28 Dec short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park: Queen Elizabeth national park is one of the most visited national parks in the pearl of Africa. The national park is popular for wildlife safaris as its one of the areas which offer a lot of attractions to tourists within the country. Queen Elizabeth national park is home to 95 mammals, 10 primate species, 612 bird species, and Kazinga channel. Short tours to Queen Elizabeth park are designed for tourists that have limited time in Uganda or on their holiday but would love to have wildlife safaris in Queen Elizabeth national park. The park is praised for being the best area for wildlife safaris as it offers activities such as game drives, boat cruises, chimpanzee trekking, and bird watching among others. These safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park are very affordable to all categories of travelers. Budget travelers can have these safaris where they will access the park using road transport and then participate in affordable activities The luxury travelers can fly to Mweya airstrip and participate in major activities like game viewing, boat cruise, and chimpanzee trekking among others. The short tours to Queen Elizabeth national park we are looking at 2 or 3 days. These days are enough for travelers who don’t have enough time on safari to visit the park and explore a few of the activities. On short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park, tourists are able to do two or more activities within the park. Tourists that are looking forward to having short safaris in Queen Elizabeth national park can always contact African Adventure Vacations to organize the safari. It can be 2 days or 3 days safari and our travel consultants will be ready to look at what you are interested in doing as well as your travel budget to calculate how much it can cost you. Popular activities to do on short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park Game drives in Queen Elizabeth park: This is a must-do activity for tourists on short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park. Queen Elizabeth national park is among the protected areas in Uganda with the best game drive activities. The area harbors over 95 mammas species and 10 primates most of which are seen during game drive activities within different game tracks constructed in areas of Kasenyi, Ishasha, and Mweya peninsula. The game drive activities on shirt safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park will give you an opportunity to see tree-climbing lions, lions, spotted hyenas, elephants, leopards, side-stripped jackals, Uganda kobs waterbucks, bushbucks, buffaloes, sitatungas, monkeys, and olive baboons among others. Game viewing activities on short tours to Queen Elizabeth national park can be done in the morning, evening, and night hours. Boat cruises on Kazinga channel: This is an activity one shouldn’t miss out on while on a short tour to Queen Elizabeth national park. Kazinga channel is where boat cruises are done in the morning and evening within Queen Elizabeth national park. Boat cruises on Kazinga channel are organized to enable tourists to explore nature while on a boat cruise. Taking part in the boat cruise activities will give tourists opportunities to see hippos, crocodiles, water birds, and different park animals. Chimpanzee trekking Kyambura gorge: This activity is for tourists that are interested in primate watching, chimpanzees are said to be close relatives to human beings therefore tourists on short tours in Queen Elizabeth national park can spare time and take a visit to the home of chimpanzees. Chimpanzee trekking Kyambura gorge activity is led by armed ranger guides who protect you throughout the whole activities. Chimpanzee trekking Kyambura gorge lasts for 1 hour and this helps tourists to learn about habits, take photos and watch them do daily activities. Nature walks and community tours: These are optional activities that travelers can do during their free time. Nature walks are guides and usually organized for travelers that want to explore the wild on foot. Guided nature walks are done in different areas of the park to enable tourists see wild animals, birds, plants, and water sources among others. The community tours are organized to help travelers know about the African culture and how people are living their day to day lives. Itineraries for short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park 2 days safari to Queen Elizabeth national park itinerary Day 1. Kampala/Entebbe – Queen Elizabeth national park – kazinga channel boat cruse Day 2: Morning game drive and departure through Ishasha sector Another alternative would be Day 1: Drive to Queen Elizabeth national park – Evenning game drive Day 2: Morning boat cruise – visit the Ishasha sector and drive to Kampala 3 days safari to Queen Elizabeth national park itinerary Day 1: Drive to Queen Elizabeth national park – evening boat cruise Day 2: Morning game drives – Community tours Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking or visit Ishasha sector and drive to Kampala Option 2 Day 1: Travel to Queen Elizabeth national park – evening game drive Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking – Evening bat cruise DAY 3: Morning game drive – drive back to Kampala Best time to for short safaris in Queen Elizabeth national park? Queen Elizabeth national park is open all throughout the year for any safaris so travelers that want to have short safari can go there any day. The tours safaris are best done in the dry season which happens from June to September and December to February. They are characterized by little or no rainfall that make the game tracks dry, vegetation is short and thin with good views of attractions and the roads leading to the park are in good condition. Travelers that get time in the rainy season can still have short tours to Queen Elizabeth national park and it’s the budget travelers who will benefit because lodges are very cheap. Queen Elizabeth national park short safaris are not amazing during March, May, October, and November because of the too much rainfall received. The game tracks are muddy and slippery, vegetation is tall and thick with unclear views of attractions and the roads leading to the park are in poor conditions. Getting to Queen Elizabeth national park for short safaris Travelers intending to have short tours in Queen Elizabeth national park and get there within a day. The national park is accessed using road transport in 7-8 hours and air transport takes 1 hour and 15 minutes. By road transport, tourists can drive from Kampala/Entebbe through Masaka, Mbarara, Bushenyi and Rubirizi to the park or Kampala via Mityana, Mubende, Fort Portal and Kasese to the park. Luxury travelers on short safaris to Queen Elizabeth national park can use chartered flights by Aerolink Uganda and Bar Aviation Uganda. These airline companies have daily flights to Mweya airstrip within Queen Elizabeth national park which start from Kajjansi airstrip and Entebbe international airport. To fly on a short touri to Queen Elizabeth national park, you need to inform your tour operator so that they do an early booking. 0 news