Queen Elizabeth Park Lion – Wildlife Luxury Safari
Private 4-Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari in Queen Elizabeth Park – Uganda
Here is our 4-Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari – Queen Elizabeth Park – There is nothing like a luxury Tented Safari in the African Wilderness, and no better place than Queen Elizabeth National Park. This is the perfect Safari in Queen Elizabeth Park for those who want to see Lions and other predators, including the famous Tree-Climbing Lions of Ishasha.
This Luxury Safari gives you some of the best opportunities for wildlife viewing Queen Elizabeth Park with an emphasis on the Lions. This can be a Fly-In Safari to Queen Elizabeth Park instead of driving to and from the Park.
This Safari can be combined with Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Gorilla Trekking, Kibale Forest Chimpanzee Trekking, and Lake Mburo National Park.
The two lodges for this Safari were picked for their location in the Wilderness and near Lion Hunting Grounds. Kasenyi Safari Camp frequently has lions drop by for a visit, and they genuinely live here among Lions.
Please Note: This Safari can be done as a Fly-In Safari from Entebbe instead of a road trip, and it can also be an add-on to Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
4-Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari – Queen Elizabeth Park Highlights:
- Stay at Luxury Lodges: Stay at exclusive Luxury lodges in Queen Elizabeth Park:
- This Safar focuses on Carnivores: See the tree-climbing lions in Ishasha and go on a Lion Tracking Research.
- Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise: Enjoy Wildlife, Reptiles, and Birds on this cruise of the famed Kazinga Channel.
- Game Drives in Queen Elizabeth Park: Both in the Ishasha and Mweya areas of the park.
- Explosion Crater Drive: One of the most scenic drives in Uganda.
- This Safari can be done using midrange lodges:
4-Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari – Queen Elizabeth Park in Detail:
Day 1 – Queen Elizabeth Park:
Getting to Queen Elizabeth Park by Road:
Your driver-guide will meet you at your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala at 6 am and depart for Queen Elizabeth Park for your 4-Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari. The drive time to the park is about six hours, and we will have fruit, snacks, and juice aboard the Toyota Land Cruiser Safari Vehicle.
Flying to Queen Elizabeth Park with AeroLink:
Instead of a six-hour drive, you can fly from Entebbe International Airport with AerOLink Safari Airline to Kihihi and start the Safari in the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth Park, where your driver-guide will meet you.
yOUR FLY-IN Safari will begin at 6 am, with your flight departure from Entebbe at 7:00 am.
You will fly back from Kasese to Entebbe at the end of your Safari.
Kasenyi Safari Camp:
We will reach Kasenyi Safari Camp in the Lion Country portion of the Mweya region of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Kasenyi Safari Camp is a small intimate lodge of four tented cottages overlooking a crater lake and the Kasenyi Plains, where an abundance of lions and other predators can be found here.
You stay in a large tented cottage with an ensuite bath and a deck from where you can see the wildlife that passes through the camp.
Wildlife, including lions, visit this Lodge, making it more than a place to sleep but a fantastic wilderness experience late afternoon; it is time for your first Wildlife Tracking Ride with Wildlife and Bird Expert who will not let you miss a thing and answer any questions you might have. Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Buffaloes, and Antelopes will be seen in abundance as you ride across the Savannah.
Go to sleep to the sounds of roaring lions near and far.
Afternoon Game Drive and Sunset Explosion Crater Drive:
We take an afternoon game drive accompanied by a Ugandan Wildlife Ranger. You will see a lot of wildlife, including carnivores such as lions and leopards. The Kasenyi plains are an excellent area for game drives.
Toward the late afternoon, we move to the Explosion Crater Drive, one of Uganda’s most scenic drives in Uganda. Late afternoon is one of the best times for great photographs.
This is the highest spot in Queen Elizabeth Park. You can see the Rwenzori Mountains, the western rift drop-off, and the Savannah with Lake George and Lake Edwards.
The drive is 27 kilometers in length, and there are twelve craters that you will see. Some are lakes, some filled with sulfur, others covered by Savannah or forest.
The drive is well worth your time, and you will be able to take some great photos. The ranger with you will give you the historical background of the area.
Meal Plan: Lunch – Dinner
Day 2 – Queen Elizabeth Park:
Lion Tracking Research:
On the lion tracking research, you are with researchers and tracking equipment to search and see the collared lions in the northern area of Queen Elizabeth Park. The Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Carnivore Program carry out this project.
