Safari Sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Safari Sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Safari sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park, are located in western Uganda and are surrounded by 4 districts; Kamwenge, Kasese, Rukungiri, and Rubirizi. Established in 1952 first as Kazinga National Park, then later in 1954, it was renamed Queen Elizabeth National Park in remembrance of Queen Elizabeth the second’s visit.
The different Uganda safari sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park offer unique game/wildlife viewing experiences. Each sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park introduces visitors to different habitats ranging from savannas to rainforests. The 1978sq.km Uganda safari park is home to over 95 mammal species, 620 bird species making it worth visiting for game viewing.
Wildlife species in Queen Elizabeth National Park that make it an exceptional Uganda safari destination include the big game such as leopards, lions, buffaloes, elephants, and lions include unique tree-climbing lions. Other wildlife of interest while on Uganda tours in Queen Elizabeth National Park include hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, warthogs.
Additionally, Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to a diversity of primates including chimpanzees, vervet, baboons, black and white colobus monkeys. The birds to sight shoebill storks, squacco herons, white-backed pelicans, African jacanas, African fish eagles, wattled plovers, flamingos, open billed storks, pied kingfishers, and more.
Safari Sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park-Uganda
Ishasha sector
Ishasha sector, the Southern game viewing sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park is most popular for the tree-climbing lions. Ishasha is best explored on a guided game drive via the savanna plains and the tree-climbing lions are spotted relaxed on the acacia fig trees. Other than tree-climbing lions, the birds to see here include striped kingfishers, white-headed barbet, broad-billed rollers, African crake, ross’s turacos, grey woodpeckers, yellow-billed ox-peckers, black-bellied bustard, and more.
Kasenyi sector
Positioned on the Northeastern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park, the Kasenyi sector is amazingly the most sought for wildlife viewing sector by Uganda safari travelers. The sector is most visited for game drives, birding, lion tracking, and more. It boasts of its huge profusion of wildlife including the bushbucks, buffaloes, elephants, birds such as brown snake eagles, red-throated spurfowl, hooded crowned cranes;
Black-bellied bustards, martial eagles, palm vultures, yellow-throated long claws, and others. Tourists can go enjoy the morning and afternoon game drives on Kasenyi plains/sector.
Kyambura Gorge
Set on the Eastern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyambura Gorge is also most popular as the Valley of Apes. The Valley of Apes is often explored on chimpanzee tracking, offering a lifetime encounter with chimpanzees while in their natural habitat. Other species of wildlife to see here include the giant forest hogs, red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys.
The birds of interest to explore on the Kyambura nature walk include black-headed bee-eaters, African skimmers, fish eagles, white-tailed lark, buttonquail corncrake, papyrus canary, Verreaux’s eagle, and more.
Mweya Peninsula
Lying on the Northern bank of Kazinga Channel, find Mweya Peninsula a spectacular sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. On a game viewing tour in Mweya Peninsula, the likely wildlife to keep an eye on include buffaloes, hyenas, elephants, leopards, Uganda Kobs, banded mongoose, hippos, crocodiles along the Kazinga channel.
Maramagambo Forest
Maramagambo Forest lies along the Southern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This is a natural rainforest endowed with rare creatures including birds such as African emerald cuckoos, grey woodpeckers, broad-tailed warblers, Verreaux’s eagle owl, white-spotted fluff tail, purple-headed starling, hairy breasted barbet, Rwenzori turacos, and more.
Maramagambo Forest also protects a significant primate population including l’hoest monkeys, chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, baboons, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys. Maramagambo Forest is best visited for guided nature walks or primate walks, birding and others.
In summary, Queen Elizabeth National Park is an exceptional Uganda safari destination for a good reason. With the above sectors, wildlife, and more, Queen Elizabeth NP should be one of the must-visit destinations in Uganda.
