LION TRACKING RESEARCH IN UGANDA
Lion Tracking Research at Queen Elizabeth – another way to see Lions in Queen Elizabeth Park. The Uganda Carnivore Project does research on Lions and other predators in the northen sector of Queen Elizabeth and you can join on one of their research outings. This is a limited and rare opportunity and has to be booked in advance if you are on a safari with us and we will include it in your Safari Itinerary.
Each morning or late afternoon you can take part in a Lion Tracking Research Experience in Queen Elizabeth Park – these tracking times last between one to three hours and are done twice a day and tracks lions who have radio-collars attached to them. You will be with researchers and learn the habits of the Lions in Queen Elizabeth Park.
This Lion Tracking Experience is limited to just a few visitors and one must be booked ahead of time in order to participate in this unique lion tracking experience in Queen Elizabeth Park. We can add to your itinerary the Lion Tracking Research Experience into any of our safaris that takes in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Southwest Uganda. The reason for the limits on visitors is for the protection of the lions and not to hamper the work of the researchers.
You get to help in monitoring, tracking, researching the King of the Beasts in Queen Elizabeth Park which is certainly an out of the ordinary times for visitors to Uganda and another unique wildlife experience offered to visitors by Uganda Wildlife Authority. Queen Elizabeth Park is the only Park in Uganda where the Lion Tracking wildlife research is offered, meaning that if you like to take part you have to incorporate Queen Elizabeth Park into your Itinerary.
This is not just an activity created for visitors, it is scientific research that is recorded and gives the researchers a better understanding of the habits of the lions found in Queen Elizabeth Park.
If you like to include the Lion Tracking Wildlife Research Experience at Queen Elizabeth Park – please let us know and we will include when writing up your itinerary…Enjoy the lions of Queen Elizabeth Park in Uganda…
