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Queen Elizabeth National Park is situated astride the equator
in the south western Uganda. It’s the second largest
national park in Uganda covering an area of 1,978 square kilometres.
The park has varied habitats that include grass savannah,
dense bushes, forest, swamp and lakes. The park offers magnificent
game viewing experiences, a memorable launch trip and spectacular
bird watching opportunities.
The park has over 100 species of mammals among which lion,
elephant, buffalo, Uganda kob, warthogs, hyena, and leopards
are the main draw cards. There are over 606 bird species many
of which to be seen along the the Kazinga channel to the Mweya
peninsular. The kazinga channel joins Lake Edward to Lake
George where a launch trip allows visitors a close up encounter
with many wildlife species. Northern
Crater Area
This region of the park is dominated by huge volcanic craters,
some containing salt lakes. These unique ecosystems attract
buffalo, elephant and on occasions many thousands of flamingo
a sight sight to behold.
Maramagambo
Forest
This huge forest just out side queen Elizabeth National
Park is one of the biggest forests in Uganda. It covers
a total area of 280 square kilometers of both primary and
the secondary forest, 5 species of primates that includes
chimpanzees.
The Blue Crater Lake at the sight of the Jacana Lodge is
an impressive sight.
Kyambura
Gorge
The gorge is within the savannah sector of Queen Elizabeth
National Park. This 16 kilometer long scar in the earth
is home to a group of habituated chimpanzees, baboons, monkeys
and birds. The gorge is about 100m deep to where organised
chimpanzee trekking can be conducted, bird watching, nature
walks and sight seeing can be undertaken from the visitors
centre.
The Ishasha Sector
This sector is the southern part of the park that is famous
for it's population of tree climbing Lions often to be seen
in large fig trees in the plains.
Access
A journey time of about 6 to 7 hours drive from Kampala
via Mbarara to Mweya and 8 to 9 hours to Ishasha.
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