The park is Uganda’s most popular and accessible savanna reserve. It is primarily associated with open savanna, studded in some areas with a dense cover of acacia and euphorbia trees, but it also embraces large areas of swamp around Lake George. The extensive Maramagambo forest in the southeast and the forested Kyambura gorge along the border with the Kyambura Game reserve. The park also embraces carter lakes where by at least ten crater lakes lie within the park, including a highly accessible cluster immediately north of the main road to Mweya Lodge, as does the entire Ugandan shore of Lake Edward, the northern and western shores of Lake George, and the connecting Kazinga channel.
Over 95 mammal species have been recorded in Queen Elizabeth nationla park. The park harbours over ten primates including chimpanzees, vervet, blue, red tailed and L’Hoest Monkeys and others. Around 20 predators are found in the park, including lions, side stripped jackals, hyenas, leopards and others. Antelopes common to the park include Uganda Kob, Defassa water bucks, topi and many more.
Over 610 species of birds have been recorded in Queen Elizabeth national park, possibly the highest total for any national park in Africa, if not in the world. This total includes 54 raptors and water birds species resident in Uganda and a variety of woodland and forest birds, the latter largely confined to the Maramagambo forest. Birding any where in the park is good , but the Mweya region stands out for the myriad waterbirds on the Kazinga channel, whereas the riparian forest at Ishasha is a good place to see more unusual species.
Getting there and away
There are two main routes from Kampala, both of which work well for visiting Queen Elizabeth national park either as part of longer itinerary or as a stand lone destination. You can use the fort portal road that goes Via Mityana and Mubende. The other road is via Masaka and Mbarara
Queen Elizabeth National Park tour packages
- 4 days Queen Elizabeth national park tour - include Lake Bunyonyi
- 6 days Queen Elizabeth national park - Including gorilla safari
- 7 day Queen Elizabeth national park bird watching and wildlife safari
- 10 days Queen Elizabeth national park birding and wildlife safari
- 12 days Uganda Wildlife safari - Including QENP
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