Fly to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Fly to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s second-largest national park, situated in the western part of the country, spanning 4 districts: Kasese, Rukungiri, Kamwenge, and Rubirizi. Designated in 1952, the park is noted for having a wide range of wildlife species, including 4 of the Big 5 mammals: lions, leopards, elephants, and buffalo, and other species like jackals, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, hippos, and over 600 bird species.
Queen Elizabeth National Park provides exciting activities for safari travelers, including boat rides on the Kazinga Channel, nature walks, bird watching, cultural excursions, and chimpanzee trekking in the deep Kyambura Gorge, as well as game drives in the Kasenyi and Ishasha sectors, famous for the rare tree-climbing lions.
Fly to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Domestic flights can reach Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of Uganda’s famous national parks. Scheduled and chartered domestic flights to Queen Elizabeth National Park are provided by several companies, including Aerolink Uganda Limited, Bar Aviation, and Kampala Executive Aviation. Every day, both Bar Aviation and Aerolink Uganda run morning flights that leave Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi Airfield at 7:05 am and arrive at Kasese or Mweya airstrips within 1 hour and 15 minutes. Return flights leave Kasese/Mweya airstrip at 10:20 am and arrive at Entebbe Airport at 11:25 am.
Flights to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Daily afternoon flights that depart from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi Airfield at 12:05 pm and arrive at Kasese or Mweya Airstrip at 13:30 are also provided by the airlines; return flights depart from Kasese/Mweya Airstrip at 14:35 and arrive at Entebbe Airport at 16:30. Upon arrival at Mweya or Kasese airstrip, our driver guide will connect you to your booked lodge or the park headquarters by road. Other national parks from which the airline companies also plan domestic flights include Kisoro Airstrip, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Pakuba Airstrip going to Murchison Falls National Park, Semuliki Airstrip bound for Semuliki National Park, and Kihihi Airstrip heading for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
For visitors, especially those who dislike taking lengthy flights, using air transportation is the ideal choice to reach Queen Elizabeth National Park, as it is quick, rapid, and less tiring. Your reliable tour operator, such as Nakra Safaris, can arrange domestic flights to the park.
Besides utilising local flights, road transportation via Masaka, Mbarara, Mubende, or Fort Portal from Kampala or Entebbe can access Queen Elizabeth National Park. Travel will take roughly 6 to 7 hours. Through the Ishasha sector, which takes around 3 to 4 hours of driving, Semuliki National Park, which takes roughly 2 to 3 hours of driving; and Lake Mburo National Park, which requires 3 to 4 hours of driving, road transport allows visitors on wildlife safaris to access the park from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Accommodation Choices in the Park
The park has several lodging options that vary from affordable to high-end, including Elephant Plains, Mweya Safari Lodge, Savannah Resort Hotel, Ishasha Jungle Lodge, Buffalo Lodge, Pumba Safari Cottages, Kasenyi Safari Camp, Ishasha Wilderness Camp, Ishasha Ntungwe River Camp, Park View Safari Lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge, Enganzi Lodge, Simba Safari Camp, Elephant Hub Lodge, Mweya Hostels, Kazinga Channel View Resort, Bush Lodge, Kyambura Tented Camp, Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba, Lake Chibwera Camp, Kyambura Gorge Lodge, Ishasha Tented Camp, Katara Lodge, Ihamba Safari Lodge, Kitandara Hippo Hill Lodge, and Engiri Game Lodge and Campsite, among others.
Best time to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park
Although the park can be visited all year round, the dry season, which runs from June to September and December to February, is the best time to fly to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This is because, during the dry season, the trails are dry and passable since there is little to no rainfall in the park, which creates room for animals to converge at the water places to quench their thirst during the dry season. This means that visitors will have a clear opportunity to see a variety of wildlife species.
The park can also be visited during the rainy season, from March to May and September to November; however, during these months, the park receives a lot of rainfall, which, in most cases, disrupts the flight schedules and movement, leading to delays. Additionally, roads to the park are always muddy and slick with thick vegetation cover that obstructs wildlife views.
