5-day safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park
This 5-day safari takes you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, the most visited park in Uganda; it covers an area of about 1.978 sq Km. The park is classified with various ecosystems that include lakes, forests, the Kazinga channel, extensive Savanah, and so much more. The park is home to many mammals, bird species, and an array of tree species. These 5 Days safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park will expose you to game drives and boat cruises on the Kazinga Channel, with the highest concentration of hippos in the whole of Africa, and also allow you to track Chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest on the boundaries of queen Elizabeth National park. On the same safari, you will take a walking safari visiting some of the most interesting sites in Kampala including Kasubi tombs where Buganda Kings are buried, Kabaka’s palace, Namugongo Martyrs shrine, Gadaffi mosque, Namirembe and Rubaga cathedral, Bahai Temple, and the Art and Craft market in the center of
Day ONE: Kampala Religious Tour .
The first day of your safari takes you to Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, built on seven hills. This tour will include a visit to popular historic cultural and religious sites that include Kasubi tombs where Buganda Kings are buried, Kabaka’s palace, Namugongo Martyrs shrine, Gadaffi mosque, Namirembe and Rubaga cathedral, Bahai Temple, and the Art and Craft market in the center of Kampala.
You will return to your Hotel for a relaxation dinner and overnight stay
Accommodation at Forest Cottages Kampala
Day TWO: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
After breakfast in the morning, you will meet with your guide and start your scenic drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park through Uganda’s beautiful countryside. You will have a stopover at the equator and continue with the journey. And have another stopover in Mbarara for lunch. Then after proceeding to enter Queen Elizabeth National Game Park
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Tabingi Safari Lodge,
Day THREE:
Early Morning game drive, an afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, and an evening game drive.
After a fruitful morning cup of coffee, you will start your drive to Kasenyi Planes to look for the game. The reason why you do game drives in the Kasenyi planes is because it is the leading breeding area of the Uganda kobs, and this means big carnivals come around to feed on them. As you do the drive, you may come across different animals like buffalos, elephants, warthogs, waterbucks, and many more.
Return to the lodge for lunch and a short nap.
Afternoon boat ride and evening game drive.
Meet your guide again, transfer to the peer for a briefing, and start your boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. The channel has various mammals as they float the banks to take water, and this is the highlight of all activities done in the park. Kazinga channel has the highest concentration of hippos in the whole world. We will finish our evening adventure with a game drive and sundowner at the famous Rubirizi Twin Lakes.
Return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Accommodation at Tabingi Safari Lodge
Day four: Chimpanzee Trekking In Kalinzu Forest and Evening Community Experience.
Today starts with an early morning breakfast, then transfer to Kainzu forest for a briefing about chimpanzee trekking guidelines and a forest walk search for the chimpanzees, once you find the Chimpazess, you will be allowed a full hour in the company of the Chimpanzees. There are other primates along the trails to be seen, like the baboons, colobus monkeys, forest hogs, beautiful birds, and butterflies of Uganda. They return to the lodge for lunch.
After Lunch, you will go for an evening walk through the rural community, visit a local brewery, and end the day with a local coffee experience. Return to the Lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.
Accommodation at Tabingi Safari Lodge
Day 5: Transfer back to Entebbe/Kampala.
Today, after breakfast, you bid farewell to the lodge and start your drive back to Entebbe for your international flight out or drop off at the hotel or residence.
We will have a stop in Mbarara for lunch and another stop at the equator for memorable pictures.
We will then continue with the journey to Kampala, reaching early evening.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
End of Safari.
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Safari Includes.
- Park entries for 4 days to Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Chimpanzee trekking
- Morning and evening Game drives in Queen Elizabeth
- Community walking safari
- Kampala city tour
- Services of an English driver guide
- Transportation in a 4×4 van customized for safari
- Fuel for the whole round trip
- Meals for the whole trip as described in the itinerary.
- Four Nights accommodation on a Full Board basis
- Boat cruise and game Viewing on Kazinga Chanel
- Drinking water on board.
- Visit Rubilizi Twin Lakes
- All activities as described in the itinerary
Excludes
International Airfares
Tips and gratitude
Expenses of a personal nature like alcoholic drinks.