Queen Elizabeth National Park

First gazetted in 1952 as Kazinga National Park, in 1954 re-named Queen Elizabeth national park after the visit of queen Elizabeth 11 that year.

488, 600 acres, flanks both lake George and Lake Edward, 420 km west of Kampala city. The lodge at mweya lies on a peninsula in lake Edward with spectacular views. Boat trips follow the channel between two lakes past numerous hippos, pelicans and kingfishers (among more than 542 bird species confirmed in the savannah park making it the premier birding destination. Queen Elizabeth is home to rich and special resident avifauna together with other European and African migrants thus making area the best birding destination.

Wildlife viewing drives across euphorbia-dotted grassland, acacia savanna and swamps, and pass 80 volcanic craters. There are very many elephants, kobs, buffalos, and bushbucks, with fewer lions, leopards and reedbucks. The lodges at Ishasha are a good base for seeing topis and Tree climbing Lions- a spectacle that makes Ishasha the crown jewel of African safari encounters

Nearby Kyambura gorge has healthy population of chimpanzees in the forest

When the first European explorers arrived, and captain Lugard saw the region in 1880 which the people of Kasese already knew, there was already established human settlements in Kazinga, Katwe and Mweya. The host community continued living in their ancestral land even after gazetting of the land into park, the host community continued to live in harmony with the park

Key activities done in the park occurs around Mweya peninsula–

Embark on Kazinga Channel Boat cruise-Biggest Concentration of Hippos in the World

The iconic boat trips in the Kazinga channel offers an amazing experience where you spot the aquatic life and wildlife which comes to the water to quench thirsty, the best lodges are along this channel-with spectacular views of lake Edward and sunset views offering the sundowning experience in savanna park.

The park also offers the best local experience-by visiting Lake Katwe and Bunyampaka -you explore the source of traditional mining for Toro and Bunyoro kingdoms. Here you learn the community extract salt using their traditional means an experience which proves that community of this destination still co-exist with wildlife since stone age time.

Lake Munyanyange -offers the visitors with spectacular experience, this shallow lake dries completely during some seasons, all tours activities in this area are managed by the community a move to promote community-based tourism. This lake welcomes flamingos which seasonally migrates from Kenya via Tanzania following the rift valley

Fishing villages-with 11 fishing villages along rivers and lakes in and around the park. Each with its own natural unique beauty, Katunguru along Kazinga the channel, with its picturesque setting is one of the sites well worth visiting in Queen Elizabeth National Park