Hotels Around Queen Elizabeth National Park : Queen Elizabeth national park is well considered as the second largest national park in Uganda, which is located in kasese district in the Eastern part of Uganda, and it covers a total surface area of about 1980 square kilometers. This national park was first known as Kazinga channel but later in 1952, it was renamed to Queen Elizabeth national park after the visit of the Queen of England. More so, this national park is situated at the back of the Rwenzori mountains which enables tourists to capture the classic views of the stunning crater lakes and overlook at the katwe explosion craters which are marked as the highest point within the park because they stand at elevation of 1350 meters high and Lake Edward which stands at the lowest point of about 910 meters.
Queen Elizabeth national park is a good place to visit while on a safari in Uganda because it actually considered as the most visited national park compared to all other national parks that are present in the country and this is because of its tree-climbing lions, which act the main tourist attraction which is hosted in the park. however, apart from these species, this national park is also a home of other wildlife species such as; leopards, giraffes, hippos, lions, African elephants, pelicans, crocodiles, buffalos, flamingos and it also harbours bird species which are easily spotted within the Ishasha sector where tourists get chances to sight see different bird species like; the blue turaco, and the rare shoe bill stork , Hotels Around Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth national park has a number of many tourists attractions which attract the attention of many tourists to travel to Uganda while on the their adventurous safari and these attractions include; the tree climbing lions which are only to be tracked from only two places in the world such as; within the ishahsa sector in Queen Elizabeth national park in Uganda and from Lake Manyara national park which is located in the Southern region in Tanzania, Lake Katwe which is famously known as the best place to go watch and observe the salt mining processes, Lake Goerge, Lake katwe Explosion craters, Kazinga channel and many others. more so, visiting within Queen Elizabeth national park gives u chances to engage in activities like; bird watching, lion tracking, wildlife viewing, cultural encounters, chimpanzee trekking, visiting caves which are known as the bat caves found in the Maramagambo forests.
Accommodation facilities near Queen Elizabeth national park.
Queen Elizabeth national park offers its tourists with a number of accommodation facilities, which are comfortable and always available for tourists exploring within the national park on their safari. However, these lodging facilities are always ranged and put into different classes such as; they range from budget, mid-range and luxury. In addition, this gives chance to the visitors to choose where to stay according to what the prefer and what safari lodge matches with their budget. Therefore, these lodging facilities include; Elephant plains lodge, Kyambura Gorge lodge, Ishasha wilderness camp, Mweya safari lodge, Katara lodge, Queen Elizabeth safari lodge, Queen Elizabeth park view lodge, Quen Elizabeth bush lodge, Ihamba safari lodge, Ishasha jungle lodge, Simba safari camp, Kasenyi safari camp and many others.
Best time to visit Queen Elizabeth national park.
Tourists who plan to go on a safari within Queen Elizabeth national park can choose to travel at any time throughout the year. However, the dry season is considered to be the best time for these individuals to travel because during this period of time, there is always less rains which enable tourists to explore through the national park without any disturbances and also the grass vegetation within the park is always short hence enabling tourists to capture splendid views of the park and the beautiful wildlife species that are always noticed wandering through the park as they look for food. More this dry season is between months of; June to September and from December to February.
How to get to Queen Elizabeth national park.
Either tourists planning to travel to Queen Elizabeth national park always from different places can opt to use road or air transport means. Therefore, for who choose to use air transport means and usually aim at ignoring the long trips can book their flights from Entebbe international airport and head to Mweya airstrips where they will take a short drive from in order to be able to access the park. More so, for those tourists who opt to use road transport means will use the kampala-mbarara road, which is about 420 kilometers to be able to reach in Queen Elizabeth national park.
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