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4 DAYS LION SAFARI AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
Queen Elizabeth Park and Lake Bunyonyi
Tour Code: INS 007

Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Depart for Queen Elizabeth Park at 8.00am heading towards Western Uganda on the Masaka-Mbarara highway. We drive through Masaka, Mbarara and the scenic tea plantation of Bushenyi. We arrive at Albertine Rift Safari Camp in Queen Elizabeth in the evening, dine and rest at budget-Albertine Rift Safari Lodge FB, midrange-Kingfisher Kichwamba FB, upgrade-Mweya Safari Lodge FB.

Day 2: Queen Elizabeth National Park
We rise before the sun and with your packed breakfast go for an early morning game drive. You will be likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, the rare occasional lion, spotted hyenas, the Uganda kob, bushbuck, waterbuck, and warthogs, also visit the mating grounds for kobs. You will have a picnic breakfast at a spot of your choice. After lunch at the lodge, go for an afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. You will see schools of hippos that huff and spray feet away from the boat, buffaloes, elephants that linger in the shallows and crocodiles, which can be seen on the banks a diversity of birds’ species. Return to lodge; dinner and lodging at budget-Albertine Rift Safari Lodge FB, midrange-Kingfisher Kichwamba FB, upgrade-Mweya Safari Lodge FB.

 Day 3: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi-Kabale
We will arise early in the morning after breakfast on your way out to Kabale drive to the Northern part of the park. This part of the park is traversed by the equator and comprises a scenic area of explosion craters, some containing salt lakes; some of the craters are dry. This unique concentration of unspoiled craters forms a unique scenic vintage point. We branch off at Ishaka town and drive to the Kitagata hot springs.
We then proceed south through the breathtaking grasslands of Ankole; you will get to see the famous long horned cattle, the highlands of Kigezi with their beautifully terraced hills. We arrive at Lake Bunyonyi in the evening, Dinner and overnight at the Nature’s Prime Island FB.

Day 4:Transfer to Kampala
After breakfast, you will engage in an optional activity of your choice ranging from nature walk, boat cruise for scenic viewing, a boat ride to the Batwa village or a swim on the lake. We drive to Kabale town, and proceed to Kampala via Mbarara early in the afternoon. We stopover at Mbarara another stopover at the equator to visit craft shops and proceed to Kampala arriving in the evening.

Cost of the tour

 

Status

2 Pax

4 Pax

6 Pax

Meal plan

Up grade

€ 700

€ 500

€ 435

FB

Midrange

€ 645

€ 445

€ 370

FB

Budget

€ 420

€ 355

€ 295

FB

Included in the package:

  • All accommodation meal plan as stated
  • Airport transfers
  • Transport (4WD) and Fuel for the whole trip plus a full time safari guide
  • 2Game drives and 1 launch cruise
  • Park entrance charges
  • Water through out the trip

Excluded from the package:

  • Phone calls, bar bills, laundry bills and any other personal expense not included on the itinerary.
  • Accommodation for the first night prior to the morning of the trip The last night after the trip
  • Tips
  • Fees for extra activities not included in the itinerary as well as optional activities
  • Activities on Nature’s Prime Island

Upgrade Accommodation in respective destinations

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Mweya Safari Lodge, Jacana Safari Lodge

 

 





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