Queen Elizabeth National Park
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Queen Elizabeth National Park Wildlife Safari.
The remarkable wildlife safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park, the untamed wilderness with Unique tree climbing lions and charming wildlife, two fresh waterbody lake connected by a single strong channel exposes visitors to majestic boat cruise on lakes, giving them spectacular views of aquatic animals and fascinating birds. The game drive encounters the most thrilling tree climbing lions, visitors must not miss sightseeing such an extraordinary experience and beauty that will leave everlasting memories.
Location
Queen Elizabeth National Park is a wildlife safari park located in the western region of Uganda, spanning the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi, and Rukungiri.
The park adjoins Kyambura Game Reserve to the east, which itself adjoins the Kigezi Game Reserve (including the Maramagambo Forest and thus the Kibale national park to the northeast.
The Virunga national park in the DRC lies across the border to the west. Together, these protected places completely encircle Lake Edward. The Mount Rwenzori National Park in Uganda lies not far to the northwest.
The Queen Elizabeth wildlife safari Park is Uganda’s most protected area with a diversity of ecosystems including Sprawling savanna, shady forests, sparkling lakes, lush wetlands and provide ideal habitats for classic big game, forest primates and birds.
The wildlife safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park has an abundance of magnificent vistas includes the jagged backdrop of Rwenzori mountains, rolling hills pocked with extinct volcanic crater, open rift valley grassland s of Kasenyi and Ishasha, hippo lined Kazinga channel.
History.
The wildlife safari park was founded in 1952 as Kazinga National Park by combining the Lake George and Lake Edward Game Reserves.
It was renamed two years later to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II. and the last remaining communal grazing rights of the Songora herders were rescinded, causing thousands more to move across the border with their herds into the Virunga National Park, most only beginning to return after 1964 due to the strife caused by the Mulele rebellion there.
Maramagambo forest.
Maramagambo forest is a natural reserve located in Bushenyi district and commonly known for the bat experience.
The forest is home for primate species such as Chimpanzees, blue monkeys, baboons, and animal species such as the giant forest hog, African buffalo, bush pigs, bush babies, pygmy antelopes, and python among others.
This sector offers fascinating activities such as nature walks following the forest trails, viewing the waterfalls, crater lakes like Lake Kyasanduka and Lake Nyamasigiri, bat watching and bird like the Rwenzori Turacco, black headed batis etc.
Recommended Safaris to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Kazinga channel.
Kazinga Channel is wide long natural channel of 32 km that links two freshwater lakes Edward and George and has a wet land that is home to for crocodiles, bird species, and land sitatunga antelopes, water bucks.
During the Mweya boat cruise you will see buffaloes mud bathing, view the biggest lizard in Africa called giant monitor lizard, elephants.
Katwe salt mining sector.
The people of Katwe town, 12km from Myeya, have been extracting salt from the saline lake Katwe using evaporation pans during the dry season ie July to December. With the evaporation in the dry season, makes the saline water of lake Katwe to concentrate making a hyper solution that forms salt.
Top Sightings in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Black & White Colobus Monkey
Leopard
African Fish Eagle
Ostrich
Warthogs
Topi
Nile Crocodile
Baboon
Thompsons’s Gazelle
Hippo
Coke’s Hartebeest
Buffalo
Best time to do a Wildlife Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
The wildlife safari in Queen Elizabeth national park can be done any time throughout the year though the bet period is during the dry season in the month of June to September and January, during this time, there are good roads, clear view of the animals, many animals gather along water bodies, compared to rest of the months.
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