3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Tour
This is a 3 days Queen Elizabeth National Park safari where you will visit southwestern Uganda, particularly Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you will have an amazing Uganda wildlife safari experience as you conduct activities like chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge, a boat cruise at the Kazinga Channel and a morning game drive in the Kasenyi plains.
Tour highlights
Day 1: Pick up from Kampala and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 2: Morning game drive and a boat cruise
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Kampala
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up from Kampala and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
At a hotel of your choice in Kampala, a Chopper Tour and Travel company guide will meet and greet you from that hotel. You will then discuss the tour details and after vacating the hotel. You will start the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have a stopover at Mpambire drum makers for a cultural experience where you will learn how drums are made, and you will also buy souvenirs. You will then continue to the equator monument, where you will take pictures. After the visit to the equator monument, you will proceed with the journey, and you will have a stop at Mbarara town for lunch at a hotel.
After the lunch meal, you will continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving in the late afternoon. You will check into a lodge, have a bath, and after that, you will be served dinner. After dinner, you will retire to bed.
Accommodation options
- Luxury: Ishasha wilderness camp
- Midrange: Enganzi game lodge
- Budget: Pumba safari lodge
Day 2: Morning game drive and a boat cruise
After having an early morning breakfast, you will leave the lodge and head to the park headquarters for a briefing. After the briefing, you will go for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi plains. You will be able to spot the tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha Sector, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, warthogs and many more animal species. You will conduct the game drive for about 4 hours as you experience various wildlife sights. The guide will drive you back to the lodge.
You will relax, and later you will be served lunch. After having lunch, you will head to the Kazinga Channel, where you will have an afternoon boat cruise. The afternoon boat cruise will last for 2 to 3 hours. You will have views of crocodiles, hippos and various bird species. You will then head back to the lodge after the boat cruise experience. You will freshen up, have dinner and then retire to bed.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Kampala
After having an early morning breakfast, you will leave the lodge and head to the park headquarters for a briefing. After the briefing, you will go for a chimpanzee trek in the Kyambura Gorge. You will take about 2 to 4 hours searching for the chimpanzees, and once you spot them, you will spend about an hour with them. You will observe how they feed, play and much more. You will then head back to the lodge after taking pictures of them. You will be served lunch at the lodge, and then you will check out after having lunch.
The driver guide will pick you up from the lodge, and you set off to Kampala. You will get to Kampala in the evening, and you will be dropped off at a hotel. End of the 3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari
Quotation includes
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Pick-up and drop-off
- Meals
- Accommodation
- English-speaking driver guide
- Park entrance fees
- 4 x 4 safari vehicle
- Mineral-bottled water
- 4WD safari vehicle
- All activity fees
Quotation excludes
- Air ticket fees
- Life insurance
- Visa fees
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities
