6 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park safari
6 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park safari takes you through the queen Elizabeth national park, with the plenty of wildlife, nature, birds, and primates. Queen Elizabeth is the second largest national park in Uganda, it’s the notable Uganda safari destination for wildlife tours, chimpanzee tracking, birding watching, and boat cruise among others. It also specular sceneries including crater lakes and rolling savannah plains overlooking the snow-capped Rwenzori mountain rangers.
Highlight of 6 days queen Elizabeth safari
Equator experience
Game drive
Boat cruise
Primates viewing
Nature walks
Birds viewing.
6 days queen Elizabeth national park safari itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Uganda
You will get your driver at the airport, who will transfer you to the hotel reserved for you in Kampala. Dinner and overnight will be at your hotel.
Accommodation
Viavia Entebbe
De Rain Eco Beach Resort
Day 2: travel to Queen Elizabeth national park
You will depart from Kampala in the morning after the breakfast, and travel westwards of Uganda through Uganda’s beautiful green countryside to Queen Elizabeth national park. The journey will take about 6-7 hours with stopovers at areas of tourists’ attraction such as the royal drum makers’ village and the Equator for an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time.
You will continue through the savannah grasslands with lots of banana plantations and serve herds of local long-herds Ankole cattle endemic to this country side. You will get to Queen Elizabeth national park in the evening check in your rooms for dinner and overnight will be at the lodge reserved for you.
Accommodation
Luxury- mweya safari lodge
Mid-range- bush lodge, simba safari lodge, camp in rooms
Budget- kazinga channel, view lodge
Day 3: game drive and boat cruise
In the very early morning, you will wake up at 6 for the morning breakfast, have your game drive which gives the best experience to spot the animals in natural habitats. During the game drive you will be lucky to see the cat animals which normally hunt in the early morning, you will be able to spot the big five animals like buffaloes, elephants, lions, bushbucks, giraffes and many others like the elusive leopard. After you will return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation as you wait for the evening boat cruise.
In the afternoon you will take a launch cruise along the amazing kazinga channel to see at the close range the water animals like hippos, crocodiles, and buffaloes. During the boat cruise, you will be able to see some variety of birds like pelicans, and jacana. Dinner and overnight will be at that lodge.
Accommodation
Luxury lodge- mwenya safari lodge
Mid-range lodge- bush lodge, engazi lodge
Budget lodge- bush lodge, simba safari lodge.
Meals: breakfast and lunch
Day 4: primate tracking and nature
After breakfast, you can proceed to either kyambura gorge for chimpanzee tracking, visit the bat cave or visit the Blue Lake. You will later drive back to lodge arriving in the late evening. Dinner and overnight will be at your reserved lodge.
Accommodation
Luxury lodge- mweya safari lodge
Mid-range- bush lodge, simba lodge, bush lodge tent
Budget lodges- simba lodge, kazinga channel view lodge.
Meals: breakfast and lunch
Day 5: visit maramagambo forest
After breakfast, you will leave for maramagambo forest, one of the biggest forest in Uganda and bein the tropical forest. During the forest visit the lucky one can be able to spot the chimpanzees. After alon day, you will return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
Luxury lodge- katara lodge, jacana lodge
Mid-range range- kazinga channel view lodge, enganzi lodge
Budget range- simba lodge
Meals : dinner and overnight.
Day 6: travel to Kampala
After breakfast, you will be taken to kaaku swamp to look for birds such as rufous- beilled, Heron, Lesser jacana among others. After the bird experience at kaaku swamp you will travel to Kampala back to Entebbe for your flight.
End of 6 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park safari
Safari package includes;
Land cruiser
Boat cruise
Game drive
Guide ranger/ driver
All flue trips
Accommodation
Park fees
All activities in itinerary
Package excludes;
Personal expenses
Drinks
Laundry
Visa
