Watching Games
Drives over the national park, game viewing allows one to observe and study many wild animals, bird life, and plants in Queen Elizabeth national park.
Among Uganda’s known remarkable parks, Queen Elizabeth’s is one with a great population of wild animals, avian/bird life, breathtakingly stunning landscape including Kyambura Gorge, the huge savannah plains among others.
Many exotic species found in Queen Elizabeth National Park make wildlife drives unforgettable for visitors to Africa. About 3000 African elephants, 1000 buffaloes, 5000 hippos, over 619 bird species, warthogs, Mongooses, monkeys, chimps in Kyambura Gorge, Kobs, Statungas, Topis, Waterbucks, Lions Leopards, Civet, carvel cats among others call Queen Elizabeth national park home.
The dry season—January through February and June through September—is the ideal season for the drive. October to December and March to May include the rainy season; game viewing is challenging since the paths are slick and makes game drives somewhat difficult. Additionally the rain disturbs the game drives and game viewing since some animals hide during the wet seasons and it gets difficult to observe them.
Activities of Game Viewing
Game viewing is seeing wild animals, so queen Elizabeth national park is rich in such species. Some species, like lions, chimpanzees, and mongoose in Queen Elizabeth national park, are actually not simple to spot therefore they must first be found.
Following lions.lion tracking
lion pursuit
Actually, this is not at all like the usual gaming drives. Because it is technically a research than a tourist intended activity, it is also known as the scientific experiencing lion tracking. This is an unusual task requiring a researcher on board as well as a few others. The Uganda Carnivore Project tracks the behavior of lions fitted with radio collars, therefore doing research. They track these creatures using radiators locators. This operation is conducted in the kasenyi savannah plain, particularly in the southern area; Ishasha sector for tree climbing lions. Fascinating is also your ability to assist the researchers in tacking the animals. And you can get a closer view of the lions; this is fantastic since you will “feel the experience” and you can also capture closer and more realistic picture.
Chimpanzee tracking.Chimp Monitoring
Tracking chimps
It takes place in Kyambura Gorge, sometimes referred to as the valley of apes. There are several familiar to humans habituated chimpanzees in the gorge. This makes tracking simple as well. The early hours are ideal for this kind of work. Diurnal creatures, the chimpanzees begin their daily search for food in the morning. Both boreal and terrestrial, they spend some time during the day up in the trees and sleep in the trees. They also walk on the ground looking for food like termites and nuts from the tree roots. Tracking chimps will teach you about the striking primates of Kyambura Gorge. Chimps have tools employed in search of food, did you know that? They get the termites out of their anthills by breaking nuts with stones and also by means of sticks and twigs. Tracking chimpanzees in kyambura gorge is an exciting and fun hobby; you would not want to miss this when visiting Africa.
Mongoose following.Mongoose
Little creatures falling under the rodent category in the park—that is, queen Elizabeth national park—are mongues. For visitors to Queen Elizabeth National Park, this three-hour adventure is simply. It is carried on mweya peninsular with view of the kazinga waterway. Walking across the mweya peninsular, the tour guide leads the mongoose tracking on foot. It will enable you to understand the mongoose behavior. During this exercise you will also be able to view warthogs and birds. As you enjoy mongoose tracking exercise at Queen Elizabeth national park, this will enable you get out of the car and make your legs do some walking.
Birding is a leisurely and fun hobby you could pick when visiting Uganda.flamingoes Flamingoes
The various bird species found in Queen Elizabeth national park make it a designated as a significant birding site (IBA.). Along the Kazinga Channel and Kyambura Gorge, Queen Elizabeth national park boasts over 619 bird species; shoe bill stock, king fishers, African fish eagle, flamingos (seasonal), African broad bill, martial eagle, godwit among other noteworthy birds. For birders visiting Africa, Queen Elizabeth National Park is absolutely must. East African (Uganda) is connected to central Africa’s forest vegetation via Congo. You will thus have a quick look at both central and eastern bird species of Africa.
Every guest to Queen Elizabeth National Park should definitely take a boat cruise.boat trip
vessel cruise
This is done along Kazinga waterway in the middle of the morning; a trip usually lasts not less than two hours. You will get the opportunity to witness the crocodiles along Kazinga channel, bathing hippos on the shores, the birds and how they interact with big creatures like buffaloes and at times Lions throughout the boat ride. And it’s fascinating to see the birds on Kazinga Channel’s coastlines all paraded up like a battalion of troops poised for command for action. A boat tour will also let you visit Katunguru fishing town and unintentionally view the fisher guys dropping their nets into the sea ready to produce fish.
Another pastime you could enjoy visiting Queen Elizabeth National Park is hiking. This is done in Maramagambo forest via Kyambura canyon; the vegetation in the canyon will be appreciated; tall trees of a rainforest and underground forest in Kyambura Gorge house many wild creatures. When you visit Queen Elizabeth National Park, the climb will surely be much enjoyed.
Nature walks along Mweya Peninsular would make you very pleased. Nature hikes are fascinating; you will encounter many species along the paths like water backs, losers (single male buffaloes), elephants, warthogs, monkeys, mongooses, lizards and monitor lizards.
Notably, the surrounding semuliki national park allows open access for natural walks and hiking. The charges for visiting sempaya hot springs in Semulik national park were stopped by the Uganda wild life authority. This is meant to enhance your experience. The park entrance fee is the only today; the rest of the activities—birding, nature hikes, butterfly watching among others—are free of cost.
Visiting a cultural cave (Nyanzubiri) would astound you with the large snakes that emerge in the afternoon to gather some heat. The cave is also famous for the bats; occasionally it is referred to as the bat cave.
Apart from animal viewing, you may also savor the cultural interactions in the surrounding national park settlements. These people can tell you how much the national park helps them and how their participation in environmental preservation has paid off. Among other towns, you may also purchase some African goods from the residents for mementos from Katwe Town, Kasoga Community, and Katunguru Trading Center.
They also engage in salt mining in Katwe crater lake; the miners can tell you how the salt is extracted and the risks they run running this kind of operation. You will also learn about the closed old Germany salt factory brought about by chemical corrosion of the pipes nice. “If metals failed to process the salt, don’t you think it’s interesting to find out how these miners do it?”
From affordable to luxury safari lodge, Queen Elizabeth national park offers accommodation. This means, when you visit Queen Elizabeth National Park for game viewing, you won’t have to stress about where to live. Among the accommodation facilities are:
Mweya Safari Lodge, Parkview safari lodge, Jacana, Katara Kyambura gorge lodge
