Enganzi Lodge is a stunning haven nestled uphill overlooking Queen Elizabeth National Park. Enganzi Lodge is an excellent property with phenomenal views and gigantic suites with well-designed, fully furnished resting areas for modern lodging facilities that bring you closer to nature. Click here to view mountain gorilla trekking safaris.

Enganzi Lodge overlooks the north-eastern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. It is pleasant with spacious public areas, and the cottages can be arranged in a downhill style, providing a panoramic view of the savannah grassland plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Click here to see our recommended mountain gorilla trekking tour.

Enganzi Lodge cottages have spacious rooms that calm tourists psychologically. All the rooms have comfortable beds, bathtubs, modern showers, big bathrooms with constant running water, and eco-friendly flush toilets. Enganzi Lodge uses hydroelectricity full-time in all the rooms and showers.

The cottages at Engazi Lodge are traditionally thatched with banana leaves to keep the room temperatures moderate. All the cottage balconies have French doors opening up to your own deck, looking over the eastern rift valley. During your stay at Engazi Lodge, you will be able to see as many birds as possible. 

 Enganzi Lodge is located on a downhill slope, and there is a staircase as you walk to your room. Many guests say it is part of the workout that helps them exercise their bodies after the long day of sitting in the tour vehicles.

Queen Elizabeth offers incredible biodiversity and one of the most visited national parks in Uganda. There is a lot to do in Queen Elizabeth National Park; tourists may require about 6 days to fully discover the uniqueness in this park. Queen Elizabeth National Park's main activities include the Kazinga boat cruise, unlimited game drives, Kyambura Gorge chimpanzee trekking, nature walks in Maramagambo Forest, tree-climbing lions tracking, mongoose tracking, sightseeing, and crater lakes tour.

Game drives

A game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park involves exploring the park using a 4x4 safari vehicle on demarcated trails, searching for wild animals with the guidance of your safari guide or a park ranger. Game drive is the main activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Without a game drive, it seems like the traveler has not visited the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is protecting the four of the big five animals, such as lions, leopards, elephants, and buffaloes.

Queen Elizabeth National Park also has other wildlife species such as Uganda kobs, elands, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, warthogs, waterbucks, bush babies, and chimpanzees that loiter in the expansive plains. Queen Elizabeth National Park game drives take place in the following areas: Mweya Peninsular, Ishasha Plains, Kazinga Plains, Kasenyi Plains, and Katwe Fields.

Birding watching

Tourists interested in bird watching should consider touring Queen Elizabeth National Park. This park alone offers over 605 bird species. Queen Elizabeth National Park has one of the highest concentrations of bird species in the world. Queen Elizabeth National Park is a dreamland for bird watching. What makes Queen Elizabeth National Park so attractive to birds is that there are several water bodies, forests, swamps, gorges, and craters.

The top birding hubs in Queen Elizabeth National Park include Kazinga Channel, Maramagambo Forest, the Savanna Plains, Kyambura Gorge, and the Crater Lakes.  Queen Elizabeth National Park bird species to look out for while on your Uganda bird-watching safari include the broad-billed roller, Turaco, fish eagles, red-chested sunbird, water-thick knee, black bee eaters, Africa fin foot, cuckoos, flamingos, warblers, and grey-winged robin chaff.

Launch Cruise on Kazinga channel

The Kazinga Channel launch cruise starts from Lake Edward, takes tourists through the Kazinga Channel, stops at Lake George, and then returns back to the starting point. The launch cruise at the Kazinga Channel is one of the major highlights of a safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park because it showcases a high concentration of both land and aquatic life in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Kazinga channel offers the highest number of hippos in Uganda and can be seen dipping in and out of water every day.

Tree-climbing lions tracking

 The tree climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park are one of the key attractions for international tourists in Uganda. These tree climbing lions naturally spend most of their time on acacia tree branches than on the ground, tree-climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National park viewing takes place in the Ishasha sector. Tree climbing lions are unique and the other notable places to spot them is Lake Manyara National Park of Tanzania and Kruger National Park of South Africa. Games drives to see tree climbing lions can be done early in the morning, mid-morning or in the afternoon after the lions are done with hunting.

Chimpanzee tracking

Chimpanzee trekking in Queen Elizabeth National Park takes place in the Kyambura Gorge, which is one of the best places to see chimpanzees in Uganda. The Kyambura gorge is a huge valley with an underground tropical rainforest. The forest teams with wildlife species, but chimpanzees are top attractions in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chimpanzees are humans' closest relatives, alongside the bonobos. The chimpanzees in Queen Elizabeth National Park cost $50 per person.

Maramagambo Forest Nature Walks

Nature walks at Maramagambo take tourists to one of the few tropical rain forests surviving in Uganda. It is situated in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The key activities in Maramagambo Forest are the nature walks that cost $30 per person. During the nature walk, tourists can have a chance of spotting reptiles, red-tailed monkeys, birds, chimpanzees, bush babies, and vervet monkeys.

Lake Katwe salt mine visit

Lake Katwe is a salty lake situated a few kilometers from Lake Edward. There is no wildlife to experience due to the salinity nature of the lake. For hundreds of years, Lake Katwe salt mining has been carried out, and most of it is used in Ugandan homes.

The long dry season is the best time to tour Queen Elizabeth Park in Uganda, and the long dry season starts from June to September. The short dry season is also a good time to tour Queen Elizabeth National Park too, and this starts from December to late February.