A safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda offers more than big game encounters. With our 4-day tour to Queen Elizabeth N. Park, you will engage in chimpanzee and lion tracking. A chimpanzee trek in Queen Elizabeth N/Park will be done in Kyambura Gorge where some chimpanzee communities have undergone habituation and lion tracking allows you to have a deep understanding of lion behaviors.
Queen
Elizabeth National Park is a savanna park located in Western Uganda, and it is
the country’s 2nd largest park sitting
on a land area of 1978sq.km. This park hosts 4 of the big game exclusive of
only rhinos, and a total of 620 bird species plus other mammals do reside in
the same park.
Detailed
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel
to Queen Elizabeth Park for a wildlife tour
Day one will
be spent traveling from Kampala along the Masaka-Mbarara route, an enriching
route when it comes to tourist sites. At Kayabwe, you will have a stopover at
the Equator crossing for photography, and at Igongo cultural center, settle for
a leisurely traditional meal. After, you will continue to the Western part of
Uganda to check in at the lodge inside or around Queen Elizabeth N. Park.
Day 2: Lion
tracking, boat tour in Queen Elizabeth national Park
Enjoy a hefty
breakfast at a lodge, after, meet your guide ready to start the lion tracking
experience along Kasenyi Plains. Yo have adequate time to explore more about
lions, renowned kings of the jungles, take pictures, and there is a chance to
keep an eye on other wildlife, birds, and others.
After lunch,
you will be transferred to Mweya where you will embark on a 2 hours boat
cruise. This recreational experience allows you to enjoy the sights of hippos,
crocodiles, and aquatic birds.
Day 3:
Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge
A hefty
breakfast will be enjoyed at the lodge after you will drive to Kyambura Gorge
for a briefing about chimpanzee tracking rules. The park guide will accompany
you on a trek to see Kyambura Gorge chimpanzees, and other primates will be
spotted including the vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys,
red-tailed monkeys, etc. Once you have come across the Kyambura Gorge chimps,
settle for one hour of a close encounter and photography, then return to the
lodge for relaxation.
Note, observe
a distance of 8 meters from chimps when taking pictures/enjoying a face-to-face
encounter to limit the spread of infectious human diseases. In the afternoon,
embark on a game drive or community/cultural tour in the nearby community to
Queen Elizabeth N.P.
Day 4: Return
from Queen Elizabeth Park to Kampala
A leisurely
breakfast early, followed by a check out of the lodge and you drive back to
Kampala. As you leave the park, don’t miss the sights of wildlife like elephants,
buffaloes, birds, and more. Lunch will be served to you at Mbarara or enjoy the
packed one your lodge will provide, and in Kampala/Entebbe, get dropped off at
a hotel for evening relaxation.
End of safari