Queen Elizabeth National Park
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Queen Elizabeth National Park
Highlights
- Enjoy the Nature And Natural Beauty Of Africa.
- Be a Part of Heritage Route.
- Make Memories For Life Time.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is reasonably Uganda’s most popular tourist destination. The park’s diverse ecosystems, which includes sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparking lakes and fertile wetlands, making it the habitat for classic big game, ten primate species including the chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds. Its set against the back drop of the jagged Rwenzori Mountains, the park’s great vistas include the dozens of enormous craters carved intensely into rolling green hills, great views of the Kazinga channel with its banks lined with the hippos, elephants, buffaloes, lions as well as Ugandan Kobs. There are also many opportunities of meeting with the local people and get to learn about their ways of life.
Boat cruises
The Kazinga channel is an oasis for many of the captivating species that live in the park, and taking a boat safari along it gives the visitors the chance to cruise just meters from hundreds of hippos and buffaloes as well as elephants. The average of 60 bird species can be spotted during the trip. Carrying up to 40 passengers, the boats guarantee a seat with, while the ranger guides narrate the creature’s stories. The boat trips last for two hours and run three or four times a day.
Bird watching
The park is classified as an important Birding Area by Bird international, Queen’s variety of habitants mean its home to over 600 species. This is the greatest of any East African National Park and a remarkable number for such a small area. The park’s confluence of savanna and forest that links to the expansive forests of DR Congo and allows visitors to sport East as well as Central species. The main bird species include; The martial Eagle, African Skimmer, Chapin’s Flycatcher, pink- backed pelican, Black bee eater, White tailed lark, African Broadbill, papyrus canary, corncrake, lesser and greater Flamingo, shoebill as well as Bar tailed God wit. For the best birding safaris in queen Elizabeth, you have to visit the birding spots including; Kazinga channel, Kasenyi Area, Mweya Peninsula, Maramagambo Forest, Lake Kikorongo, Katwe Area and many more.
Cultural Encounters in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Watch the energetic dances of the Kikorongo Equator cultural performers; workers harvesting salt on Katwe Salt Lake; a traditional Banyaraguru hut or the agricultural village, all guided by those who know them best.
The Leopard Village; This is a community run, socio- economic development initiative that promotes cultural and Wildlife conservation through ecotourism. Its located near the village of Muhokya. Leopard Village sits on 3 acres bordering the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The visitors can tour replicas of the traditional huts of the Banyabindi, Bakonzo and Basongora ethnic groups, watch the traditional song and dance performances, and purchase handcrafts made by local communities.
The longer visits can include conversations with the community members about the challenges as well as the opportunities they face living next to the park, visits to local schools and discussions about traditional village life and solutions for human- wildlife conflict. We can work with tour groups to create a customized program.
The Leopard village is a partnership between the local communities of Muhokya, Kahendero and the Hamukungu as well as the Uganda Carnivore program, with support from zoos in the United states and Germany. All the fees and donations go to community developments, conservations and education projects and to the individual artists.
The Kikorongo Women Community
Kikorongo means Too much sunshine in the local language of Lukonzo, but the heat of the African plains has not diminished the energy of the Kikorongo Equator cultural performers! This great performance, which takes place at lodges around the park and is a wonderful glimpse of life in Kikorongo which dance, drama, music and fire making. While the local interpreters explain the importance of the performances, you can sit back and watch village life unfold in front of you.
There is also the Kikorongo’s African Art Craft workshops teach the guests how to weave baskets and bowls using natural fibers. They also show how to recycle magazines into colorful paper beads, which can be made into unique necklaces.
Katwe Tourism Information Centre.
This lake is far too salty to support much wildlife, though since the 16th century, it has ensured the survival of the Katwe villagers, who spend their days under the equatorial sun, walking the network of paths that cross- cross the lake and harvesting salt from its milky waters. The lake is far salty to support much wildlife though since the 16th century,
Katwe Salt Lake safari gives a unique insight into the great yet tough process of salt mining, as well as providing an alternative income for katwe. See the villagers at work on the lake, cross the mud walkways and enter a traditional grass hut. You will also pass the nearby bird sanctuary lake, home to many birds, including the flamingoes from October to May. The village walk helps the visitors to be welcomed to a traditional homestead. Cooking demonstrations introduce the region’s cuisine and there is also a trip to the local school.
