Main Info
5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife Safari offers the best tranquil experience of real first class safari experience with magnificent Crater lakes, vast savanna plains and remarkable vegetation and her wildlife. This Uganda safari package is designed with most of the best safari activities in this popular safari destination.
This Uganda tour, will bring you close to 100 species of mammals and about 606 types of birds which dwell within this park and among them are the: large schools of hippos, large forest hogs and the good-look Uganda kobs which are all commonly seen in the tourist villages on the magnificent Mweya Peninsula which prides in a beautiful waterfront located within the shadows of Mountain Rwenzori in Uganda. However, isolated Ishasha Sector is prominent for the resident tree-climbing lions, the Maramagambo forest is habitat to an attractive diversity of monkeys plus birds, the crater lakes hold thousands of the beautiful pink flamingos, while the Kyambura Gorges is habitat to habituated Chimpanzees.
Costs:
Luxury: $2,150.USD per person when sharing the room
SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT: $280.USD
Budget: $1,580 USD per person when sharing a room
SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT: $120.USD
Itinerary
Your arrival will be a warm welcome by our company representative then taken for refreshments and depending on time of arrival, you will check in at your hotel then acclimatize. There is an option of going for a city tour or staying behind to relax while recovering jet lag. Briefing about your safari is also done today and final payments if any. Overnight at your hotel (Biraj Hotel for Budget or Mystil Hotel for luxury - BB).
Have breakfast and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, we will use the Mbarara highway, you will have a stopover at the equator for photography and lunch in Mbarara town, continue with the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park, check in at Simba Safari Camp Or Mweya Safari Lodge (FB)
Early coffees then we start off the day early enough to try and find the cats in action. Head to the mating ground of the Uganda Kobs where we shall search for lions and leopards trying to look for what to eat, also to see are elephants, buffaloes and other wild animals in their natural habitat plus many unique and interesting birds. Return for late breakfast if not taken before then relax around the lodge till lunch. (The lodge areas offer very nice views of the park and also offers many birding opportunities to residents). In the afternoon we take on a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, a natural channel between Lake Edward and Lake George. Thanks to the abundant birdlife that is sighted, and the elephants, buffaloes and hundreds of hippos that are cooling off at the shores, this cruise will definitely be one of the highlights of your safari. Return early evening for overnight Mweya Safari Lodge Luxury or Simba Safari cottages Camp for Budget (FB).
Early breakfast then check out with packed lunches as today we are heading back to Kampala. But before heading to Kampala, we still give you the chance to say goodbye to this lovely park through the following ways. The morning options are *either a forest walk in Maramagambo OR a Chimpanzee trek in Kyambura Gorge before we head to Kampala. The Maramagambo Forest is famous for the Blue Lake, Unique trees and Bat Caves while the Kyambura Gorge is famous for its view – the Gorge and the Wild Chimpanzees. One can choose to go in and search for the chimpanzees in Kyambura Wildlife Reserve which is a beautiful gorge completely covered with tropical rainforest (this option comes at extra fee). By late morning we will depart for Kampala with a packed lunch via Fortportal with a lunch stop enroute. Arrive in Kampala early evening, and we shall drop you off to your Hotel. (Biraj Hotel for Budget or Mystil Hotel for luxury - BB).
The airport transfer of today will be given to you by our friendly drivers at the time of your flight. If the airport transfer is late, then we shall also offer a city tour around Kampala’s famous and historical sites then drop you off to the airport in time for your flight and see you off.
