Queen Elizabeth National Park
$780· 3 days
Masindi, Uganda
Uganda's largest and oldest park, split by the Victoria Nile as it forces itself through a seven-metre gorge and detonates into the Rift Valley below. Game drives on the northern bank turn up elephant, giraffe, buffalo and lion across open savanna; the afternoon launch cruise runs to the foot of the falls past hippo pods and basking crocodile. The Delta stretch is one of the last reliable places on earth to see the shoebill.
4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 53 published reviews
The boat cruise to the base of the falls is spectacular — you feel the roar in your chest. Saw more hippo than I could count.
Rothschild giraffe everywhere on the northern bank at sunrise. Our guide knew exactly where the lions had been the night before.
Long drive from Kampala but the park earns it. The top-of-the-falls walk is short and worth doing.
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