Sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park are several in number, all of which harbour various attractions and thereby offering great activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park that travellers can stay in while in the park for a Uganda safari tour. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the second largest Uganda national park located in the south western region of Uganda, in districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rukunjiri as well as Rubirizi. Queen Elizabeth National Park was first known as Kazinga National Park, at a time when it was established in 1952, till it got its current name upon the visit by the Queen of England in 1954.
Queen Elizabeth National Park has a vibrant wildlife, scenic and amazing landscape area that leaves travellers amazed by the magnitude of the beauty of the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park has well over 95 mammal species which include elephants, buffaloes, lions especially the tree climbing lions, leopards, crocodiles, serried ranges of hippos, bushbucks, chimpanzees in the Kyambura Gorge, waterbucks, warthogs, Uganda kobs, various primate species like vervet monkeys, baboons, among so many others.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is also a birders haven, with over 612 bird species recorded in the park that Queen Elizabeth National Park is listed as one of the Important Birding Area (IBA). Some of the birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park that travellers can encounter include squacco heron, black crake, white backed pelican, and African jacana, spur winged plover, among others.
Queen Elizabeth National Park has a total of 4 sectors, all of which inhabit abundant wildlife which travellers can encounter while on wildlife safaris in Uganda. Below are the four sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park;
Ishasha Sector
The Ishasha sector is one of the four sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park, found in the south western part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park is famous for inhabiting the tree climbing lions, which can be spotted while on a game drive in the area, as well as lion tracking experience. You shall spot these tree climbing lions up in the acacia, fig tree branches among others, as they lazily stare at the kobs, their prey, among other wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Apart from the tree climbing lions which are believed to climb to get shade, watch their prey while on a high, and also avoid insect bites on the ground, the Ishasha sector also has a variety of bird species that travellers interested in bird watching can enjoy. Activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park which travellers can enjoy in the Ishasha sector include game drives, bird watching, and lion tracking. Doing these activities here is very rewarding.
Kasenyi sector
Kasenyi sector is one of the best sectors of Queen Elizabeth National Park that reward travellers with amazing game viewing safaris. The Kasenyi sector is located in the north eastern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and is largely made up of open savannah. The Kasenyi plains in the Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park is a breeding area of the Uganda kobs, thus attracting large numbers of predatory wildlife including lions and leopards, as well as vultures.
Activities in the Kasenyi sector that are most rewarding are game viewing which is done in the Kasenyi plains with large concentrations of kobs, lions, elephants, and so much more, including vultures like the hooded vulture and palmnut vulture; the other activity in the Kasenyi sector is lion tracking, which has travellers spending about 3 hours off tracking down lions, in the guidance and presence of a team of researchers and trackers.
Kyambura Gorge Sector
The Kyambura Gorge sector has the Kyambura Gorge, famously known as the valley of apes. The Kyambura Gorge is located in the eastern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and is known to inhabit a number of chimpanzees that travellers can see with a chimpanzee tracking activity. Other activities in Kyambura Gorge that travellers can do include bird watching with bird species like the African bird, swamp flycatcher, napped pigeon among others being a common sight, and also guided nature walks which take you through amazing scenic sights and encountering a number of wildlife.
Guided nature walks in Kyambura Gorge start in the morning or afternoon, and take travellers through developed trails which will have you encountering wildlife like red tailed monkeys, giant forest hogs, black and white colobus monkeys, among so many others, including bird species.
The Mweya Peninsular
The Mweya Peninsular is located in the northern bank of the Kazinga channel, which joins Lake Edward to Lake George filled with a variety of wildlife including crocodiles, hippos, and so much more. Activities done in the Mweya Peninsular include boat crises on the Kazinga channel, night game drives which have travellers having an opportunity to encounter even the nocturnal wildlife which would otherwise have been missed in the day, say leopards and civets, among others.
Best time to visit the sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park
The sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park can be visited all year through, for as long as the travellers has time to spare to take up a wildlife safari or Uganda safari tour. The best time to visit the sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park is however during the dry season which also doubles as the peak tourism season.
The dry season falls in the months of June through September, as well as December through January, which receive little or no rains at all making game viewing much easier since the grass is shorter then and with the limited water sources, the wildlife gather in the available few, giving travellers an opportunity to encounter a variety of the wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The wet season is however the best time for bird watching, and budget travel.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is an amazing Uganda national park great for game viewing safaris, boat safaris, bird watching, chimpanzee tracking, and lion tracking, among so many others. All these activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park can be enjoyed in the various sectors in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Reach out to your preferred tour operator and have your memorable wildlife safari or Uganda safari tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park put together for you.
