Photo Keyur Nandaniya / UnsplashWhat it is
Experiential lion tracking puts you in the research vehicle in Queen Elizabeth's Kasenyi plains, helping the monitoring team locate the park's lions. Using radio telemetry to pick up collared individuals, you leave the regular tracks and follow the signal across the savannah to the pride — a working morning of conservation rather than a sightseeing drive.
The fee contributes directly to the lion monitoring programme that keeps watch over these prides in a landscape where they are under real pressure. It is a way to see the cats up close while supporting the work that helps them survive.
What to expect
Radio telemetry
Tracking collared lions by signal, off the public tracks, with the monitoring team.
A conservation morning
Time spent on the actual work of watching over the prides, not just photographing them.
Kasenyi plains
Queen Elizabeth's open grassland, prime lion country and home to large herds of Uganda kob.
Where to do it
Safaris that feature it
12 journeys include experiential lion tracking
6 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking
A six-day safari through southwestern Uganda and into Rwanda, combining mountain gorilla tracking in Bwindi with a game drive and Kazinga Channel boat safari in Queen Elizabeth. It ends with a visit to Kigali's Genocide Memorial.
6-Day Uganda Wildlife & Gorilla Safari
A six-day Uganda safari across Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi national parks, with game drives, the top of the falls, a Kazinga Channel boat cruise and mountain gorilla trekking.
7-Day Uganda Amazing Safari
A seven-day Uganda safari through Kibale, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi national parks, with chimpanzee tracking, game drives, a Kazinga Channel boat cruise and mountain gorilla trekking.
11 Day Uganda Safari
An eleven-day Uganda safari covering Ziwa rhinos, Kibale chimpanzees, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi gorillas, Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Mburo. It begins and ends at Entebbe with a stop at the Equator.
14-Day Amazing Safari in Uganda
A fourteen-day Uganda tour running from Sipi Falls and Karamoja to Kidepo Valley, Murchison Falls, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi. It combines game drives and gorilla and chimpanzee tracking with rhino tracking and Lake Bunyonyi.
15 Days Uganda Tour
A fifteen-day Uganda circuit taking in Lake Mburo, Lake Bunyonyi, Bwindi gorillas, Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls, with chimpanzee and rhino tracking. The tour closes with adventure activities in Jinja and a Kampala city tour.
Good to know
- Does this support conservation?
- Yes. The experience is run with the team that monitors the park's lions, and the fee supports that monitoring work — part of why it exists at all.
- Is it better than a normal game drive for seeing lions?
- It is built around finding them, using collars and telemetry rather than luck, so the odds are strong. It is also a more involved, behind-the-scenes morning than a standard drive.
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