Kyambura Gorge chimpanzee tracking is amazing. An adventure that can be done in Queen Elizabeth National Park is in the Kyambura Gorge sector of the park. For travelers, Kyambura Gorge chimpanzee tracking is the most rewarding and adventurous. You trek with chimps in Queen Elizabeth National Park's tropical rain forest, gaining insight into the park's beautiful scenery and natural wildlife wonders such as baboons, red-tailed monkeys, and black and white colobus monkeys, among others. Click here to view mountain gorilla trekking safaris.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is not only home to chimpanzees but is also famous for the cunning tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha sector of the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to the wonderful Great Kazinga Channel that separates Lake George and Lake Edward. It is also home to several crater lakes that are salty in nature, with great views of the Mweya peninsula, shrubs, open savannah grassland, and woodland; the tropical rainforest that helps wildlife animals survive; the amazing flora and fauna; and scenic beauties. Click here to see our recommended mountain gorilla trekking tour.

Among the Queen Elizabeth Wildlife animals to spot alongside chimpanzee trekking are large herds of elephants, sitatunga giraffes, oribis, elands, herds of buffaloes, zebras, leopards, antelopes, hippos, and topis, among others.

Besides the Kyambura Gorge sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, chimpanzee tracking experiences can be done in other places, such as Budongo Forest and Kalinzu Forest, although Kibale Forest National Park is the most famous place for chimpanzee tracking adventures in Uganda.

Kyambura chimpanzee tracking is three times more affordable compared to Kibale Forest National Park and offers almost the same experience, thus making Kyambura Gorge chimpanzee tracking the best destination for budget travelers who would love to enjoy the chimpanzee experience on their Uganda safari. However, despite the chimpanzee permit cost in Kyambura Gorge, the fact remains that Kibale Forest National Park is the most famous place for chimpanzee tracking in Uganda.

 Queen Elizabeth National Park is among the places that explains the description of Uganda as “the pearl of Africa.”. Queen Elizabeth National Park offers beautiful scenery with stunning forests, swamps, savannas, woodlands, lakes, gorges, rivers, craters, and landscapes. International tourists to Queen Elizabeth National Park can never run short of activities. The key tourist attractions include nature walks, game drives, boat trips on the Kazinga Channel, chimpanzee trekking, spotting tree-climbing lions, and bird watching. Tourists can see the big 4 mammals in Uganda, namely elephants, lions, cape buffaloes, and leopards.

Game Drives

Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park are the most popular activity to be done that guarantees travelers will see 95 percent of animals. The game drive takes between 3-4 hours in the early morning, evening, or at night in any of the three sectors—the Kasenyi plains, which is situated near Kazinga Channel; along the Ishasha sector, searching for tree-climbing lions; or the Katwe crater fields.

Queen Elizabeth Game Drives takes tourists to see Uganda Kobs, impalas, antelopes, buffaloes, hyenas, lions, elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, leopards, and warthogs, among many others.

Birdwatching

Queen Elizabeth National Park is considered an ideal destination for birding in Uganda. The full list of bird species in Queen Elizabeth National Park can be seen at the Bird Observatory in Mweya. Birdwatching can occur in locations like the Kazinga Channel, the plains, the craters, and Kyambura Gorge. Birding in Queen Elizabeth National Park is done at a certain season of the year when millions of migratory birds come to escape the harsh winters of Europe.

Queen Elizabeth National Park bird species include yellow-backed, winding, yellow wagtails; white-winged warblers; yellow-throated cuckoos; yellow-backed weavers; wood sandpipers; and Carruthers cisticolas, white-winged terns, African fish eagles, white-tailed larks, white-faced whistling, swamp flycatchers, white and Abdim’s storks, Wahlberg’s eagles, spotted redshanks, water thick-knees, and Verreaux’s eagle owls, among so many more.

Launch Cruise

This boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park is done on the Kazinga Channel, which is one of the best spots to see wildlife species in Africa. Kazinga Channel connects Lake George and Lake Edward; it is where most animals gather to take water, hunt, and sunbathe. During the bird migration period, most of the bird species seen and found are more than those in North America. The Kazinga Channel boat cruise takes travelers to see animals such as elephants, hippos, impalas, buffalo, and so many birds on the shores.

Tree Climbing Lions viewing

Queen Elizabeth National Park protects Uganda’s rare tree-climbing lions within the Ishasha sector. These lions are not a subspecies or any different from the lions that are in the Kasenyi sector or other national parks situated in Uganda. Tree-climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park happened to have adopted some unique characteristics of climbing tree tops and resting from there.

Chimpanzee Trekking in Kayambura Gorge

Chimpanzee trekking in Queen Elizabeth National Park is carried out at Kyambura Gorge. The Kyambura Gorge is a depression/valley along the western section of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chimpanzee trekking offers tourists a greater chance of viewing other primate species such as baboons, red-tailed monkeys, and black-and-white colobus.

The best time to explore Queen Elizabeth National Park for animal viewing and chimpanzee tracking starts from June to September and December to February; however, game viewing and wildlife safaris are carried out throughout the year.