Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda's most popular game reserve for safaris and definitely one most attractive. The park was established in 1952. It is located in the Western part of Uganda. It stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori ranges in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south including a wide diversity of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands to gallery and lowland forest. It has 611 recorded bird species in the Kazinga channel sanctuary which covers an area approximately 207km.

Kazinga Channel is believed to contain the world's largest concentration of hippos. Its vegetation consists mostly of thickets of various types of small trees, including evergreens and acacias. The area has savannah grasslands and rain forests. The park's wildlife includes lions, elephants, leopards, hippopotamuses, chimpanzees and antelopes such as duiker, reedbuck and topi.

This park is also referred to as the “a medley of wonders” simply because of its fertile equatorial area which is scenic with two lakes connected by a channel overlooked by a high peninsula. Area has volcanic craters, tropical forest and grasslands. The Maramagambo Forest, south of the Kazinga Channel is a home to big numbers of chimps, a number of monkey species and birds.

It has 611 recorded bird species in the Kazinga channel sanctuary which covers an area approximately 207kilometers. The main camp at Mweya is appealingly located with fine views of the Rwenzori Mountains a number of widespread bush species may be seen in the vicinity of the airstrip watch for African Mourning Dove, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Swamp Fly-catcher, Grey-capped Warbler, The Beautiful Black-headed Gonolek, Red-chested sunbird, Slender-billed, Yellow-backed and Lesser Masked Weavers, Pin-tailed Whydah,and brimstone Canary, Gabon and Slender-tailed Nightjars, are fairly common along the airstrip.

Kazinga channel is a magnet for water birds like the African Fish Eagle, the African skimmer, and the yellow-billed stork.A cruise on the channel will reveal species like Great and Long-tailed Cormorants, Common Squaco Heron, White-faced Whistling and Knob-billed Ducks, African Fish Eagle, Great-white and Pink-backed Pelicans, African open-billed Strok, Water Thick-knee, Malachite and Pied kingfishers, Swamp flycatchers and Yellow backed Weavers, Black Crake, African Jacana, Spur-winged and African Wattled Plovers, are all common and conspicious.

Hundreds of African Skimmers may be seen roosting on sandbars near the entry to Lake Edward but are migrants from southern tropics and typically present only from December to May. The Kazinga channel can also be viewed from the Katunguru Bridge on the main Mbarara- Kaseseroad where Pelicans, Terns, Greater Swamp and winged Warblers, Winding and Carruther's Cisticolas and Papyrus Gonolek may be seen. Some rare and odd birds inhabit this park and keen birders come from all over the world to clock up a sighting of the peculiar, pouting shoebill (or whale-headed) stork. This giant bird stands 4-foot high and wears a rather timid expression.

Lake George is a birder's dreamland, and its wetlands are home to over 150 bird species, including the African jacana and the rare saddle-billed stork. The lesser flamingo has been spotted several times at Lake Edward. Kyambura Gorge is home to the African finfoot, the blue-headed bee-eater, the martial eagle, and the white-tailed lark.

Bird watching is possible all year round for travellers who want to maximize their chances of getting good weather conditions, though the best months are June to September. These months have low rainfall, and there are plenty of food sources for the birds. Migratory birds visit Queen Elizabeth National Park from November to April, and the drier months of January to February are a good time to see them.