3-Day Explorer Queen Elizabeth National Park

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Travel from Kampala to Queen Elizabeth National Park

You'll wake up early, and enjoy a morning breakfast from the hotel after which you will be picked up from there by your guide at 7:30 am who will brief you and you embark on the 6-hour journey to Queen Elizabeth. Along the way, you will have a few stopovers at the Equator, where you will take enough photographs, and in Mbarara town at Agip Motel for your lunch.
Thereafter, you'll proceed to the park as you drive through the spectacular landscape characterized by open grasslands, Ankole long-horned cattle, tea plantations, the Rift Valley Escarpment, and various woodlands. You'll reach the park in the late afternoon and have a game drive as you drive to your lodge. You'll have dinner and then spend an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LeopardOccasional

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Songbird Safari Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Safari

You'll begin your day with a delicious cup of coffee/tea before getting on with the game drive on different trails in the park including the along the Kasenyi trail.
Along the Kasenyi trail, there is a great opportunity to see various animals like water bucks, Uganda Kobs, elephants, buffaloes, lions, and warthogs as well as various birds. After the drive, you will go back and have breakfast and also lunch at your lodge.
Later during the afternoon, you will take pleasure in cruising on a 2 hours boat safari along the Kazinga channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. On the boat, you will see a good number of animals like hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, warthogs, elephants, and kobs among others, and also a collection of birds like the malachite kingfishers, pink-backed pelicans, on the banks and in trees. You'll have dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Songbird Safari Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Departure to Kampala

With the superb memories of the past two days, you will enjoy a heavy and tasty breakfast. Then, you'll check out of the lodge, you could choose to have a primate walk in the Park or not. You'll enjoy your lunch still along the way. Also, you'll have a stopover at Mpambire Drum Center where you will see how drums are made by the locals and also be in a position to buy some souvenirs. You will proceed to Kampala, where you will be dropped off at your hotel in the evening.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.