3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda Safari
This 3 day Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda Safari takes you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s second-largest national park. It has plenty of wildlife, birds, and primates.
This park also has spectacular scenery, including crater lakes and rolling savannah plains overlooking the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountain ranges.
You will enjoy game drives, a boat cruise, take part in a salt mining experience, and possibly go chimp tracking.at Kyambura gorge
Day 1: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park
You will depart Kampala after breakfast and travel westward through Uganda’s beautiful green countryside to the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey will take 6-7 hours with stopovers at tourist attractions such as the Royal Drum Makers’ Village, and the equator for an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time.
You will continue through the savannah grasslands with lots of banana plantations and several herds of local long-horned Ankole cattle endemic to this part of the country. You will arrive at Queen Elizabeth National Park in the evening. We will go for an evening game drive with a chance to see elephants, lions, buffaloes, etc. We return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise
You will set off early (about 6.30 am) for a morning game drive, an awesome experience to spot the animals in their natural habitat. Expect to see the famous Big Five (elephant, buffalo, lion, and leopard), bushbuck, kob, giant forest hog, hyena, antelope, and waterbuck as well as birds.
You will return for breakfast and relax until lunch. In the afternoon, you will take a launch cruise along the amazing Kazinga Channel to see, at close range, the water animals including hippos, buffalos, crocodiles, and elephants bathing along the channel banks. There is also a variety of bird species on the water banks, especially the famous shoebill, pelican, and Jacana. Dinner and overnight
Day 3: Chimp tracking and transfer back to Kampala
After an early breakfast, you head to the forest for chimp tracking for approximately 3 to 4 hours. Afterward, proceed to Mbarara where you will have lunch en route to Kampala. You will pass through Lake Mburo National Park and have a chance to see an abundance of zebra, impala, and Uganda kob. We will arrive in the late afternoon in time for you to catch your evening flight back home.