All 4 in 3 days here: ~80%
Queen Elizabeth National Park
🇺🇬 Uganda
East Africa, Uganda 1750 spp. recorded
Queen Elizabeth is a tropical savanna reserve in western Uganda, spanning open grasslands, dense woodlands, and shallow crater lakes. Visitors walk through flat grassy tracks and shrubby acacia trails beneath the shadows of distant mountains.
-0.227° S 29.976° E
🦜 Nature
687 Species sighted
88,037 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Feb Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 540 more species with insufficient data
Challenges you can complete here
All 5 in 3 days here: ~30%
Recent sightings in Queen Elizabeth National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
57Jan
71Feb
66Mar
48Apr
68May
66Jun
69Jul
61Aug
63Sep
50Oct
62Nov
69Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Kasenyi Track
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Kazinga Channel Boat Trip
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Lion Savannah
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Mweya
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Kazinga Channel Bridge
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Medium
Typical stay
2–3
daysTrails
Easy
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 World-class
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
ExcellentHow rich is the wildlife?
5.0
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 1143
🐒 Mammals 332
🦎 Reptiles 210
🐸 Amphibians 65
1750 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
66 Threatened 8 Endemic
🔭
Sighting
ExcellentHow likely to see animals?
4.8
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
68% 📊
Coverage (286 species at ≥5% of 1750 in the inventory)
16% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (6 bird, 5 mammal, 1 reptile)
76% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
218 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
28 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
47 🏕️
Experience
ExcellentHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.8
Climate Pleasant High
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Easy High
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
A mother and baby elephant in Uganda Queen Elizabeth Park As we drove through the park on the first day, Hassan spotted two elephants by the side of the road, and slammed on the brakes.
Elephants on Kazinga channel School of hippos Boat trip in Queen Elizabeth National Park Outcast buffalo We also saw two baby crocodiles, some ‘loser’ or outcast male buffalo, kicked out of the herd by younger stronger males, and a variety of birdlife.
We see a herd of buffalo in the distance and then come across a Fisher Eagle and two Hammerkopt birds.
We saw tons of wildlife, including elephants, Cape buffalo, stork, and of course, crocodiles and hippos.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
1,750 species
Queen Elizabeth National Park has 1,750 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are African Bush Elephant (about 70%), Kob (about 70%), Common Hippopotamus (about 70%), Rüppell's Glossy-starling (about 70%) and Black-headed Gonolek (about 70%). Among reptiles, the most-seen is Nile Monitor (about 60%).
When is the best time to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park for wildlife?
January–March and June–September
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 70% on a given day, against about 50% in November.
Can you see a Lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
Yes
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lion sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 146 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is January–March, June and September (about 70%).
Can you see a Common Hippopotamus in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Hippopotamus sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 235 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is January–March and September (about 80%).
Can you see an African Bush Elephant in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report an African Bush Elephant sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 279 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is January–March, June and September–October (about 80%).
Can you see a Nile Monitor in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
Yes
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Nile Monitor sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is September (about 80%).
Where in Queen Elizabeth National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Kasenyi Track
The richest sighting zone is around Kasenyi Track, followed by Kazinga Channel Boat Trip and Lion Savannah, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Queen Elizabeth National Park good for wildlife watching?
4.8 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Queen Elizabeth National Park rates 4.8/5: 10th of 316 parks worldwide and 7th in Africa. 63 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
