3 DAYS   SAFARI QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK UGANDA

 

It’s a little doubt that Queen Elizabeth possesses one of the uppermost bio diversity ratings of any game park or reserve in the world, - from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and brooding Crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward.

Almost 100 mammal species that include Lions, Leopard, Hippos, Spotted Hyena, Buffaloes, Elephants, Mangoose, Bushbucks and the elusive Giant Forest Hog plus over 600 amazing  bird species that include the Black Chested Eagle, Black Bee-Eater, Chappirs Fly Catcher, Bustards, craters full of Lesser Flamingos the Swallow Tailed Bee Eaters, and if you are lucky, the Legendary Shoebill Stork among others. And some people refer to this park as the birder’s paradise.

The park is also a habitat to various primate species like Chimpanzee, Blue and Red Tailed monkeys Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Black Faced Red Colobus, Olive Baboons among others.

 Amongst the reptiles, this park consists of Puffadders, Rock-Python, Gabon Rippers, Spitting Cobras, Green Mambas, Turtles, crocodiles etc. All these are frequently sighted around the tourist village on the Mweya Isthmus and all this makes a superb safari terrain.

 

Day One: TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, our tour guide and driver will meet you at your hotel in Kampala  at 7.00am and set off on the southwards to Masaka. You will have a stop to look at the Royal Drum makers, then also at the Equator  where an experiment that illustrates  that it is the real equator  will be demonstrated to you as explanation will follow.  Have lunch at in Mbarara  and then continue through the lush hills to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the evening. Have a game drive as enroute and if you are lucky you will encounter various animals like Elephants, antelopes like topis and many others.  Dinner and over night over night at either
Mweya Lodge/ Jacana safari Lodge (High end accommodation),
King Fisher Lodge Kichwamba/ Hippo Hill Camp (Medium class accommodation) or
The Albertine Rift  Camp  (Low budget/basic accommodation). FB

 

Day Two:   THE LAUNCH CRUISE ALONG THE KAZINGA CHANNEL
Take a cup of coffee to heat up your body and then at 0600, go for an early morning game drive along the Queens mile or the Kasenyi miles Tracks. You will search for animals like Elephants, Lions, Leopards, and Hyenas among others. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast. Take lunch and then go for the afternoon boat trip along the Kazinga Channel. Hippos breathe and squirt mere feet away from the boat, Buffalo loiter in the , shores and shallow ends of the channel as a   stunning variety of birds grace the grasses on the shores. Great White and Pink-Backed Pelicans, Great and Long-Tailed Cormorants, African Jacana, Open-Billed Stork, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers are commonly seen. February and March offer spectacular sightings of some of the bird migrants. Return for dinner and over night at your lodge.

 

      
Day Three: BACK TO KAMPALA
This morning you either have an option of Chimpanzee tracking (subject to booking in advance in order for us to secure chimpanzee permits) or drive back to Kampala.
We provide complementary drop offs to the airport.

Uganda safari Prices

Quotation: Our rates vary with the accommodation types;

Price in US$$

1 Person

2 Pax

3 PAx

4 Pax

5 Pax

6 Pax

8 Pax

16 pax

UP Market

1290

890

795

690

685

650

630

620

Mid Level

1190

840

710

670

620

590

580

560

Basic

1140

715

625

535

525

485

455

435

 

The price includes;

  • Park entry fees
  • The launch cruise along the Kazinga channel
  • Game drive
  • Meals
  • Ground transportation  in a 4 x4 safari vehicle each of you with a window seat and fuel costs
  • Visits to the crater lakes regions
  • Services of a full time driver and his personal expenses

But it excludes; optional activities, tips, laundry fees, drinks and any other personal expenses.

 


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