Queen Elizabeth National Park
Uganda's most popular national park!
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular of all Uganda’s national parks. Best described as a true medley of wonders, Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of Uganda’s most splendid safari destinations.
It spans up to 1978 square kilometers making it Uganda’s second largest park and it is largely a savanna grassland protected area.
A Uganda safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park gets you the best sights at huge concentration of wildlife species including more than 5000 hippos, 3000 African elephants and over 10000 Buffaloes, several water bucks, Uganda Kobs, topis, warthogs and over 620 bird species.
There are also several incredible primate species including chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, baboons and others.
Game Drives
This activity involves the visitors to drive through the park while viewing animals. The Park has several spots of well maintained game viewing tracks.
The Park has several spots of well maintained game viewing tracks.
This Uganda tours park has got over 200 kms of well maintained game tracks .The best time for game drives is in the morning hours where there are high chances of seeing elephants, buffaloes, lion and a variety of antelopes and other wildlife you can see safari in Uganda.
Boat Cruise
The boat cruise on the Kazinga channel usually lasts for 2 hours and it gives visitors the opportunity to see a variety of yawning hippos in water, water birds, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, the Uganda-kobs, topis, water bucks, bush bucks, reed bucks, duiker, mongoose, swamp antelopes, spotted hyena, warthog, forest hog and in difficult routes in the south.
Bird Watching
The finest timing to enjoy bird watching safaris within Queen Elizabeth is from December up to February.
It is recommended to take a two- days or a three – days bird watching safari and on such you can be able to spot as many as more than half of the 550 species recorded within this park.
Hot Air Balloning
A hot air balloon tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park is a new safari experience.
It gets you the best views over varied wildlife species, Rwenzori Mountains of the moon, great western rift valley, explosion of craters, lakes such as Lake George and Edward, elephant’s herbs, buffaloes all kinds of antelopes.
While here, there are two balloons and well trained pilots are available to take you through your activity. This balloon activity is certified by the Uganda Civil Authority (UCA).
