2: MORNING GAME DRIVE AND AFTERNOON KAZINGA BOAT CRUISE

After an early morning cup of coffee or tea, you will drive to Kasenyi plains for your game drive. Kasenyi plains boost of several wild animals whose chance of seeing them depends on your luck of the day. On a good day, you may spot big cats like lions and leopards hunting, buffaloes, elephants, several antelopes, warthogs and other small mammals.

After the game drive, return to the lodge for lunch and then drive to Mweya peninsular for a two hour boat cruise on Kazinga channel. Kazinga channel which connects Lakes George and Edward offers an opportunity to view on of the highest concentration of hippos in the world. You will also be fascinated by the large numbers of crocodiles and over 400 water bird species since most animals converge there to drink water. You will have high chances of spotting hippos, birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and so much more. Retreat from the cruise and do a game drive along the channel track as you connect to the lodge for dinner and overnight

Accommodation:

Upmarket/Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge, Mazike Valley Lodge, Katara lodge

Midrange/Standards: Enganzi Game lodge/Bush lodge/ Kasenyi safari Camp

Budget/Basic: Pumba Safari Cottages/Park View Safari lodge

Meal Plan:-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

DAY 3: DRIVE BACK TO KAMPALA OR ENTEBBE

Depending on your program, you may decide to do another game drive before drive back to Kampala. On the way, you may decide to stopover to view some crater lakes and the rift valley floor and escarpments arriving late afternoon in Kampala or Entebbe.

Alternatively, you can embark on a 2-3 chimpanzee tracking encounter in Kyambura gorge which starts at 8.00am. This thrilling encounter involves sloping down a gorge of 100m deep in search of chimps. You will see several other primates including Black-and-white colobus monkeys, Vervet monkeys, Red-tailed monkeys and Olive baboons along with numerous bird species such as Great blue turaco, Black-and-white casqued hornbills, Black bee eaters and Blue bellied kingfishers and many others reside in the gorge

Finally, you will encounter with the chimpanzees as they munch fruits, make pant hooting calls, socialize, patrol copulate and roll themselves in tree branches which will create an exciting experience that will last for a life time. After chimpanzee tracking embark on the transfer to Kampala

Meal Plan: – Breakfast & Lunch

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