3 Days Queen Elizabeth Safari
Queen Elizabeth (QENP) is Uganda’s most popular and accessible national park with a geoographical area of 1,978 sq km. The park accommodates a total of 95 mammal species, the highest of any Ugandan national park. Ten primate species exist including chimpanzees, vervet, blue, red-tailed, and L’Hoest’s monkey, black-and-white colubus and olive baboon. Over 20 predators are found in Queen Elizabeth including side-striped jackal, lions, leopards, and spotted hyena. Other mammal species include buffaloes, hippos, elephants, various antelope species, warthogs, etc. More than 610 bird species have been recorded in QENP, possibly the highest total ever found in Uganda, if not in Africa, and a remarkable figure for a reserve that is relatively small by continental standards.
Itinerary
DAY 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park
Our tour guide will pick you from the hotel very early in the morning and transfer you westwards. You will make a stop-over at the Equator for your breakfast and photography before proceeding via Mbarara and arrive in Queen Elizabeth for your lunch at Mweya Safari lodge. In the afternoon undertake a launch cruise along the Kazinga Channel for excellent game viewing. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
DAY 2: Game Viewing and Chimp trekking
Very early at dawn undertake a game drive in the Kasenyi plains for the early risers including the predators such as leopards and hyenas. Look for a variety of animals including the Big Five. Return to the lodge for your brakfast before heading to Chambura Gorge for chimpanzee tracking. After your lunch at the lodge you may opt to go for a forest walk to the Bat cave in search of the huge pythons in the cave that feast on the numerous bats herein or just visit the Katwe Salt Mines where salt is extracted traditionally. The numerous crater lakes dotting this region are also worth a visit. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Institute of Ecology (FB).
Day 3: Depart for Kampala
After breakfast enjoy a game drive as you get out of the park on your way to Kampala. Make a stop-over in Mbarara for an early lunch and then proceed to Kampala arriving in the afternoon for a city tour oof Kampala before relaxing at the lodge’s swimming pool and later dinner and an overnight. End of the Uganda Safari