Uganda
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Located in southwestern Uganda, is arguably the country's most popular and accessible safari destination
Introducing: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP), located in southwestern Uganda, is arguably the country's most popular and accessible safari destination. Spanning diverse ecosystems from sprawling savannah to humid forests, glittering lakes, and fertile wetlands, it offers an incredible range of wildlife and activities. The park is renowned for its classic African savanna feel, large mammal populations, and exceptional birdlife. The park has a diverse ecosystem comprising tropical high forests, acacia savannah, salt lakes, savannah grasslands, tundra and wetlands. The park has abundant wildlife and over 100 mammal species that can be spotted. Despite the park being famous for wildlife viewing, you can enjoy picturesque landscapes of volcanic cones, craters and crater lakes. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the only park in Uganda where you will witness the unique phenomenon of the famous and unique tree-climbing lions. The shores of Kazinga Channel attract abundant wildlife, and the park is home to the biggest floats of crocodiles and bloats of hippos in the world.
Experience the Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular safari destination. Dominated by grassland savannah, this diverse park also incorporates rainforests, swamps and volcanic crater lakes. Four of the Big Five are present (no rhino), along with chimps and various antelopes and monkeys. A staggering 610 bird species have been recorded. A highlight is boat trips on the Kazinga Channel connecting Lakes Edward and George (both of which lie partially within the park boundaries). Game drives and guided forest walks are also available.
Queen Elizabeth NP is bisected by the equator below the Rwenzori Mountains. This is Africa’s third-highest massif, and on cloudless days its glacial peaks provide a spectacular backdrop to the Kazinga Channel and Kasenyi Plains. Most of the park comprises open savannah, but you can also visit Kyambura Gorge (a popular chimp trekking venue) and the extensive Maramagambo Forest. Other features include Lakes Edward and George, and around a dozen small crater lakes.
Lions at the Queen Elizabeth National Park 
Kyambura Gorge at the Queen Elizabeth National Park Locate the Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park Wildlife
Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to over 100 animal species. While on safari in the park, take out your perfect lenses and capture images of your favourite animals. The park is blessed with abundant wildlife, which is easy to spot. Suppose you want to quench your thirst for game viewing. In that case, the park has over 3000 hippos, 4000 elephants and 2000 buffaloes, the famous and unique tree-climbing lions, leopards, crocodiles and chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, baboons, black and white colobus monkeys and vervet monkeys, among others.
Queen Elizabeth National Park Birdlife
Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to over 600 bird species and is a paradise for avid bird watchers. Spend your time watching and observing the behaviours of these colourful and magnificent birds while taking your best shots. Some of the birds are endemic while others are migratory which include black coucal, blue-shouldered robin chat, African fin foot, red-throated wryneck, African emerald cuckoo, barbets, yellow bill, African Mustached warbler, brown illadopsis, lesser flamingos, black bishop, chestnut wattle eye, white-breasted nigro-finch, marsh tchagra, sulphur breasted bush shrike, white-winged tern, pied kingfisher, papyrus gonolek, white-winged warbler, greater swamp warbler, sacred ibis, shoe bill, black-bellied bustard, croaking cisticola, martial eagle, night jar, woodpecker, morning dove, swallows swifts among others.
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