🇺🇬 Uganda Queen Elizabeth NP 1 tour

Kazinga Channel

Africa's largest concentration of hippos and Nile crocs on a 40-km natural channel.

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Country

🇺🇬 Uganda

Region

Queen Elizabeth NP

Best time

Year-round

Coordinates

-0.200, 30.070

About Kazinga Channel

The Kazinga Channel connects Lake Edward and Lake George — the boat cruise is legendary for its wall of hippos, huge Nile crocodiles, elephants drinking at the banks and extraordinary water-birding.

Highlights

  • Largest hippo concentration in Africa
  • Nile crocodiles
  • Shoebill sightings
  • Elephant riverbank scenes
Live forecast · Kazinga Channel
26°C Mainly clear · 5 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T16:00
  1. 🌦 27° 19° 💧 1.5mm
  2. 🌦 26° 20° 💧 2.7mm
  3. 🌦 26° 19° 💧 5.3mm
  4. 🌦 25° 18° 💧 4.7mm
  5. 🌦 26° 18° 💧 0.7mm
  6. 🌦 26° 19° 💧 1.7mm
  7. ☁ 27° 18°
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Kazinga Channel

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Numida meleagris
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Kobus kob
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Ciconia microscelis
2026-01-03 · Uganda
Papio anubis
2026-01-03 · Uganda
Damaliscus korrigum
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Colobus guereza
2026-01-02 · Uganda
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

Year-round

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