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The park is known for its abundant wildlife, including African elephant, African buffalo, Ugandan kob, hippopotamus, topi, waterbuck, warthog, [7] giant forest hog, Nile crocodile, leopard, spotted hyena, chimpanzee and lion. Overall, the park is home to 95 mammal species and over 600 bird species. [15]
Sep 28, 2020 · Situated in southwestern Uganda, QENP covers an estimated 1,978km2 (close to 200,000 hectares). The park is bookended by Lake George in the northeast and Lake Edward to the southwest, linked by a stretch of water known as the Kazinga Channel, and is contiguous with Virunga National Park in the DRC.
Jul 15, 2021 · Famed for its stunning scenery and diverse wildlife (including many big game species), this park is located on the equator in western Uganda and includes 764 square miles of land nestled between two of Africa's Great Lakes, Lake Edward and Lake George.
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Highlights. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular destination in Uganda because of the abundant wildlife encounters. There are almost 100 species of mammals of which the tree-climbing lions are the pinnacle encounter. This is one of the few places in the world where lions regularly climb trees.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular savannah reserve and has the widest variety of wildlife of any Ugandan park. The variety of habitats includes grassland savannah, forests, wetlands and lakes. This provides the setting for an extensive range of large mammals and primates.
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Queen Elizabeth National Park, national park located in southwestern Uganda. It occupies an area of 764 square miles (1,978 square km) in a region of rolling plains east of Lake Edward and foothills south of the Ruwenzori Mountains. The park is located within the Western Rift Valley, and its.
Queen Elizabeth National Park offers a classic safari with a few twists. The impressive variety of habitats include acacia woodland, grass savannah, lakes, rivers, dense papyrus swamps, rainforest and extinct volcanic crater cones with lakes. The park hosts the famous tree-climbing lions in magnificent giant fig trees, elephants, lions ...
