Worth knowing
Tree-climbing lions are a behaviour, not a guarantee — Ishasha is remote and the lions are not always up or about. The Kazinga boat, by contrast, reliably delivers.
Hippo, elephant and buffalo crowd the banks, with kingfishers, storks and skimmers — a boat safari like few others.
In the Ishasha sector, lions famously rest in the fig trees — an unusual behaviour and a sought-after sighting.
Close to 600 species recorded — one of the richest bird parks in Africa, across savanna, water and forest.
Tree-climbing lions are a behaviour, not a guarantee — Ishasha is remote and the lions are not always up or about. The Kazinga boat, by contrast, reliably delivers.
Queen Elizabeth sits in a busy corner of Uganda, with fishing villages, roads and farmland woven through and around it — a park that shares its space with people more than most. The wildlife and the communities live in close, sometimes tense, proximity.
Human-wildlife conflict, especially around crop-raiding elephants and the lions, is a real and ongoing challenge here, and conservation work focuses heavily on that fragile coexistence at the park's many edges.
We pair Queen Elizabeth's savanna with the gorilla and chimp forests nearby, so your trip has both halves — the Kazinga boat, Ishasha and the plains alongside the treks.
A cruise along the channel for hippo, elephant, buffalo and superb waterbirds.
The remote southern sector for the tree-climbing lions in the fig branches.
Game drives through the savanna and the explosion craters, strong on birds and plains game.
We secure the gorilla, chimp and park permits directly and early — the scarce thing everything else hangs on — so your trek is locked in, not left to chance.
Queen Elizabeth is large, with the Kazinga area and the remote Ishasha sector far apart. We base you for what you want — the channel and crater lakes, or the southern lions — and route it with Bwindi and Kibale.
Our guides and the park rangers work the forest and the plains for real encounters — they would rather earn you one great sighting than rush a list.
Queen Elizabeth gives a Uganda trip its savanna half — the Kazinga boat, tree-climbing lions and big game. We route it with the gorilla and chimp forests.
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