TULAMBULE EASTER PACKAGE LAUNCHED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

Are you planning to spend your Easter season in Uganda and you do not know which exact places to visit? Have you ever thought of visiting Queen Elizabeth National Park but you were limited by costs of accommodation or transport? Do you want to spend your entire weekend away from the usual environment? Well, Queen Elizabeth National Park is spectacularly one of the most incredible safari destinations that you shouldn’t miss to pay a visit while on Easter vacation in Uganda. With Easter package already launched in Queen Elizabeth National Park, you probably have no reason to bury your long time dreams! Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has set off with its campaigns to make tourism pocket friendly across all nationals something that never used to be there before. UWA the conservation organ for all Uganda's national parks, reserves and other related tourism attraction has opened low cost accommodation facilities in Queen Elizabeth National Park for visitors to spend a night while on Uganda safari. With about shs.52000, a visitor can easily have access to a single bed, self contained cottage for his or her night or twin bed cottage at Uganda shs. 82000. A double bed cottage goes at shs.102000. Around 2010, a decision was made to take the park headquarters out of the park to Katunguru as one away to create and the buildings which housed the park headquarters were supposed to be demolished. Uganda Wildlife Authority took initiative to renovate and upgrade the structures into low cost accommodation facilities.

For visitors who wish to spend a vacation with their family members, there are now family units set for you to spend a night in self catering family houses that come with spectacular views of Lake Edward and the Kazinga channel. Most of these family units accommodate around 8 visitors at shs.308000. The family units feature 3 bedrooms plus a master bedroom, dinning and sitting room as well as kitchen which is also fully stocked with cooking gas, tea, sugar and coffee. Schools on tour to Queen Elizabeth National Park, there is a 100 bed student hostels where students can pay at least five thousand each night and the teachers pay shs.25000 each person. There are plans to build a second hostel such that female and male students can spend a night in different blocks.

For visitors on Easter vacation to Queen Elizabeth National Park, you may not incur costs for accommodation. You only need shs.500000 and your whole weekend will be fully covered as you embark on your Easter safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park using one of UWA’s newly bought executive tourism buses. On 9^th January, 2018 Uganda Wildlife Authority officially opened its executive tour buses to the public. The package given caters for accommodation for 3 nights, game drives, 2 hours launch cruise along the Kazinga channel and Lakes Edward and George and meals. Besides buses, Uganda Wildlife Authority also purchased 3 executive boats each for Lake Mburo National Park, Murchison Falls National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park. The 3 national parks have water bodies and the initiative was intended to enhance Uganda’s tourism experiences.

However, Easter promotion is restricted to Queen Elizabeth National Park and visitors will set off from Uganda Museum in Kampala on Good Friday, 30^th March. Visitors will take the Kampala-Mubende-Fort Portal-Kasese route. The stopovers will be made at Nakayima shrine in Mubende and Kibale National Park and many other areas. The return journey will be on Easter Monday.

Queen Elizabeth National Park covers an area of about 1978 square kilometers making it the second largest savanna grassland national park in Uganda. It is mainly credited for its distinct savanna wildlife, aquatic life and several forest species as well as over 620 varied bird species. The park is famous for its remarkable tour activities especially game drives along the 200 kilometer well maintained track. The park features 3 distinct game drives-first the Northern crater area game drive, Kasenyi area and Ishasha. The game drives in the park reward visitors with spectacular views of lions (tree climbing lions inclusive), elephants, buffaloes, leopards, topis and many more. The boat cruise also features as the most dramatic water sport experience that thousands of travelers always undertake while on safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The boat cruise is always conducted on Kazinga channel and rewards visitors with amazing views of large numbers of hippos, crocodiles, water bird species and many more.

In conclusion, if you are wondering about which destination to go and spend your Easter holiday in Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park should be a must to visit. There is a lot more waiting for you catch a glimpse while on Uganda safari and you won’t regret undertaking a vacation to this spectacular destination.