3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari
3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari – Tour Overview
3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari is a short tour to Uganda’s most visited national park. Queen Elizabeth National Park has been the most visited park in Uganda and this is because of the variety of wildlife in the park that earned it the slogan “medley of wonders”. This brief 3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari offers a rich opportunity to encounter Uganda’s wildlife such as the tree climbing lions at Ishaha sector, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, spotted hyenas, leopards and many more.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is described by many as the most beautiful park in Uganda. Located in the west of the great African rift valley and bordered by Rwenzori mountain ranges. Queen Elizabeth incorporates dozens of mirror surfaced crater lakes, salty and freshwater lakes, there are over 95 mammal species including ten primate species, for example, Vervet monkeys, chimpanzees, black and white Colobus monkey, up to 25 predators like lions, leopards, Spotted Hyenas, antelopes buffaloes, elephants, hippos. There also more than 600 bird species, the highest total of any park in Uganda.
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park
3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari – Tour Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise at Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 3: Transfer back to Kampala
3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari – Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: This 3 days Queen Elizabeth National Park safari begins with pick up by your Uganda tour guide. The journey leads south-west of Uganda with a stop at the equator point where you can take a lunch break and take memorable photographs. You’ll later have lunch en route.
Continue to the national park, tucked away in the breathtaking beauty of the rising escarpment, crater lakes, Savannah grasslands and water streams. Arrive in time for an evening game drive through the park or rest in the comfort of your lodge for the rest of the evening. Dinner and overnight at a preferred accommodation hotel/lodge.
Drive Time: 7 – 8 hours
Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge, Midrange: Enganzi Lodge / Ihamba Lake Side Resort, Budget: Kazinga View Resort
Day 2: After early morning breakfast, embark on an early morning game drive to the north of the park where the Savannah grasslands are with the rare leopard, elephants, Uganda kob, genets, lions, giant forest hogs, bushbucks, spotted hyenas, and many more. Return to the lodge for lunch and head to the Kazinga channel for a boat cruise.
The Kazinga channel has over 60 species of birds including pelicans, Darters, Shoebill among others, making it a birder’s paradise. Experience the spectacular sunsets on the boat ride and then return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at the previous nights’ hotel/lodge.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: This morning, after breakfast, you will transfer back to Kampala at leisure. Lunch en-route. Reserved for evening flights from Entebbe International Airport
End of 3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari