Flights to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Flights to Queen Elizabeth National Park; Queen Elizabeth national Park is located 410 km west of kampala the capital city of Uganda. There is a number of scheduled charter flights from kajjansi or Entebbe international airport through a list of airlines to Queen Elizabeth national park. Your queen Elizabeth national park tour operators can arrange and organize for you further transportation from Entebbe international airport as part of your safari or tour package, immediately when you land at the airport, so you got nothing to worry about, trust a tour operator for a stress free African adventure.
Unlike Tanzania and Kenya, Uganda has a small list of airlines that operate domestic travel around the country. To note; Uganda airlines had stopped operation in 2014 however it is expected to resume business soon. In spite of the fact that Uganda has the least number of airlines operating in domestic travel business, Uganda is preferably connected regionally and internationally. Charter flights are very available and they run scheduled flights to air stirs in national parks, Queen Elizabeth inclusive.
Domestic flights to queen Elizabeth National Park are mainly operated by;
- Fly Uganda, is a market leader of private domestic travels in the national parks of Uganda. The departure time of fly Uganda air caravans from kajjansi is at 0800 for usd290 per person for a one way flight with a maximum of two people aboard.
- Aero link charter flight is so far the most famous in east African for domestic travel into the national park. Aero link is an affiliate regional air services in Tanzania and air Kenya in Kenya. It operates three flights to Queen Elizabeth national park through mweya airport or kasese air strip. About 11 passengers are transported on every flight by aerolink Uganda, plus, a cargo of 15 kilos is allowed and any excess baggage might result into extra charge.
- Eagle air is among the major three charter flight operators in Uganda, however it mainly operate in northern Uganda In areas of arua and gulu; chobe air strip and pakuba air strip both in Murchison falls national park. From eagle air website you can view its time table and flight rates plus other information.
- Other domestic flight operators in Uganda include; air services Uganda, the mission aviation fellowship (MAF), you can browse through their web page for further information.
To note; domestic flight in Uganda is cheap and affordable to the travellers that hate the long road drive and uncomfortable public transport; the prices range between £227 and £ 259, at most. Despite an increment in your safari prices resulting from the use of the air transport as your option, air travel in Uganda is safe and straight forward compared to the road and water transport.
Every week, about 25 domestic flights set off from Entebbe international airport to rural areas, most possible, national parks. Choosing a private air chart as part of your safari itinerary, will add some dollars to your safari price however it will reduce the time spent along the road route to queen Elizabeth national park and you will have a chane to view queen Elizabeth national park from the aerial point. Plus you will cut all the road fatigue and discomfort of using the public means.
