4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park

This 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park is a wonderful safari for the visitors who intent to explore the wildlife richness of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Our 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park will start and end in Entebbe and you will be able to involve into several activities including the boat cruise safaris, bird watching safaris, game viewing safaris and primate watching especially when vesting Karinzu forest for chimpanzee trekking. Some of the animals that you will see include the caped buffaloes, the Nile crocodiles at Kazinga channel, elephants, lions, Leopards, spotted hyenas and the amazing features of the crater lakes,  and the beautiful vast Kyambura and Maragambo Forest which is an interesting adventure.  This 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park will start and end in Kampala or Entebbe International Airport.

What to count on our 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park

• Pickup and transfer to the second visited Queen Elizabeth National Park from Kampala/Entebbe
• Chimpanzee trekking in Karinzu Forest Reserve
• Morning wildlife viewing in Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Boat rides at Kazinga channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector
• Kasoga community visits
• Evening wildlife sightings in Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Cultural community encounters at Katwe salt mining area community

Day 1: Start with a pickup from Kampala or Entebbe and drive to Queen Elizabeth National park and visit Kasoga Community in the evening

The journey will start with a short briefing about this safari provided by our safari guide who will find you at your place of residence or hotel in Kampala or Entebbe early in the morning and later drive to western Uganda where queen Elizabeth National Park is found. The first stopover of the journey will beta Kayabwe landmark spot where you will have some good moments as you see both northern and southern hemispheres being bisected by the equator and other motional forces illustrating how the motion of force along the center of the earth as you take some photos as well as the doing some small shopping and if you left the lodge or hotel in Kampala or Entebbe without having breakfast, it’s your time to dine in the restaurant at the equator and enjoy a cup of the locally made coffees and after you will drive to Mbarara city and makes a stopover at Igongo cultural center where you will enjoy your lunch and a brief tour of the Ankole museum at the Igongo cultural center and you will continue driving via the Ankole plantation farms of tea and enjoy good views of the homesteads with bushy hills and crater lakes. you will reach Queen Elizabeth National Park named as the medley of wonders with fantastic tourist attractions, check into your lodge, relax for a few hours or minutes and later go for Kasoga community tours that are found along the shores of the lake gorge at Hamukungu landing site southwestern direction of Kasenyi plains where the prominent game drives are conducted within Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will enjoy and get the firsthand experience of the local community fishing activities in Kasoga and you will have different activities such as the community safari walks, canoeing, and other several activities that will make you understand the life of the traditional people staying along the shores of the lakes after you will drive back to your lodge to be served dinner and have the night stay as you prepare for the next day’s activity.

Lodging options; Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury), Buffalo Safari Lodge (Mid-range), Pumba Safari Cottages (Standard)

Meal plan; Lunch / Dinner

Day 2: Morning wildlife watching in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Afternoon Boat cruise at Kazinga channel, and end the day with Katwe salt mining community

On this second day, you will get up early from bed at around 6 am be served with a hot cup of coffee from your Lodge ready to go for the exciting morning game drive in the wildness of Queen Elizabeth National Park the morning game drives will lead us to Kasenyi plains the leading spot for game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park.  We must walk up very early such that we increased your chances of seeing the nocturnal animals in Queen Elizabeth National Park and the early morning risers. The park will provide you with wonderful game viewing excitements as you encounter mammals such as the lions, spotted hyenas,  carvel cat, leopards, Civet among other animals include Impala, topis, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, waterbucks among others. You will drive through the Lake Mburo National park and you assured that you will be able to see herds of elephants, buffaloes, the Ugandan kobs, waterbucks, mongoose, and bushbucks, and several Uganda kob. You will also experience some of the primates such as the olive baboons, monkeys, and several bird species. The morning game drive always last for about 5 hours and after you will return to your booked lodge, have lunch and small relaxation and thereafter you will drive to the Kazinga channel to enjoy the 2-hour boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will be able to enjoy various animals especially the buffaloes and elephants swimming, hippos, the huge Nile crocodiles, Monitor lizards and several bird species that can be seen at the banks of the channel including the pied kingfishers, cormorants, pelicans, saddle-billed stork among several bird species. After the boat cruise safari that will end at around 5 pm, you will now return to the lodge relax for a few hours or minutes and later go for lake Katwe salt mining community where you will find local especially women extracting salts locally with each having a plot that in water where they extract the salt. You will also learn how best this salt is best purified and after you will drive back to your lodge to be served dinner and have the night stay as you prepare for the next day’s activity

Lodging options; Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury), Buffalo Safari Lodge (Mid-range), Pumba Safari Cottages (Standard)

Meal plan; Breakfast/Lunch / Dinner

Day 3; Drive to Karinzu forest reserve for chimpanzee tracking and head to Ishasha for tree-climbing lions

Today you will leave the bed early in the morning and be served breakfast and drive to Kalinzu forest reserve, whereby you will be welcomed by the local tours guide who will brief you about chimpanzee trekking before you walk into the forest reserve to look for the chimpanzees. Kalinzu is the second-best destination where you can go and enjoy the chimpanzee tracking with the forest reserve having over 50 habituated individual Chimpanzees that are available for the visitors to track and see. As you’re tracking the chimpanzees, you may land on other forest species such as the L’hoest monkeys, Blue monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and other interesting features such as more than 95 moths and about 261 species of butterflies. You may spend about 3 hours tracking Chimpanzees in Karinzu forest and after you have seen the chimpanzees in Karinzu forest, you will be able to see them for only one hour and later you will return to the starting point where you will find your driver and drive to the southern part of queen Elizabeth National Park to look for the tree-climbing lions. Ishasha is the only spot in queen Elizabeth National Park and in the whole of Uganda where you can find the tree-climbing lions and after this interesting game drive, you will return to your lodge to be served with dinner and overnight stay

Lodging options: Ishasha Wildness Camp (Luxury). Ishasha Jungle Lodge (Midrange), and Topi Safari Lodge (Standard)

Meal Plan: Breakfast /Lunch/Dinner

Day 4: Wake up and Drive Back to Kampala or Entebbe International Airport

Today is the last day of your of your 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park and today, you will rise up early prepare yourself , checkout from your hotel room and then start then your journey back to your residence in Kampala or Entebbe International Airport.  You will have lunch enroute at Igongo cultural center where you can also engage in shopping for some few souvenirs before proceeding to Kampala or to Entebbe international airport and this marks the end of your 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park

This 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park includes

• Transport for 4 days in a well-modified safari vehicle (4WD, air-conditioned, pop up roof) Safari Land-cruiser / Safari van
• Katwe Salt mining community
• Chimpanzee trekking fees
• Professional English speaking driver-guide for 4 days
• Fuel for 4 days
• Pick up and drop off
• Accommodation on full board accommodation for 3 nights
• All en-route meals
• Bottled mineral water
• Park entrance fees
• Boat cruise safari

This 4 Days Wildlife and chimpanzee trekking safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park excludes;

• Domestic and international flights but they can be arranged on request
• Tips
• Souvenir and gifts
• Alcoholic and soft drinks (Sodas, beers, wines, special juice and coffee orders)
• Travel insurance
• Accommodation before or after the tour in Kampala / Entebbe but can be arranged on request
• Laundry / Phone and other personal expenditures note mentioned in the itinerary