Accommodation Facilities In Queen Elizabeth National Park : Queen Elizabeth national park is known as the second largest national park in Uganda and it is considered as the most visited park compared to all other national parks in the country. This national park is located in Kasese district within the Eastern region of Uganda and it covers a total surface area of about 1980 square kilometers. Queen Elizabeth national park was first known as Kazinga channel and later it was named as Queen Elizabeth national park after the visit of the Queen of England.
Queen Elizabeth national park is famously known because of the presence of the tree-climbing lions, which act as the major tourist attraction of this park, and they are easily spotted within the Ishasha sector hence attracting many tourists to travel from all over the world to the park. This national park lies at the back of the Rwenzori Mountains, which blesses tourists with stunning views of the crater lakes within the surrounding. However, this national park has more tourist attractions such as; Kazinga channel, Lake George, Lake Katwe where tourists watch and observe the process of salt mining, Lake Katwe explosion craters and many others.
More so, apart from this park being a home to the tree-climbing lions, it is a habitat to many other wildlife species such as; lions, leopards, hippos, giraffes, pelicans, flamingoes, African elephants, chimpanzees and many others. tourists having their safari within Queen Elizabeth National park can have great opportunities to engage in several interesting activities like; bird watching which is best done within the Ishasha sector, lion tracking, chimpanzee trekking, visiting caves such as the bat caves which are found within the Maramagambo forest, game viewing , cultural encounters, community visits and many others. In addition, the best time for tourists to plan to travel within this national park is always best during the dry season, which is between months of June to September and from December to February. This is considered as the most appropriate time because it is during this period that there happens to be less rains and short grass, which enables tourists to get clear views of all the interesting creatures, and features in the national park
Where to stay while on a safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Queen Elizabeth national park offers its visitors with a variety of accommodation facilities that are always available at any time of their arrival. However, these lodging facilities are ranged differently and put in different classes such as; they range from budget, mid-range and luxury hence this gives a chance to individuals to choose where to stay according to where they prefer and what matches with their budget. Therefore, these accommodation facilities include;
Kyambura George lodge.
Kyambura George lodge is located a few kilometers away from the Kyambura George, which is found in the Eastern region of the national park. This safari lodge is now considered among the best accommodation facilities where one can have their stay in Uganda and it is ranged as a luxury lodging facility which has around eight spacious and comfortable rooms that are well constructed and designed with natural materials such as; stones, wood, and thatched roofs, wooden floors. These rooms contain en-suite bathrooms, flushing toilets, four-poster beds, large windows, artwork hung on the wall, a private veranda where the individuals usually sit and relax as they capture wonderful views of the park. more so, Kyambura George offers its guests with a number of facilities like; good restaurant which serves guests with good delicious meals, a swimming pool, well stocked bar among others.
Mweya safari lodge.
Mweya safari lodge is a comfortable place for tourists to have their stay because it multiple choices of rooms for their guests which are about 32 standard rooms and each of them contain an en-suite bathroom which has both cold and warm showers, four-poster beds, large windows, flushing toilets, free Wi-Fi, free breakfast among others. More so, there are 12 deluxe rooms, honeymoon suite, luxury tents and private cottages which some of them have either two or three bedrooms, spacious verandas and big living areas among others. Mweya safari lodge offers its guests with facilities like; an infinity swimming pool, well stocked bar, restaurant, a 24 hour security and many others.
Ishasha wilderness camp.
The Ishasha wilderness camp is located in the Southwestern part of the park within the quiet areas in the Ishasha sector. This camp has 10 private canvas which are deliberately stationed in good positions which offers them with great opportunities to be able to see various wildlife species like; large herds of elephants and hippos. These canvas are constructed and designed in the East African Meru style using natural materials like; stones, wood, and grass thatched roofs. Ishasha wilderness camp offers its guests with facilities like; a quiet library, good restaurant which has a good quality of food and they are always able to serve guests with international dishes or local dishes which are made using the local ingredients, well stocked bar, free Wi-Fi and the rooms at this wilderness camp contain en-suite bathrooms, eco- friendly toilets, solar panels which help to provide power in the tents and many others.
Apart from the above mentioned, there are more lodges where tourists can have their stay while on their safari in Queen Elizabeth national park and these include; Elephant plains lodge, Katara lodge, Queen Elizabeth bush lodge, Ishasha jungle lodge, Park view lodge, simba safari lodge, Kasenyi safari camp among others.
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