3 Days Queen Elizabeth Safari

3 Day Queen Elizabeth Safari

Overview

These 3 days Queen Elizabeth Safari takes you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s second-largest national park, with plenty of wildlife, birds, and primates. This park also has spectacular sceneries including Crater Lakes and rolling savannah plains overlooking the snow-capped Ruwenzori Mountain ranges. You will enjoy game drives, a boat cruise, and a trek with the chimpanzees.

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In Queen Elizabeth National Park (southwestern Uganda), Leopards roam the Mweya Peninsula, which lies beside Lake Edward, the nearby Lake Katwe is a huge volcanic explosion crater, boats on the Kazinga Channel float past hippos and Nile crocodiles, chimpanzees inhabit the Kyambura Gorge, trails lead to bat caves in the central Maramagambo Forest and the Ishasha area is home to tree-climbing lions and shoebill storks. This 3-day Queen Elizabeth Safari is a quite affordable short safari that you shouldn’t miss.

3 Days Queen Elizabeth Safari Highlights

• Equator experience
• Royal drum making tradition
• Game drive
• Boat cruise on Kazinga channel
• Chimp tracking

Tree Climbing Lions in QENP

3 Days Queen Elizabeth Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park (417 Kms)

You will depart Kampala in the morning after breakfast and travel westwards through Uganda’s beautiful green countryside to the Queen Elizabeth National Park.  The journey will take 6-7 hours with stopovers at areas of tourist attraction such as the Royal Drum makers’ village and the Equator for an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time.

You will continue through the savannah grasslands with lots of banana plantations.

• Luxury Lodge: Mweya Safari Lodge: Katara Lodge/ Jacana Lodge
• Mid-range moderate: Bush Lodge (in rooms) / Simba Safari Camp in rooms/ Buffalo Safari Resort/ Enganzi Lodge/ Ihamba Safari Lodge
• Budget facility: Kazinga Channel View Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp in tents/ Bush Lodge in tents  
• Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner.

Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise

You will set off early (about 6.30 am) for a morning game drive, an awesome experience to spot the animals in natural habitats.  Expect to see some of the famous Big Five; elephants, Buffalos, Lions, Bushbucks, Kobs, Giant forest hogs, Hyenas leopards, antelopes, and Waterbucks as well as birds. You will return for breakfast and relax till lunch.

In the afternoon you will take a launch cruise along the amazing Kazinga channel to see, at close range, the water animals to include Hippos, Buffalos, Crocodiles, and elephants bathing on the channel banks. There is also a variety of bird species on the water banks, especially the famous Shoebill, pelican, and Jacana.

Dinner and overnight will be at your lodge.

• Luxury Lodge: Mweya Safari Lodge: Katara Lodge/ Jacana Lodge
• Mid-range moderate: Bush Lodge (in rooms) / Simba Safari Camp in rooms/ Buffalo Safari Resort/ Enganzi Lodge/ Ihamba Safari Lodge
• Budget facility: Kazinga Channel View Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp in tents/ Bush Lodge in tents  
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 3: Chimp tracking and travel to Kampala

After breakfast, you can proceed to either Kyambura Gorge for Chimp tracking, visit the bat cave or visit the Blue Lake. You will later drive back to Kampala arriving in the evening.

Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge reserved for you.

This safari package includes;

• Transportation (type of car ) 4WD min van with pop-up roof for excellent safari viewing.
• All fuel for the trip.
• Game drive.
• Boat cruise.
• Driver/guide.
• Guide ranger fees.
• Accommodation and meals as per itinerary.
• All activities are described in the itinerary.
• The Park fee is according to the program.
• Meals are according to the program.

However, the package excludes:  Personal Expenses like: tobacco, telephone, drinks, laundry, porter fee, personal insurance, Visa, and tips to guides

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