Here, we bring you a selection of wildlife safaris to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. Visiting Queen Elizabeth wildlife safari park while in Uganda should be on top of your holiday list. If you have wondered about which wildlife safaris to take here in Uganda, we bring you a number of Uganda wildlife tours ranging from 2 days to your desired number of days while enjoying great mammals and countless bird species.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is also gifted with chimpanzees, so you can combine your wildlife safaris to Queen Elizabeth Park with a chimpanzee trekking safari along the Kyambura Gorge. While on your wildlife safari, expect to encounter the big five; that is, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, amazing tree-climbing lions, waterbucks, crocodiles, warthogs, Uganda Kobs, and a variety of birds.
While in Uganda, you can also find these big game, like giant African elephants in Kidepo Valley National Park, nestled among the rugged hills and valleys of northeastern Uganda. It’s a place so hidden away with the beauty that has mostly gone unnoticed, until now.
About Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park which is approximately 1,978 square kilometers (764 sq mi) is one of Uganda’s oldest parks formed officially, along with Murchison Falls National Park in 1952. It is understandably Uganda’s most popular tourist destination found in the western region of Uganda, spanning the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi, and Rukungiri. The park was listed among the UNESCO world biosphere reserves, though it used to be called Lake Edward and Lake Gorge game reserve in the 1920s, before being gazetted.
Queen Elizabeth National Park extends from Lake George in the northeast to Lake Edward in the southwest. It also includes the famous Kazinga Channel that connects the two lakes, which has also favored a good number of aquatic wildlife like hippos, crocodiles, fish, and over 600 bird species commonly sighted at the Kasenyi birding site.