The Uganda Carnivore Project handles the Lion Tracking Research and is about three hours long.
Afternoon Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise:
In the afternoon, we go down to Kazinga Channel for the Boat Safari that takes place and is one of the highlights of your time in Queen Elizabeth Park.
You will see hundreds of different water birds, herds of elephants coming to water, buffaloes, and antelopes, and in the late afternoon, one might see some predators quenching their thirst before they head out on their nightly prowl.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 3 – Ishasha – Queen Elizabeth Park:
This morning we move to the Ishasha Plains in the southern section of Queen Elizabeth Park. The Lion adventure continues since this is home to the Tree Climbing Lions found here.
Before checking into Ishasha Wilderness Camp, we take a game drive in search of the Tree-Climbing Lions found here. The lions sleep in fig or acacia trees for up to fifteen hours daily, resting from the night’s hunt.
Ishasha is the best spot in East Africa to see the rare tree-climbing lions. You will see other wildlife besides the tree-climbing lions, such as leopards who also spend the day up in a tree with their prey.
You can also see large herds of elephants, buffaloes, and antelopes, including Topi Antelopes.
Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Ishasha Wilderness Tented Camp is the only Lodge within the Park in the Ishasha Region of Queen Elizabeth Park.
It is an exclusive Luxury Lodge of distinction, and the stay here is one of the highlights of your Safari in the Park.
Your Spacious Luxury Tent with en-suite Bath has large windows through which you can see the Wilderness. The room is tastefully furnished with large windows giving you a view of the River and Park and its wildlife.
The service is first-Class, as is the food served here at the Main Lodge or down by the River. We can arrange a Bush Breakfast or Sundowner at an extra cost; the experience is well worth it.
You can visit some of the projects that Ishasha Wilderness Camp supports, such as Elephant trenches that keep elephants away from the farms of the communities surrounding the Park.
Afternoon Game Drive and Safari Sundowner:
Afternoon Game Drive in search of the Tree-Climbing Lions of Ishasha – the lions climb up the trees in the morning after returning from a night’s hunt and sleep most of the day away.
Why did the lion climb into the trees? There are no clear answers, but it is either a cultural adaptation or wanting to avoid insects on the ground.
After the Game Drive, it is time for a Sundowner and snack in the Wilderness provided by Ishasha Wilderness Tented Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 4 -Ishasha – return to Kampala:
4 Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari – Queen Elizabeth Park comes to an as we head for Kampala – stop for lunch in Mbarara – a visit and stop at the equator, and then the Royal Drum Makers; you can even pick up a few for a memory of Uganda.
Please Note: You have the option to fly back to Entebbe from here using the Kihihi Airstrip that is nearby.
What is included in this 4-Day Luxury-Lion Wildlife Safari in Queen Elizabeth Park?
- Experienced Ugandan Driver-Guide: A Safari becomes more enjoyable with a knowledgeable and professional Local Driver-Guide.
- Greet and Meet at Airport upon arrival: We provide meet and greet services, including a welcome gift and Safari Informational Packet.
- Full-Board Lodging: All meals are included except alcoholic drinks, sodas, and snacks that you might order apart from meals. Some luxury Lodges have non-premium alcoholic beverages and sodas.
- Private 4×4 Land Cruiser Safari Vehicle with pop-Up Roof: The vehicle has a car fridge, WiFi, and bottled Water.
- WiFi Internet Access: Most Lodges only provide a WiFi Internet Connection in the main lodge. We offer you a MiFi Router that gives you and your party access to the internet in your cottage or room, depending on nearby transmission towers. Read Staying in touch with home.
- Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic Speaking Driver-Guides: At an extra cost.
- Your Dietary Needs can be met: Notify us if you are a vegan, vegetarian, or need a gluten-free diet. Halala dietary requirements can be completed in most instances. Strictly kosher nutritional requirements cannot be met on safari. a.
- AMREF-Flying Doctors Air-Medivac Insurance coverage: Our clients have covered a rare need for medical evacuation to a hospital that meets international standards.
I have not included: Visas, Travel Insurance, Laundry, Tips, drinks at lodges such as Alcoholic drinks and sodas, and optional listed activities.
If you are interested in this 4-Day Luxury Lion Wildlife Safari – Queen Elizabeth Park, don’t hesitate to contact us.
