You will be out of bed early enough to prepare for the morning game drive that starts at 0630 hours. After a hot cup of tea or coffee drive out of the lodge heading to the Kasenyi track where the cats are usually sighted before they retreat to the thickets after sunrise. Along the way you will stop to see a variety of animals like the hippos moving back to the water, elephants, water bucks, hyenas, buffaloes among others. With over 612 bird species recorded Queen Elizabeth National Park is a bird haven. Return to your lodge for breakfast and after lunch you will go for a Cruise along the Kazinga channel.

The 32 kilometers stretch that joins Lake Edward to Lake George is believed to hold the largest concentration of hippos in the entire world. Elephants, solitary buffaloes and waterbucks are among the animals normally sighted at the banks. On a lucky day lions and other predators are also sighted in the hideouts waiting to catch their prey as it goes for a drink at the channel. The channel is also rich in bird life as thousands of birds are always at the channel both indigenous and migrant species that fly thousands of miles all the way from Europe and other parts of the world to escape the winter.

Some of the bird species include the Martial Eagle, Black-rumped Buttonquail, African Skimmer, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Pinkbacked Pelican, African Broadbill, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Black Bee-eater, White-tailed Lark, White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Canary, Corncrake, Lesser and Greater Flamingo, Shoebill, Bar-tailed Godwit. After the cruise if time allows you might take a game drive to the craters before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner