4 Days 3 Nights In Queen Elizabeth National Park And Fort Portal

Depart with your guide from Kampala heading southwest to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will enjoy a lot of sightseeing on the Masaka-Mbarara road including the traditional Ankole long-horned cattle, farmlands, and numerous tea plantations. On your way you will make a famous stopover at the equator for photography You will have lunch in Mbarara at Igongo Cultural center. Then proceed to Queen Elizabeth. En route you will pass via the two twin crater lakes in Bunyaruguru, a unique feature that shows two crater lakes that are separated by a small chunk of Land, then continue to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Bwana Tembo safari lodge.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner.

The day starts with a morning game drive at Kasenyi plains in the northern part of the park. Your drivers will pick you up very early in the morning at your lodge. The game drive starts at 6:30 Am and lasts between 3-4 hours in the hunt for the lions and other games. Depending on the luck of the day you may also be able to meet the leopards en route. You will also see a variety of other games including elephants, Cape buffaloes, warthogs, leopards, spotted hyenas, mongooses, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, and a lot of small animals and birds. Proceed to Kasenyi Salt Lake for relaxing views and photos after that long game drive. You can also be able to have a cup of coffee there and buy some souvenirs, then Drive to Tembo Restaurant for Lunch then. After lunch, you will drive to Mweya for the 3 pm boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. This will be so exciting and breathtaking as you view schools of hippos, Elephants, Buffaloes, crocodiles, and many animals on the banks plus water birds. Kazinga channel links the two big lakes of L. Edward and George. The trip takes 2 hours of exploration as you marvel and take photos of numerous games that come to bathe and drink water after a dehydrating hot day. Expect to see numerous water birds which grace the sandbanks such as pelican cormorants, eagles, King Fisher, and Egyptian birds. Some visitors consider this the highlight of their trip! After this, you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight. After lunch.

Accommodation: Bwana Tembo safari lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast at your Hotel at 7.30 am Drive to Semuliki National Park. Check-in at the park offices where you are to meet the park guides and set out to trek the Sempaya Hot Springs trail. Watch out for monkeys and birds along the trek. The springs eject boiling geysers 2 meters into the air. The pool boils at 103oC and to experiment with the hotness of the water you will place eggs or bananas in the boiling water and indeed within 10 mins they will be ready to eat. After returning from the Hot Springs trek that will last at least 2 hours (including time at the springs) then go to Fort Portal town for Lunch, After Lunch transfer to mabere ga Nyina Mwiru, The Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru is a very significant tourist attraction and cultural site to the Batoro people. It carries a remarkable history and it is surrounded by remarkable vegetation that will take your breath away. From there, you will hike the Kyeganya hill to see the 3 crater lakes. While at the top of the hill, you will also get to view the spectacular Rwenzori mountain ranges. You will enjoy the hike with breathtaking scenes of the crater lakes surrounding the area, cool natural breezes, and photography. After an incredible excursion, return to your lodge. For Dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Fort View Hotel Fort Portal.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

You will rise up early for breakfast at 7:00 am and then prepare to check out of the Lodge at 7:30 am, Then you will hit the road back to Kampala but expect to eat lunch on the way either in Kyenjojo or Mubende town. Then proceed to Kampala, and you will be driven to your home/hotel.

Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch