Songbird Safari Lodge is eco- friendly and comfortable budget safari lodge, seated in the middle of Queen Elizabeth National Park home of big fours, the lodge borders Kazinga channel where you can do the best bird viewing along the channel, and next door is Kyambura gorge where you can track chimpanzee. During your stay here, you will view a range of animals because Songbird Safari lodge is home of impala’s buffaloes, elephants and many other. More so, the lodge is known as a home of beautiful birds meaning during your stay expect to wake up in the morning in the sweet melodies of birds. More fact, they offer hospitable services to their clients, so just feel at home while you’re at the lodge.
The campsite is built in break taking sceneries and overlooking the Kazinga Channel and different ecosystems ranging from the thick underground rain forest that act as home for different wildlife species including elephants, buffalos, kobs many more.
Room type; Songbird Safari Lodge consists double, single room with Beth and tents.
Note; Songbird Safari Lodge caters for a quite number of guests ranging from one individual, couples and to large families. Their mission is to provide the perfect accommodation facilities at an affordable cost. The lodge provide spacious living stay.
The lodge offers scenic view and tranquil environment that provides guests with the form of relaxation and meditation away from the outside world. Songbird safari lodge provide services like chimpanzee tracking, boat cruises on the Kazinga channel that give a whole new experience to all their guests that visits the lodge.
Dining Services
The lodge offers exquisite cuisine which is prepared by the best chefs. There restaurant offers best meals and drinks consisting of local and continental dishes all at affordable prices.
Other Facilities at the Songbird Safari & Campsite – Queen Elizabeth National Park
The lodge offers free parking for its guests
They offer free Wi-Fi that keeps clients in connection with their friends.
Outdoors;
They offer outdoor fireplace and furniture
The lodge offers Sun terrace and beautiful gardens
Food and drink
They offer kids meals
They have coffee house on site
The lodge offers breakfast in the room
Children and beds Children are not allowed.
Age restriction; The minimum age for check in is 18 years.
Pets; Pets are not allowed.
Activities to do at Songbird Safari Lodge;
They include; Chimpanzee tracking, community trekking, game drives and bird watching.
Chimpanzee tracking is the art of taking a great stroll through the forests in order to catch a glimpse of the astonishing primates that swing around the forest branches. In Queen, Chimpanzee tracking is done in Kyambura gorge known as the valley of apes and is found in the eastern part of the park.
Chimpanzee stays in groups called troops, consisting of about 30 – 80 individuals.
Chimpanzee trekking starts early in the morning with a short briefing about rules of chimps. The tracking experience takes about 30 to 5 hours, depending on their location. Once they are allocated, one hour is given to you to observe them as you learn their behaviors, play, feed as well as capturing memorable videos.
Game drive
Game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the major activities done by the tourists, through exploring the park in perfect pop-top safari vehicle with a skilled driver guide who helps you to adventure different wildlife species.
Game drive in Queen is best done very early in the morning when the animals are still active or in the evening when a wide range animals are heading back to their resting places. In Queen Elizabeth National Park-game drive can be done in different areas; Kasenyi plains, Mweya peninsula and Ishasha sector in the southern part of the park.
In general, Queen Elizabeth National Park is located in the western part of Uganda bordering four districts namely Rubirizi, Rubirizi, Rukungiri, Kamwenge and Kasese. The park covers a total land area of about 1,978 square kilometers which composes savannah grassland, forest, wetland and lakes that act as home for different wildlife species such as; elephants, buffalos, waterbucks, bushbucks, lions, leopards, warthogs, hyenas and over 600 bird species
Accessibility; From the park to Songbird Safari Lodge it takes 10 kilometers only, while Kyambura Game Reserve is 25 kilometers away.
From Kampala to Queen Elizabeth National Park takes about 5 to 6-hour drive. The nearest airport to access the lodge or the park is Kasese Airport ,41 kilometers from the accommodation.