Animals in Queen Elizabeth National Park
In Queen Elizabeth National Park: Animals Naturally rich in animal species, Queen Elizabeth National Park is regarded as Uganda’s greatest when it comes fauna and wildlife. Though half the size of Murchison falls national park, Queen Elizabeth is among Uganda’s biggest national parks. Including the African five apart from the white rhino, Queen Elizabeth’s national park boasts around 95 creatures. The main attractions of Queen Elizabeth National Park are the animals, which also help to explain some of her popularity throughout east Africa.
Large cats
Major big cats of Queen Elizabeth National Park, tree climbing lions of ishasha are among the species found there. They also emphasize every east African safari. Found in the southern section of Queen Elizabeth national park in the Ishasha sector, these are rare species particular to the park. They are tree climbers, certainly, as they are observed on the branches of Savannah’s candelabra trees. The causes of these jungle kings’ tree climbing are now well established.
Running away from the biting tsetse flies on the ground, the lions in Ishasha scale trees to provide cover from the insects.
Another reason is to see their prey clearly from high in the trees. The tree climbing lions of Ishasha have spy tendencies and like monitoring the Uganda kobs grazing in the field.
Finally, during the dry season—January and February—the lions in the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth national park climb trees to escape the heated ground. Sometimes the lions fall asleep up in the candelabra tree branches throughout the day; else, they climb up in order to cool down.
Other cats include leopards; they are mostly nocturnal and use camouflage; they mix with their leafy hiding places. Mostly observed in the night/nocturnal wildlife drives in Queen Elizabeth national park, are the leopards. The small cats comprise the serval and civet genal; they are also nocturnal creatures, hence sighting them is better during the night game drive.
Primates
Although Queen Elizabeth possesses around ten kinds of primates, the most well-known family is the chimpanzee one. Chimpanzees at Queen Elizabeth’s national park dwell in the kyambura gorge, a stretch of rainforest amid vast savannah grassland. Since the chimps are an endangered group of primates in Uganda and are among the species in Queen Elizabeth National Park, anywhere they are discovered is like a refuge. Visiting Kyambura Gorge for chimpanzee tracking in Queen Elizabeth National Park increases your 50% chance of spotting the chimps. Among the other primates in Queen Elizabeth National Park are blue, red tailed, black and white colubus monkeys.
The Grand Game
The hippos, elephants, and buffaloes of Queen Elizabeth National Park constitute the major game there. Living in the large savanna plains, Queen Elizabeth national park has over 5000 hippos, 2500 elephants, and over 1000 buffaloes. They are most visible in Lake George shorelines, the game drive and kazinga waterway.
Others animals include the giant forest hogs easily seen during the game drives; they are common in queen Elizabeth national park; the mongooses are small animals of the rodent family; they are mostly found in areas of mweya peninsular; the kobs are rather common in queen Elizabeth national park; statunga antelopes, waterbacks among others.
Many cats enjoy the animals that hunt on the herbivores in order to maintain the equilibrium in the ecosystems of queen Elizabeth national park; this makes the park a real protected place with many of herbivores.
