Day 1: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After your early morning breakfast, you will set off for Queen Elizabeth National Park via Kampala – Mbarara ishaka Road which is a 6-8 hours’ drive to the park. You will have a stopover at mbarara igongo cultural center for your lunch. Later proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will enter from the Kabatooro Gate and proceed to the student centre for your evening. You will later check in at the students centre for your evening, dinner and relaxation as well as overnight.
Overnight: Student Centre in Mweya-Kabatooro
Day 2: Game Drive | Boat Cruise
Wake up very early in the morning, ready for your early morning game drive. Your breakfast will be packed for you and during the game drive you will take a break and enjoy a simple breakfast in nature as you listen to the bird’s sounds of nature. A popular route for the game drive is the Kasenyi sector, well-known for its lions that prey on Queen Elizabeth’s large population of Uganda Kob (antelope). If you are very lucky, you may spot a Giant Forest Hog, Africa’s largest pig. Keep your eyes peeled to spot an elusive leopard!
After your safari, you will head back to the students centre for a few hours of relaxation by the pool and lunch. In the afternoon, you will take a boat for a water safari on the Kazinga Channel at Mweya which connects the two lakes of Edward and George.
This is likely to be a big highlight of your trip! The expert Uganda Wildlife Authority guides will identify many of the Channel’s 100 bird species and you’re likely to see African Skimmers, Great White Pelicans, Spoonbill, and some Bee-eater species. Hippos wallow at the edge of the water, huge Nile crocodiles bask in the sun and elephants come down to drink. The Kazinga Channel boat ride is a brilliant opportunity to take some close-up wildlife shots.
Overnight: Students Centre
Day 3: Morning crater drive | Drive back to Kampala
After your early morning breakfast, you will visit katwe salt lake to learn about the history and how salt is formed locally in the area. How the local communities survive on salt mining as a day to day activity. You will later drive back to Kampala, stopover in Mbarara for your lunch and later proceed to Kampala.
END OF THE 3 DAYS SCHOOL TRIP IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK