5 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park : 5 days Uganda Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park is a fun safari that begins and ends in Kampala. The tour will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is Uganda’s second largest park after Murchison Falls National Park. During the trip, you will be able to see a lot of animals, such as elephants, tree-climbing lions, leopards, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, hippos, crocodiles, and many more. You can see these animals during game drives and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. In Kyambura Gorge, also called the valley of apes, you can spend an hour with endangered chimps.
Highlights of the 5 days Queen Elizabeth national park.
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park.
Day 2: Morning game drive/ lion tracking and afternoon boat cruise.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and crater lakes.
Day 4: Full day game drive in Ishasha sector.
Day 5: Departure to Kampala.
Detailed itineraryÂ
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park.
Depending on where you are in Kampala on the first day of the 5-day Queen Elizabeth national park tour, your driver-guide will pick you up, brief you about the trip, and then drive you to Queen Elizabeth national park in western Uganda. On the way to, you’ll stop for lunch in Fort Portal. After lunch, you’ll continue your trip while getting great views of the Rwenzori Mountains, tea and banana farms, crater lakes, and other beautiful sights. When you get there, you can choose to go on an evening game drive where you can see elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, and other animals. After the game drive, you’ll drive to the lodge for dinner and the night.
Day 2: Morning game drive/ lion tracking experience and afternoon boat cruise.Â
After an early breakfast on the second day of your 5-day trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park, your driver-guide will pick you up at the lodge to take you on a morning game drive or lion tracking experience in Kasenyi plains. During the game drive, you will have great views of the sunrise, the “big four” animals, which are lions, leopards, elephants, and buffaloes, as well as other animals like waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, and views of different bird species, among others. After the game drive, you’ll have lunch back at the lodge.
After lunch, you will drive to the landing spot near Mweya safari lodge for an amazing boat cruise along Kazinga channel, which is a 40 km long channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. During the 2-hour boat ride, you can see large groups of hippos and Nile crocodiles in the water, buffaloes, elephants, and warthogs drinking water along the banks, and water birds like the yellow-billed stork, cormorants, hornbills, African Jacana, African skimmer, kingfishers, fish eagles, hammerkops, Egptian goose, African fish eagle and others. You’ll also be able to see fishermen setting up their gear for night fishing, take beautiful pictures, and do many other things. After the boat ride, you’ll go on an evening game drive to see animals you might have missed in the morning. After that, you’ll go back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and crater lakes tour.
On the third day of your 5-day trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park, you’ll meet up with your driver-guide and head to Kyambura Gorge, also known as the Valley of Apes, for a brief on the rules and regulations of chimpanzee trekking. After the briefing you will be allocated a park guide and start trekking in the forest in search of the habituated chimpanzees. Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge takes about 30 minutes to 4 hours, based on where the chimpanzees are. This is because chimpanzees like to move around in search of food, so they can be in different places at the same time. During trekking, you’ll have great views of other primate species like baboons, black-and-white colobus monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys. You’ll also see colorful bird species like the African kingfisher, blue-headed bee-eater, falcons, and African finfoot, as well as animals like elephants, plant and tree species, and more. Once the chimpanzees are found, you’ll be able to spend an hour with them in their natural habitat. This will help you learn more about their habits and behaviours as you watch them do things like eat, play, hunt, rest, feed their babies, and do other things they do every day. You can also take pictures and record the moment. After you’ve spent an hour with the chimpanzees, you’ll hike back to where you started. There, you’ll meet your driver guide and ride back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you’ll meet up with your driver-guide and go on a Crater Lake tour, where you’ll visit Katwe Crater Lake. During the walk, you can interact with the locals who are getting rock salt from the lake to make a living. You can also visit Nyamunuka Crater Lake, which is known as the hospital for animals Nyamunuka, among other places. After the tour of Crater Lakes, you’ll drive back to the lodge to relax, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Game drive in Ishasha sector.
On the fourth day of your 5-day trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park, after breakfast you’ll meet up with your driver guide to go on a full-day game drive in the Ishasha area. Ishasha sector is in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park with packed lunch. It is known for being home to the famous tree-climbing lions, which you will see on the game drive, you will enjoy your lunch in the middle of the wilderness while enjoying the view of the park’s landscape and continue with your game drive. In the Ishasha area, you can see the tree-climbing lions resting on acacia or fig tree branches and looking at other animals, such as Uganda kobs, waterbucks, buffaloes, elephants, and others. After the game drive, you’ll drive back to the camp for dinner and the overnight stay.
Day 5: Departure to Kampala.
On the last day of your 5-day Queen Elizabeth National Park, you’ll have a leisurely breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet your driver-guide to go back to Kampala. On the way, you’ll stop for lunch at the Igongo culture centre to taste on the African organic food, well spiced with natural species and then embark on your journey make another stop at the Equator to have the equator experience, where you can buy crafts, art, paintings, and take pictures. From the Equator, you’ll go to Kampala, where you’ll arrive in the early evening. When you get there, your driver-guide will drop you off wherever you want.
End of 5 days explore Queen Elizabeth national park.
Quotation includes.    Â
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Chimpanzee trekking permit.
Park entrance fees/ game drive.
Lion tracking fees.
Boat cruise fee.
Full time English speaking driver guide.
Accommodation.
Pick up and drop off in Kampala.
4 WD safari vehicle and fuel.
Bottled drinking water.
Tour excludes.
Air flight tickets and Visas.
Optional activities not included on the itinerary.
Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, tips among others.