3DAYS QUEEN NATIONAL PARK
Park at a Glance
Queen Elizabeth national park is found in the western part of Uganda laying between Lakes Gorge, Edward and Albert with the Kazinga Channel crossing through its 700 sq mile land area. Size: 1,978km². Queen Elizabeth spans the equator line; monuments on either side of the road mark the exact spot where it crosses latitude 00.The park was named after the Queen of England in 1954 following her visit,
The park is home to over 95 mammal species, which are the main attraction of the visitors to the park. It has four of the ‘Big Five’ namely Elephant, Leopard, Lion and Buffalo.
The park has a lot to offer ranging from herbivores; marine and eves depending on how you plan your visit and have the game drives and the time you spend in the park.
In queen Elizabeth national park there is Lake Katwe know as a traditional salt mining lake where the surrounding communities extract rock salt from and dry it at the landing area; miners construct semi permanent pools of water at the mining site to intensify the evaporation in order to extract salt you shall as well have a chance of seeing how salt is tapped or extracted, mined and then made ready for consumption and refining.
Detailed itinerary
Day 1
You will wake up early morning then hit the road and head to queen Elizabeth national park, however the drive park is a less tire-sum drive of roughly 5-6 hours depending on the stopovers. on your way you will be able to enjoy a lot ranging from beautiful scenery of the Masaka corridor, pictography, and several stop overs not forgetting the memorable equator experience.
Uganda being crossed by the EQUATOR, whereby you will cross from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere and have breath-taking experience fascinating weather changes.
you will have hot lunch in Mbarara city then head to the furthest south east through districts of bushenyi, Ishaka and many others then check in at the hotel early evening.
In the evening you will have a game drive whereby you should expect to see several animals counting better with your luck before nature’s dictation. You will be able to see buffalo, plenty of antelopes, Defassa waterbuck, leopard, hippo, hyena, topi, and plenty of bird species.
Accommodation: Enganzi game lodge
Expectations: equator experience and an evening game drive
Day 2
Wake up early morning once again to catch up with the early grazers and carnivores in the park, it will be life memorable having the raising sun catch you in the wild searching for the best offer of the day, depending on your luck several animal species can be spotted and cats. That’s Elephant, Leopard, Lion and Buffalo can as well be seen.
After the game drive in the morning you will have an afternoon boat cruise on the great Kazinga channel, which is the known longest channel which is roughly 38 miles in Uganda, it connects lake George and lake Edward and harbors several animal species, bird species. This will be your perfect time to see animals blousing,
Accommodation: Enganzi game lodge
Expectations: morning game drive, boat cruise and evening game drive
Day 3
You will wake in the morning then have a lazy morning breakfast and then hit the road back to Kampala.
Depending on the sittings of the different days in the park the guide shall decide whether to go for the game drive in the morning or have a relaxed breakfast before hitting the road back to home.
Accommodation facility
- Enganzi game lodge.
- Rooming 1 twin and a single
The accommodation facility we shall use will be a resort and its called enganzi game lodge constructed on a beautiful escapement with magical views of the queen Elizabeth national park savannah.
Below is the website of the hotel look through and advise please.
https://enganzilodge.com/#
Bon voyage