Visit and explore Queen Elizabeth National National Park in a pure elegance style on this 6-day best luxury safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park. This tour shall give you the best of an African wildlife safari adventure, so you should get ready for an amazing wildlife encounter, a lion-tracking experience, and a boat safari along the famous Kazinga channel.
Don’t miss the most exciting extension to the famous Ishasha sector south of Queen Elizabeth National Park, for an endless game drive safari in search of the rare tree-climbing lions. Then a full course 3-night stay at Ishasha Wildness Camp, perched on Ntungwe river, and an idyllic retreat for travelers who truly enjoy the wilderness. This exclusive camp offers superb quality accommodation and services in this unspoiled remote sector of the park.
Luxury Safari in Queen Elizabeth Itinerary:
Day 1: Kampala – Queen Elizabeth
Our driver-guide picks you up from Kampala at your hotel or place of residence by 7:30 am after your early morning breakfast, and then drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will make your first stopover at the Equator crossing for photography and then continue with the visit to the Igongo Cultural Center in Biharwe, Mbarara, to learn and see the evolution of the Ankole culture.
After lunch at Agip Motel Mbarara, you will proceed to Queen Elizabeth as you enjoy beautiful scenery, herds of long-horned Ankole cattle, tea plantations in Ishaka, rift valley escarpment, open grassland, and woodland savanna. You will then get on an evening game drive for sightseeing, which is much more rewarding en route as you drive to your lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge (high-end lodge facility). Meal Plan: lunch and dinner
Day 2: Luxury Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Begin your day with a cup of coffee, and then an early morning game drive along Kasenyi and Queen’s Mile, which makes visitors encounter elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs, lions, kobs, and a variety of bird species.
After lunch, an evening two-hour boat trip along the famous Kazinga channel is a worthwhile opportunity to see hippos, buffaloes, kobs, elephants, and warthogs among others. This trip also gives visitors a chance to see spectacular bird species.
Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge (high-end lodge facility). Meal Plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 3: Queen Elizabeth – Ishasha
Get on an early morning game drive for a lion-tracking experiential research tour along Kasenyi and Queen’s Mile tracks. Other wildlife to encounter includes African elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs, lions, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, stripped jackals, comical warthogs, the elusive leopards, Uganda kobs, and a variety of bird species.
You will later proceed to the Ishasha sector, where you will take on yet another evening game drive in search of tree-climbing lions.
Overnight stay and meals at Ishasha Wildness Camp (high-end facility). Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 4: Ishasha Queen Elizabeth Park
Early morning guided bush walk for a closer interaction with nature. The mid-morning will again be spent on a game drive for the tree-climbing lions. You will spend the rest of your afternoon relaxing at your lodge. In the evening, you can opt to take another game drive for more wildlife viewing and photography.
Overnight stay and meals at Ishasha Wildness Camp (high-end). Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 5: Full-Day Relaxation at Ishasha Wildness Camp
Today is dedicated to complete relaxation at the Ishasha Wildness Camp. Have a good time with your loved ones, friends, or relatives amidst the jungles of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Overnight stay and meals at Ishasha Wildness Camp (high-end). Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 6: Ishasha – Kampala/Entebbe
Return to Kampala with lunch en route and a stopover at the Equator crossing line in Masaka, for some souvenir shopping. You will then continue to Kampala/Entebbe to catch up on your evening flight back home. Meal Plan: B & L
Luxury Safari in Queen Elizabeth Includes:
- Transportation by a 4wd vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- Lion tracking experience
- Boat trips
- Park fees
- Igongo Visit
- Enroute Lunches
- Bush walk Ishasha
- Services of English speaking Driver/guide.
- Enroute lunches
- Day Game drives
Excludes
- Expenses of personal nature like Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, and tobacco.
After visiting Queen Elizabeth National Park, you can extend your journey with an amazing wildlife game drive in the far northeast Kidepo Valley National Park or extend further north for a wildlife safari to Murchison Falls National Park. Further in Southwestern Uganda, you can opt for the breathtaking gorilla trekking experience in either Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.