3 Day Queen Elizabeth Safari
Safari Overview:
Safari Highlights
- Equator
- Game drive
- Launch cruise
- Crater drive
African Big Five Safaris is a specialist East African Safari Company registered in Uganda and a member of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators with our offices in the heart of Kampala City.
We have more than ten years’ experience in the tourism industry. Both our office and field staff have a broad knowledge of the history, people, culture, geography, birds and plants of East Africa.
Our exciting safaris include; encountering the big five, the Great Migration, birding, camping, student tours, mountain climbing, gorilla trekking, and volunteer safaris.
We offer a range of adventure tours to Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Detailed Itinerary:
Day 1: Kampala – Queen Elizabeth National Park (7 hrs)
At 6:30 am, your guide will pick you up from your hotel after breakfast. During your time on the road you will pass through the town of Masaka town stopping in Mpambire, the village where Uganda’s best drum craftsmen are found.
Our lunch break will be in Mbarara. Reach the Queen Elizabeth National Park and check in your Lodge. Do not miss the experience of watching the beautiful sun go down in the wild jungle while at your accommodation.
Dinner and overnight:
- Upper range: Mweya safari lodge
- Medium range: Bush lodge Bandas
- Budget: Bush Lodge (tents)
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Queen Elizabeth National Park – a safari deeper into the wild
Get up for a hot cup of coffee at 6:30am and delve into the wilderness. Have a thrilling drive through herds of buffalo, elephants, and variety of antelope species. We are on the lookout for the big cats, as they hunt down their prey this early morning.
Have your lunch at the Mweya peninsula or lodge where you’re bound to have a few warthogs as your guests.
After lunch, head to the Kazinga channel for a 2 hour boat cruise. This natural channel connects Lake Edward to Lake George and comes with an astounding population of Hippos.
As you sail, be entertained with buffaloes, elephants beating off the afternoon heat along the channel banks. The striking variety of bird species dotting the sky is just as amazing.
Do not miss the mesmerizing view of the golden sunset in the wild world.
Dinner and overnight:
- Upper range: Mweya safari lodge
- Medium range: Bush lodge Bandas
- Budget: Bush Lodge (tents)
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Queen Elizabeth – Kampala – (7 hrs)
Drive back to Kampala after breakfast, and lunch in Mbarara.
The Equator will be our highlight today do not miss that once in a lifetime photo shoot in either the northern or southern Hemisphere at the Equator line in Uganda. You may buy yourselves great Souvenirs from here. Choose to taste that great Ugandan Coffee.
- Drop you at the Airport or your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala.
- Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Tour Inclusions and Exclusions:
Price Includes:
- Gorilla permit(USD 800 each)
- Airport transfer
- Meals en-route
- Accommodation in the Park on full board basis (BLD)
- Park entrance fees and all activities as per itinerary
- 4×4 wheel safari vehicle with a pop up roof top for maximum viewing in the wild.
- Fuel/ Drivers allowances
- Service of an English speaking guide/driver
- Plenty of bottled mineral water in the Safari Vehicle
Price Excludes:
- Flight, Visa fees
- Personal expenses like telephone, laundry, and others alike.
- All drinks at the lodge or restuarant
- Optional activities
- Accommodation in Kampala/ Entebbe
- Tips, souvenirs