Set against the backdrop of the Rwenzori Mountains, Queen Elizabeth National Park is famous for its biodiversity: 95 mammal species and over 600 bird species. The Kazinga Channel boat cruise offers one of Africa's great wildlife spectacles, with elephants, hippos and buffalo crowding the shoreline.
In the remote Ishasha sector, lions loll in the branches of giant fig trees — one of only two populations of tree-climbing lions in the world.
