3 day Fort portal Crater Lakes Mahoma Falls & Wildlife Safari Queen Elizabeth National Park

Details

Game drives, Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel, Crater drive tour, Katwe Salt Lake Tour, Mahoma Falls Tour, Crater Lakes Tour

Destinations

UGANDA Queen Elizabeth National Park Mahoma Falls Amabeere ga Nyina Mwiru Lake Kigere Lake Saka

Duration

3 Days

Availabilty

All Year Round


3 DAY FORT PORTAL CRATER LAKES, MAHOMA FALLS TOUR & WILDLIFE SAFARI TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.

TOUR OVERVIEW

This 3 Day Fort Portal Crater Lakes, Mahoma Falls tour and Wildlife safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park give you an opportunity to visit Fort Portal’s crater lakes region with Mahoma Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park one of Uganda’s most popular and visited National Park that combines wildlife encounters, a boat cruise along the 45-kilometre long Kazinga channel and Game drives with over 100 mammal species and 606 distinct birdlife all confined within this protected area including the huge Elephants, Buffaloes, and hippos, forest hogs and several Uganda Kobs that are easily spotted around the Mweya peninsular that features the stunning waterfront locale within the shadows of mountain Rwenzori National Park.

3 DAY FORT PORTAL CRATER LAKES, MAHOMA FALLS TOUR & WILDLIFE SAFARI TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: Transfer from Kampala to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a boat ride on Kazinga Channel and Crater Game drive

Our Safari Guide will Pick you up from your hotel and head west to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a stop at the Equator in Kayabwe to experience how you can be in both hemispheres at once. Take some photos at the point where the southern and northern hemispheres meet. Have lunch enroute in Mbarara town and later proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s most scenic and diverse park on the Albertine Rift Valley. Reach the park on time for your afternoon two-hour boat ride on Kazinga Channel. This 36kms channel linking Lake George to Lake Edward. From the boat you can spot land and water adapted Hippopotamuses, the Nile crocodile gaping along the banks, Savannah version of Pigs the Warthog as well as many different birds. Later Continue through the lush hills of the Park with a game of the Crater drive through the volcanic craters on a 24 km drive through a scenic cluster of extinct volcanic craters filled with lakes forests and Savannah. Visit the Katwe Salt Lake and see communities and how they are producing salt through old evaporation methods. Later proceed to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

  • Meals included: lunch, dinner

Luxury Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge / Elephant Plains Lodge / Kyambura Gorge Lodge.

Midrange Accommodation: Marafiki Game Lodge / Kasenyi Safari Camp / Kingfisher Lodge

Budget Accommodation: Pumba Cottages / Topi Lodge / Queen’s bush Lodge

 

Day 2: Morning Game drive- Transfer to Mahoma Falls and the Crater Lakes Region

An early morning game drive in the Kasenyi Plains. The Kasenyi plains are on the western shores of the adjacent stunning Lake George, just near the area where the Kazinga Channel confluences with this lake. This is an open savannah area, and it is swarmed with various wild animals with the Uganda Kob being the dominant animals. Actually, this place is the major breeding area for the Uganda Kobs within this park. For that reason, if lucky Lions can easily be seen here during the various game drives as they are drawn by the large Kob’s population which is their main prey in this area.

After your Game drive, Continue to Fort portal’s famous Crater Lakes Region through the wandering roads along different and picturesque lake beds with a visit to the twin lakes (Nyinambuga and kifuruka) one of the lakes is on the twenty thousand Uganda shillings’ note and your guide will tell you more legendary stories about these lakes. On a guided village walk enjoy an unforgettable two-hour walk through lush forests and slippery ground because there’s lots of moss and through steep descent to Mahoma Waterfalls, where you shall refresh yourself in the falls which are fed by the First Glacier Lake in the Rwenzori Mountains’ Lake Mahoma. Wear Hiking Shoes to keep you Safe from Falling on slippery ground. Later drive to your accommodation for dinner and overnight at

Luxury Accommodation: Primates Lodge / Papaya Lake Lodge /

Midrange Accommodation: Turaco Treetops / Isunga Lodge

Budget Accommodation included: Crater Valley Resort / Rweteera Safari Park

Meals included: breakfast, dinner, lunch

Day 3: Transfer to Mabeere Ga Nyina Mwiru, Hiking to Crater view and drive back to Kampala

After breakfast, we drive through Fortportal Town and continue to Nyakasura to start our walk of the Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru Caves, where you will visit the caves and the waterfall after a short walk. Later continue your guided tour to Lake Kigere where you will climb up to a small hill from which you will have a nice view of not only Lake Kigere but also Lake Saaka as well as Lake Nyabikere Craters. Additionally, you will have an incredible view of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park  ‘Mountains of the Moon’ in the backdrop. Later drive back to Kampala with a stop for lunch enroute. On arrival in Kampala transfer to your hotel or proceed to the Airport for your onward flight. End of Your 3 day Fort portal crater Lakes Mahoma Falls Tour & Wildlife Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

  • Meals included: Breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation not included

The above 3 day Fort portal crater Lakes Mahoma Falls Tour & Wildlife Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park is inclusive of:

  • All activities/services as per itinerary
  • 4WD Vehicle with a pop-up roof for scenic viewing
  • A professional English speaking driver/guide
  • Site entrance fees
  • All ground transportation and fuel
  • All Accommodation and Meals
  • Bottled drinking water in the vehicle

The above 3 day Fort portal crater Lakes Mahoma Falls Tour & Wildlife Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park Excludes:

  • Visas
  • International airfares
  • Travel insurance cover
  • Activities/services not included in the itinerary and those mentioned as Optional
  • Alcoholic drinks/wines
  • Laundry and any service of personal nature

For more information about our 3 day Fort portal crater Lakes, Mahoma Falls Tour & Wildlife Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park;
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