The Nyanz’ Ibiri Cave Community
Get to stretch your legs after long game drives with scenic walks around a slice of Ugandan paradise, at this community site known as the cave. Get to view the panoramic views of volcanic crater lakes to a sound track of crested cranes and eagles. Scull a canoe, hike to the transparent lake, spot eight species of forest primates or just stop and smell the local flowers, this is the place to come to get from it all!
The local attractions here include; a historic cave and cultural museum which is a perfectly preserved Banyaruguru hut, filled with valued local artifacts that were once the tools of everyday life. The community run establishments offer three fully furnished private bandas and a campsite. All the visitors are invited to use our restaurant and bar, and enjoy the evening traditional dance performances. The portion of your activity and accommodation fees go directly to community development, conservation and educational projects.
The Agro Tour walk
The sweeping Kinchwamba Escarpment makes up the eastern wall of the western rift valley. Its 2-3-hour trail starting in rural Kataara village with a hike through the farms of the escarpments in the cool morning or early evening. Your local guide will point out beautiful bird species, exotic and medicinal plants and sites of cultural importance, as well as explaining local farming methods. The visitors learn about the enduring challenge of human and animal conflicts in the area, and will tour the beehives that are used to divert destructive elephants away from community crops on the park border. Interested clients will have a chance to try their hand at honey harvesting and get to enjoy the peace of the endless savannah and the shade of the trees, visitors hike back up the escarpment and can return to their lodges.
Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park
For the best African safari experience, the tracks through Kasenyi , the North Kazings plains and the Ishasha sector offer nearly guaranted buffalo, antelopes and elephant sightings, along with the warthogs and baboons. You can take an experienced guide in the early morning or at duck is the most successful way to track down a pride of lions and the leopards.
Kasenyi Plains
This open grassland of Kasenyi offer QENP’s primary game viewing area, and thanks to the resident herds of Uganda kob and the lions that prey on them. The ranger guides can help you locate the lions but predator sightings can be guaranteed by signing up for a tour with Mweya based Uganda predator project that monitors the movement of lions, leopards and hyenas fitted with radio collars.
Ishasha Sector
Queen Elizabeth National Park’s southern sector offers a classic game viewing experience under the large rift valley skies. Expect to see hippos, elephants, topis, and many more. The chance of sighting lions is particularly good in Ishasha. The local prides kindly spend their days resting up in the branches of shady fig trees.
Chimpanzee trekking in Queen Elizabeth National Park
The Kyambura gorge experience is more than discovering chimpanzees in their natural environment. It teaches the visitors about the ecosystems of Kyambura gorge’s atmospheric underground rain forest including the vegetation types; Bird identification and behavior as well as chimps and monkey ecology. Even though sightings are not guaranteed, the visitors stand a pretty chance of hearing and seeing our distant cousins as they are habituated. The tour lasts between one and three hours and it starts 8 am and 2 pm daily.
Hiking in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Slipped beneath the shady canopy of the Maramagambo forest is the Bat Cave. The cave has a viewing room from which the visitors can observe the resident bats and the pythons. For more of the cultural cave adventures, how about a trip to the historic vase at Nyanz’ibiri community, where the local guides will explain to you how it was used for offering sacrifices and cleansing misfortunes and as a hiding place during Uganda’s rule by Idi Amin.
The nature walks are one of the most active way to explore the land scapes and wildlife of Queen Elizabeth. The locations include; the shady Maramagambo forest, Mweya peninsula with the scenic views and the Ishasha river, where you may spot variety of forest and savanna species as well as having a unique opportunity to get extremely close to hippos on foot.
The mweya peninsula offers savannah and the woodland with very beautiful views and bold warthogs. At the southern end of the park, the visitors can enjoy an easy stroll along the Ishasha River where you can see variety of forest and savannah bird and mammal species as well as having a unique opportunity on this walk to get close to the hippos on foot.