Queen Elizabeth national park is located in western Uganda; it is Uganda’s most popular tourist destination and the second largest. Queen Elizabeth national parks diverse ecosystem which includes sprawling savannah grassland, shady, humid forests, sprawling lakes and wetlandsmakes it the ideal habitat for big game mammals, 10 primate species including chimpanzees and 600 bird species.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Queen Elizabeth National Park was initially kazinga national park in 1952 and was named Queen Elizabeth national park to commemorate the Queens visit in 1954.
Queen Elizabeth can be accessed via masaka, mbarara, kasese from Kampala/Entebbe airport, approximately 387km (5-6 hrs) drive.
There are so many tourist activities and attractions in Queen Elizabeth national park.
Mweya peninsular
Mweya peninsular is Queen Elizabeth’s most tourist area due to its strategic location in the heart of the park. There is a lot of wildlife to be seen in mweya peninsular like elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, hyenas, leopards, antelopes among others and over 317 bird species that cannot be missed by birders when they visit Queen Elizabeth national park.
Launch trips or Boat cruise
Launch trips are done on kazinga channel that joins Lakes George and Edward in the mweya peninsular which provides more chances of viewing water loving mammals like hippopotamus, crocodiles, Monitor Lizards and some bird species. Other animals sighted at the shores of Kazinga channel include elephants, buffaloes, antelopes and many more water loving animals that come be at the water. Boat trips are scheduled in the morning and afternoon for 2-3 hours at a cost of 30 dollars per person (None resident fee).
Forest walk in Kyambura gorge
Kyambura gorge is located in the Eastern corner of Queen Elizabeth national park which is mostly known for chimpanzees and many more primates, habitat such as the baboons, velvet monkeys, black and white colubus, red tailed monkeys, mongoose among others. Chimpanzee trekking in kyambura gorge is currently at $50 per foreign nonresidents.
Maramagambo forest
This is a natural habitat for many wild primates such as chimpanzees, baboons, monkeys and a lot of flora and fauna that can be seen on a hike with in the forest. The forest is so much favorable to the birders since the forest habits so many bird species.
Game drives in Kasenyi plains
The open grass lands of kasenyi plains offer beautiful views of game watching during the adventurous game drives. A lot of wildlife is seen like elephants, lions, leopards, hyenas, warthogs, antelopes, sitatungas, and many more that graze in grasslands of the park.
Ishasha sector
This is located in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth national park, it can also be passed through to Bwindi impenetrable national park as a short route. In the ishasha sector the tree climbing lions can be spotted on the fig trees taking a nap and so many more wild animals like leopards, elephants, antelopes etc.
Accommodations in Queen Elizabeth national park
-Mweya safari lodge
-Queen Elizabeth bush lodge
– Marafiki safari lodge
-Enganzi game lodge
-Baffalo safari lodge
-Irungu forest safari lodge
-Ihamba lakeside lodge
-The baboon safari resort
– Park view safari lodge
– Elephant plains lodge