Day-by-day itinerary
3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari
Pricing
Price per person
Rates below are for this 3-day itinerary and scale with your group size. Every safari is private and tailor-made — final pricing is confirmed with your dates and chosen lodges.
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Trip highlights
- - Big five safari
- - Chimpanzee trekking in Kalinzu
- - Cultural experience
- - Sight seeing
Day 1
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth Nat Park →Morning Breakfast from your residence or Hotel, thereafter followed by meet and greet and short briefing on the 3 days Queen Elizabeth safari. You'll having a will be a number of stopovers including at the Uganda Equator along Masaka road. Here you will be able to stand in both the northern and southern hemispheres and also experiment how water swirls in different directions when placed in the northern and southern hemispheres. Take photos and even buy some of the beautiful souvenirs. Head straight to lodge.
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Queen Elizabeth Nat Park - Fullday game drive →Once again, you’ll start your morning with a game drive where you can expect to spot wildlife species such as elephants, buffaloes, side-striped jackals, hyena, leopards, lions, warthogs, Uganda kobs, and giant forest hogs. What a way to start your day! After lunch, you’ll take a boat trip along the Kazinga Channel where you will continue your wildlife spotting, this time you will see hippos, buffalo, crocodiles, bathing elephants, and a range of beautiful birds. This will undoubtedly be another highlight of your tour.
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Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Kampala →Day 3 begins with an early breakfast followed by a drive to Kalinzu Forest to follow the chimpanzees in their forest habitat. If you are lucky, you may come across other species of monkey in the forest. These include colobus monkeys, olive baboons and red-tailed monkeys. After completing our final trekking adventure, transfer back to Kampala or drop off at the airport
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From the trail
Moments from this safari
Before you book
What to know about travelling in Uganda
Visas, permits, health requirements, seasons, money and tipping — everything specific to this destination.
Before you book · Uganda
Travelling in Uganda
- Visas & entry
- Apply online in advance at the Uganda e-visa portal (USD 50 single entry) — approval letters are checked on arrival. Yellow fever certificate is a legal entry requirement. The East Africa Tourist Visa (USD 100) covers Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda.
- Arrival gateway
- Entebbe International Airport (EBB), 40 km from Kampala on Lake Victoria.
- Permits
- Gorilla permits cost USD 800 per person and chimpanzee permits USD 250 (Kibale). Permits are date- and sector-specific, limited to 8 trekkers per gorilla family per day, non-refundable once issued, and must be secured months ahead for peak season.
- Best time to travel
- June–September and December–February are the drier trekking months with firmer forest trails. March–May and October–November bring rain but greener forests, fewer people and lower lodge rates.
- Health & vaccinations
- Yellow fever vaccination mandatory. Malaria prophylaxis essential. Gorilla and chimpanzee trekking requires you to be free of flu or other transmissible illness on the day — a cold can mean you're turned back to protect the apes.
- Money & payments
- Ugandan Shilling (UGX). USD widely accepted for permits and lodges (notes 2009 or newer, unmarked). ATMs in Kampala, Entebbe, Fort Portal and Kabale; carry cash for the south-west.
- Weather & climate
- Equatorial and mild: 24–28°C by day, cool and often wet at Bwindi altitude (1,500–2,600 m) with nights around 12°C.
- Connectivity
- Good 4G along the Kampala–Fort Portal–Kabale corridor; forest lodges rely on satellite or solar Wi-Fi that can be slow.
- Tipping guideline
- Gorilla trekking: USD 15–20 per guest for the ranger team, USD 15–20 per porter (hiring one is strongly encouraged — it supports local families). Driver-guide USD 15–20 per day.
- What to pack
- Long sleeves and trousers for nettles, waterproof hiking boots with ankle support, gardening gloves, rain jacket, gaiters, insect repellent, 30–35 L daypack with a rain cover, and a dry bag for camera gear.
- Local etiquette
- Keep 7 m from gorillas, no flash photography, and a maximum of one hour with a family. Ask before photographing people or Batwa community members.
Requirements and fees change. We reconfirm current visa, permit and health rules in writing before you pay any balance.