Uganda Wildlife Safari - 8 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park

Wildlife Safari - 8 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park

Uganda Wildlife Safari8 Days / 7 Nights   Private / Group Safari
$ 2,200
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Budget dollars per person per trip.
  • Airpot
  • Foods
  • Acc
  • Adventure Tour
  • Guide, English Speaker

Overview

8 Days/ 7 Nights Best of Uganda Safari: Trip Overviewing

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park and immediately join an afternoon game drive inside the park. Try to find Ugandan kobs, lions, leopard and the huge giant forest hog and his smaller nephew the warthog. Enjoy a drink and a good meal in our Nature Lodges accommodation The Bush Lodge and watch wildlife visiting the lodge grounds at close distance. Have a 2 hours boat trip on the Kazinga Channel between Lake George and Lake Edward and see African Fish Eagle hunt, lots of herons and egrets and of course large numbers of hippos. With their short-tempered nature hippo bulls will start fighting very quick to defend their territories, the opportunity to take some awesome action pictures.
See the fishermen of the nearby village sail out to fish and enjoy another gamedrive in the park. In the late afternoon and evening you might see smaller nocturnal mammals like genet, mongoose or even fruit bats. Maybe you even hear or see an African wood owl hunting for small rodents.

Package Itinerary

  • Day 1: Arrival
    Upon arrival, you will met by your driver guide from Leiden Expedition and transfer you to your hotel for your relaxation and overnight.
    Meals: D
  • Day 2: Kampala-Kibale Forest national park
    In the morning your driver/guide will pick you up from your accommodation in Kampala. After a short briefing about your safari you will head towards the west of Uganda to Kibale National Park. On your way towards Kibale we will make some stopovers for pictures and for stretching your legs and an enroute lunch in Fort Portal Town. After lunch we will depart towards the forest of Kibale. We reach the lodge in the late afternoon.
    Meals: L,D
  • Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking
    Start with a great breakfast, during your which you can hear the sounds of the jungle. Your driver guide will take you after breakfast towards the meeting point of your Chimpanzee tracking. Here you will be briefed about what you can expect during your walk into the forest, in search of the Chimpanzees. Of course you will come across other primates as well. Kibale forest is also known for its great birds and butterflies. The Chimpanzee tracking can take a few hours. Return to your lodge for a relaxing lunch. In the afternoon you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park.
    Meals: B,L,D
  • Day 4: Queen Elizabeth national park.
    Wake up early in the morning and enjoy your breakfast accompanied with the different sweet sounds of the numerous bird songs. Head out for an early morning game drive for approximately two hours to three hours. Expect to see different animal species, after the Game drive, you will drive back to the Lodge for lunch and get ready for the afternoon launch cruise at the Kazinga channel a wide, 32 km long natural channel that links Lake Edward and Lake George, and a dominant feature of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The channel attracts a wide range of animals and birds, with one of the worlds’ largest concentrations of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles. Get back to the Lodge and have the rest of evening at leisure.
    Meals: B,L,D
  • Day 5: Queen Elizabeth national park/Bwindi national park.
    After a warm up breakfast, you will transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park. This transfer will see you drive for half day arriving late afternoon for your late. You will have a lunch stopover In Kabale town and proceed to your lodge for relaxation and overnight.
    Meals: B,L,D
  • Day 6: Gorilla tracking.
    This day is one of the highlights of this safari, you will wake up early to your breakfast, transfer to the park office for a brief on what to do in contact with Gorillas as well as getting a group to join in trekking gorillas. Enter a slippery and thick forest in search of gorillas, rain jacket is advised as it can rain any minute. The walk to the gorillas is tiresome but worthwhile when you encounter them. Return to your lodge for lunch. Enjoy a community walk in the afternoon or just relax at your lodge.
    Meals: B,L,D
  • Day 7: Bwindi-Kampala
    Transfer to Kampala after breakfast for a drive time of about 8hours, this will be a whole day drive, look out for breath taking scenes as you meander in the roads of Kabale to Kampala. You will have a lunch break in Mbarara town and proceed to Kampala arriving in evening for your relaxation, dinner and overnight
    Meals: B,L,D
  • Day 8: Rafting/ Kampala-Jinja.
    Start the day on an early transfer to Jinja town about 100kilometres from Kampala. The road to Jinja the Eastern part of Uganda and the source of the Nile will expose you beautiful scenes of tea and Sugar cane and the famous Source of the Nile. Spend half day rafting in the fresh waters of River Nile. This will be a very enjoyable sport activity, enjoy Lunch, and take a boat ride to the source of Nile. Transfer to Entebbe for your evening Flight back home.
    Meals: B,L.

Uganda Safari Prices 2020 / 2021 Information:

All prices listed are in USD

Mid Range Lodge

2,400$ dollars per person per trip.

Luxury Lodge

2,900$ dollars per person per trip.

Package Include:

  • Guides.
  • Vehicle.
  • Park entrance
  • English speaking driver
  • Rangers in the parks
  • Fuel
  • Bottled water.
  • Accommodation
  • Breakfast

Not Includes

  • Personal clothing and equipment
  • Tips and gratuities for guides and porter .
  • Visa (Uganda/Rwanda)
  • Porters
  • Gorilla permit (we organise it for you)

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Maybe you even hear or see an African wood owl hunting for small rodents.

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