Tour Overview
The park covers an area of about 1978 km2; it was named after Queen Elizabeth II’s visit in 1954. Its location provides a magnificent view of the rift valley floor that occupies Lake Edward and Gorge. The area was strategically located with a stunning view of Mount Rwenzori, the plains, and the composite jagged mass of mountains that are good for activities such as hiking. Queen Elizabeth National Park has one of the highest bio-diversity ratings of any national park in the world, with over 500 different bird species and about 100 mammal species.
The grassland plains boast a variety of animals that can be viewed from a vehicle on the network of tracks designated in the park. Several are found in the park such as lions, leopards, side-stripped jackals, and spotted hyenas among others. Common Antelopes species include the kob, bushbuck, and waterbuck. Other animals which can even be found in Mweya peninsular are; Buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, and hippos. There are also various primate species available in the park including chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, and olive baboons among others. The Ishasha sector is famously known for its tree-climbing lions and it is also known to host a high concentration of hippos.
Depart with your driver guide from Kampala heading southwest to Queen Elizabeth NP. You will enjoy a lot sightseeing on the Masaka-Mbarara road including the traditional Ankole long horned cattle, farm lands and numerous tea plantations. On your way you will make a famous stopover at the equator for photography You will have lunch in Mbarara at Agip Motel after which you will continue your journey to Queen Elizabeth. Enroute you will pass via Dave the Cave and tour the two twin crater lakes in Bunyaruguru, a unique feature that shows two crater lakes that are separated by a small chunk of Land. Dinner and overnight will be at your Lodge.
The day starts with a morning game drive at Kasenyi plains in the northern part of the park. Your driver will pick u up very early in the morning at your lodge. The game drive starts at 6:30 Am and lasts between 3-4 hours in the hunt for the lions and other games. Depending on the luck of the day you may also be to meet the leopards en route. You will also see a variety of other games including elephants, Cape buffaloes,
warthogs, leopards, spotted hyenas, mongooses, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, and a lot of small animals and birds. Proceed to Kasenyi Salt Lake for relaxing views and photos after that long game drive. You can also be able to have a cup of coffee there and buy some souvenirs. Drive back to the Lodge for Lunch. After lunch, you will drive to Mweya for the 3 pm boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. This will be so exciting and breathtaking as you view schools of hippos, Elephants, Buffaloes, crocodiles, and many animals on the banks plus water birds. Kazinga channel links the two big lakes of L. Edward and George. The trip takes 2 hours of exploration as you marvel and take photos of numerous games that come to bathe and drink water after a dehydrating hot day. Expect to see numerous water birds which grace the sandbanks such as pelican cormorants, eagles, King Fisher, and Egyptian birds. Some visitors consider this the highlight of their trip! After this, you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
The day is reserved for transfer to Kampala via Fort Portal. You will depart via Kasese so that you can view the Mt Rwenzori ranges at a close range. In Fort portal, we usually have bonus activities such as touring Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru caves and a waterfall or a crater lake drive.
However, you can opt to just have lunch here and proceed to Kampala and then You will arrive late in the evening and our driver will drop you at your residence
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