Queen Elizabeth & Rwenzori Safari

Touch down at Entebbe International Airport (EBB) or connect via a domestic flight to Kasese airstrip. Meet your Africa Scenery safari guide and transfer immediately through scenic rural landscapes straight into Queen Elizabeth National Park. This premier conservation area spans crater lakes, expansive savannahs, and swampy wetlands. Arrive at your luxury lodge in time for premium sundowner cocktails overlooking the expansive rift valley ecosystems.

Embark on an early morning game drive along the Kasenyi plains tracking dynamic prides of lions, leopards, solitary cape buffaloes, and Ugandan kobs. Following lunch, board an exclusive afternoon boat expedition along the historical Kazinga Channel. Photograph dense clusters of bathing hippopotamuses, enormous Nile crocodiles lining the mud banks, and massive breeding herds of elephants arriving at the water's edge to drink.

Descend into the sheer, forested canyon of the Kyambura Gorge, known as the "Valley of Apes". This underground rainforest ecosystem hosts habituated communities of wild chimpanzees. Track these energetic primates as they vocalize and swing through the dense canopy floor. In the afternoon, drive northward out of the savannah blocks, checking into your staging hotel at the base of the dramatic Rwenzori mountain range.

Report to the Kilembe trekking headquarters for brief registrations and safety protocols. Join your experienced mountaineering rangers, cooks, and porters before passing the official park boundaries. Ascend a steady trail weaving upward through the high tree ferns and thick mossy canopies of the Afro-montane forest zone. Keep watch for colobus monkeys before reaching Sine Hut, perched cleanly on a narrow forest ridge.

Wake up to freezing mountain air and trek higher into the spectacular bamboo and giant heather zones. Frame panoramic landscape photos of the rugged peaks and giant lobelias growing wild inside the high valleys. After exploring the misty, alpine ridge sectors, execute a controlled descent following a river track back down to the Kilembe base. Celebrate your mountain achievements with a warm dinner at your base hotel.

Savor a final breakfast at your hotel with the Rwenzori peaks framing the horizon. Board your private 4x4 cruiser for the return road journey across the Ugandan countryside, passing the Equator monument for photo opportunities. Arrive at Entebbe International Airport (EBB) in the late afternoon, where direct drop-off airport terminal transfers are secured for your international flight home.