Queen Elizabeth National Park game drives
Queen Elizabeth national park is approximately 7 hours drive by road south-west part of Uganda. The park joins Kyambura game reserve to the east which itself adjoins the Kigezi game reserve. With approximately 600 bird species and 97 animal species, the park is well-known for its profusion of wildlife. The park is also known for famous tree- climbing lions, whose males often sport black manes. Queen Elizabeth National Park game drives are one of the most interesting activities to participate in when planning a tour to Uganda.
Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park
The game drives are popular in kasenyi plains because the region hosts the richest number of the parks wildlife in its beautiful landscape. Other game drive circuits in Queen Elizabeth Park include Ishasha game drive circuit, Channel drive circuit and crater drive circuit. These game drives include both morning and evening drives.
While on your safari you will view many animals up closer than you imagined. Common Uganda animals that you will view in a game drive safari in the Park include four of the big five African animals. These are the Lions, Leopards, Elephants, and Buffaloes. However, you can also encounter other animals in park, especially antelopes and birds on your Queen Elizabeth safari game drive
When to do game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park
One can do game drives in Queen Elizabeth park in the morning and evening. This means one can do the game drives in the morning or in evening according to the visitors choice.
Morning game drives
The morning game drive, after early morning breakfast you will begin you drive at 06:00 am, to the park offices for registration and start the drive and this drive will enable you to see and view clearly a variety of animals in the park hunting their first meal of the day. Kasenyi plains are known for sighting lions as they normally feed, alongside wonderful variety of game and predator species. The morning game drives in the park take at least 3-4 hour, after which you will return to your booked lodge for relaxation and wait for your afternoon Boat Cruise at Kazinga channel.
Evening game drives
In Queen Elizabeth National Park, evening game drives can be done anytime throughout the year though the best time is during the dry season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and February because during this period there is less or little rainfall. Therefore accessing roads and game drive tracks will be dry and passable.
How much do I pay for a game drive in Queen Elizabeth NP
The entrance fee to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda is $40 for foreign non residents, $30 for foreign residents and UGX 20,000 for East African citizens and this fee is valid for 24hours.
Other costs
- Night game drive: $30 per person for non- residents,$20 per person for foreign residents and UGX50,000 per person for East African citizens
- Bird watching: $25 per person
- Transportation: safari car can cost around$100 per day and Land cruisers can cost between $150 and$250 per day
Other top activities done in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Hiking, boat excursions, bird watching, and cultural tours are some of the other popular activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Boat cruises
Queen Elizabeth boat cruise is one of the best safari activities in the park during your wildlife safaris in Uganda. Boat cruise makes part of your best safari in Uganda, giving some of the rare experiences on African safari cruises and the activity is famous on the Kazinga channel, but it is also organized from the Katunguru Bridge Area.
The two 2 hour Kazinga channel community boat cruise is the most famous boat trip which begins from Mweya landing site just within Mweya Safari Lodge and ends at the mouth of the Kazinga Channel which is Lake Edward. The Kazinga Channel boat trip offers the best view of a rich variety of wildlife like hippos, buffalos, waterbucks and Nile crocodiles.
Bird watching
Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda is of the top bird-watching destinations with many areas for bird watching, including Ishasha, Kazinga Channel, and Maramagambo Forest the forest with a great experience for bird lovers, the park contains over 600 bird species making it the best visited destination for birders in Uganda.
Cultural tours
Cultural tours in Queen Elizabeth National Park are one of the most enlightening activities to do on your safaris
The cultural groups in Queen the Park are just a portion of the 56 tribes and this makes the different cultures of Uganda one of the rich tourist attractions in a Uganda safari.
