Uganda Holiday Safaris


5 DAY SAFARI QUEEN ELIZABETH CHIMPANZEES and L. Mburo National park

 

Day 1 To QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
You will be picked up from your hotel in  Kampala in the morning after breakfast and go through Uganda’s lush beautiful countryside. Take a stop over at Equator en route as well as plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits. Proceed to Queen Elizabeth national park. A game drive en route is rewarding with views of game en route more especially the antelopes that “criss- cross the road as you drive on. Arrive in the afternoon at Mweya Safari Lodge or Jacana lodge/ Albertine Camp. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

 

Day 2  THE LAUNCH CRUISE ALONG THE KAZINGA CHANNEL
Having taken a cup of tea or coffee to warm up for the morning, go for a morning game drive in the Park. Expect to see most of the famous Big Five; Buffalos, leopards, Elephant, Lions, Giant forest hog, Bush bucks, waterbucks, mangoose, Hyena and many bird species. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast as you wait for Lunch. In the after noon, take a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel to watch the families of Hippos, Buffalos, and Crocodiles close to the waterside as well as the illusive Leopard marauding.  The banks of this channel harbour a great number of bird species and if you are lucky, you might encounter the legendary shoe bill stork, pelicans, fish eagle, Skimmers, martial eagles, the papyrus gonelok, African Jacana and many others..
Return to the lodge for dinner and over night.

 

Day 3  NATURE WALK IN MARAMAGAMBO FOREST
After breakfast tour the compelling Queen Elizabeth’s picturesque crater lakes zone, and serene. The unique thing about these crater lakes is that each has its own individual disposition and nature providing a home for innumerable of creatures. Visit Lake Katwe and get to see how salt is traditionally mined and extracted in Uganda notwithstanding the disadvantages of the activity to different sexes- the miners will provide information about this salt mining on Lake Katwe. Visit the Flamingo Lake the only place in Queen Elizabeth where you will find Flamingoes. Return to the lodge for Lunch. In the afternoon, visit the assorted local habitats and take a walk in the Maramagambo forest where we’ll spot Chimpanzees and Monkeys. Visit the bat caves and watch out for the exceptional extraordinary Blue Lake locally known as Kimera-njojo. It is a small lake that got its name Kimere -Njojo (meaning- the swallower of  an Elephant) from having drowned the one an Elephant . Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge.

 

Day Four To L. Mburo National park Uganda safari
After Breakfast, trek the Kyambura Gorge and take pleasure with the good-humored Chimpanzees as they hurl about and a diversity of other primates and birds. In the afternoon, you will transfer to L. Mburo national park.  On arrival, you will go for a late afternoon boat ride and then in the evening you go  for an evening game drive.  Dinner and overnight at the High end- Mantana Luxury camp/Muhingo Lodge/
Basic Ronyo Camp.

 

Day Five Transfer to Kampala
After Breakfast, go for an early morning game drive in search for Zebras, Elands and Impalas and then after drive to Kampala with a stop over at the Mpambire royal drum makers. If your flight is on this day, you will be transferred to the airport.

 

Quotation: Our rates vary with the accommodation types;

Price in US$$

1Person

2Pax

3 Pax

4 Pax

5 Pax

6 Pax

8 Pax

16 pax

UP Market

2340

1655

1499

1365

1329

1267

1219

1199

Mid Level

2480

1555

1475

1265

1275

1165

1125

1095

Basic

1945

1235

1085

945

919

849

798

778

 

The price includes;

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

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


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