Experience monitoring lions in Queen Elizabeth national park

Experience monitoring lions in Queen Elizabeth national park

Among the most popular tourist activities in Queen Elizabeth national park is lion tracking experience, which is rather amazing. Queen Elizabeth national park, which got its name following the visit of Queen Elizabeth 11 of England, is located in the rift valley region in southern western Uganda and boasts the best savanna vegetation cover that supports several species of mammals including the Lion “King of the Jungle,” so facilitating the viewing safaris in this area.

Tracking lions at Queen Elizabeth’s national park

Using trackers, lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth national park helps visitors to have a closer interaction with the lions in their natural surroundings. The introduction of lion tracking experience helps rangers to track the lions and take visitors to closely view them. Lions reducing in Queen Elizabeth national park led to this activity, and occasionally visitors would visit the park and leave without a glance at the lions.

Lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth national park works like rangers attaching the trackers to the lions, which makes it quite simple to follow their whereabouts regarding when the visitors want to monitor them. Lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth national park allows a group of trackers alongside trained rangers and the researchers and they involve in a search of the lions with in the wild and once allocated they spend some time closely and even learning their characters such feeding and many more. Although this Lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth national park lasts two to three hours, it is quite interesting since it will allow visitors to view other wildlife in the park since this lovely savanna park hosts many more easily seen species including primates, mammals, birds, butterflies, reptiles and many more.

Currently, lion tracking is the most unusual and exciting activity that draws a lot of visitors all year long; it is managed by the Uganda Carnivore project in Uganda alongside the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), which is in charge of managing all the protected areas in Uganda the pearl of Africa. As of right now, lion tracking is done in two shifts one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Driven in the automobile together with the researchers and rangers, lion tracking activity in Queen Elizabeth national park lets a few participants avoid park congestion.

While for Ugandans and other members of East African communities they are paid UgX.100, 000 each person, foreign visitors pay $100 each for Lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth national park. Either directly from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) or via a reputable and registered tour operator like Focus East Africa tours, a licensed tour operator planning exciting safaris across the whole East African region in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo and Rwanda, this lion tracking permit should be booked in advance. Using a tour operator has the benefit of relieving the annoyance of making reservations for lodging and transportation while the tour operator handles the whole safari. The Uganda Carnivores Project receives 10% of the income generated from visitors for conservation needs.

Other tourist activities outside of Lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth national park;

One of Uganda’s top national parks, Queen Elizabeth’s boasts a large number of mammals spotted in several areas of the park accessible on a game drive. The most amazing journey that opens the doors to an ever green savanna vegetation loaded with various types of wildlife including mammals, birds, butterflies and many more is a game drive in Kasenyi plains. While a game drive in the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth national park allows visitors to see the unusual species of lions distinct from those found on a lion tracking trip in Queen Elizabeth national park. These are the tree climbing lions. Tanzania’s Lake Manyara national park houses still another group of tree climbing lions.

Apart from Lion tracking experience, Queen Elizabeth national park is also well-known for providing this breath-taking boat cruise carried out along the kazinga channel while spotting a great population of Hippos and wildlife flocking the channel to quench their thirst. Among these mammals are elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kob, and aquatic bird species.

Though it’s not usually done due to the nature of the gorge, chimpanzee trekking in Queen Elizabeth national park is done in Kyambura gorge; hence, tourists usually prefer to trek the chimpanzees in Kibale forest national park than in Kyambura gorge of Queen Elizabeth national park. Visitors on chimpanzee trekking come across various birds, elephants, buffaloes, baboons, and other animals.

Along with lion tracking adventure, birding in Queen Elizabeth national park is another exciting activity available. The best birding areas in Queen Elizabeth National Park provide a variety of birdlife.

Tracking lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Monitoring lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Apart from many more, there are guided nature walks, Mongooses tracking in mweya peninsular, community tours.

Conclusion

Book your Lion tracking trip at Queen Elizabeth National Park and participate in this once-in-a-lifetime event as you observe these territorial mammals known to be marking their territory either with urine or hair, therefore preventing any male lion from crossing across. Important to remember is that Lion tracking experience is only carried out in Uganda with in the entire East African region so it’s vital to get your permit immediately and be one of the few people that get an opportunity of spending time with pride of the lion in their natural surroundings.