Viewing the Tree Climbing Lions of Ishasha

At least once in a lifetime everyone has that precious right to encounter something special and out of the world, that experience that will make them wish they could take it with them at home and make their families and friends feel the same way, such a great feeling that will always stay on their hearts and them travel so as to collect such countless feelings. When we embark on the tree climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda we mean that someone can actually take that experience home.

Though some visitors still thinks that lions do not actually climb trees and it’s just a rumor created by safari marketing people, tree climbing lions are there and they are residents of the Ishasha sector which is found in the southern parts of the well known Queen Elizabeth National park with in Uganda. Some other population of these lions can be found in Lake Manyara National Park in the Southern part of Tanzania.

True, it’s somewhat infrequent for lions to essentially climb trees and there are no more than two populations in the whole world of such lions that do actually climb trees as one of their day after day behavior. The Ishasha climbing lions are very scarce in the whole of Africa but since you will be blessed with a tour in Uganda soon and you are in Queen or heading to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, you will at least take one game drive alongside the Ishasha Plains, the lions will be found there in the fig trees. Besides lions you will view countless of antelopes, herds of buffalo, huge elephants and many more wildlife.

There is an estimation of about four Pride of lions in this region of the game park and there has been no accurate figure as to their actual number but the estimate is still at 40 plus lions. These lions normally climb sycamore fig trees and acacia trees these are said to be their favorite trees. Some people think that lions climb trees because it’s their culturally in-built manner, others say they be escaping pestering insects on the ground, they be escaping heat on the ground too but still the reason for their climbing remains unknown to all.

Tree climbing lions have for some reason turned out to the main reason that the visitors go to Queen Elizabeth and the Ishasha sector is now famously known for these unique lions, I say they are unique because the male lions are spotted with black manes. These lions are commonly seen up on trees lazily resting staring at a variety of antelopes grazing which is actually their main prey in this region.
If you ever find yourself being chased by a lion within Queen Elizabeth National Park and you find a tree to be your rescue, you will actually turn out to be food serving yourself on a dining table for these lions in Ishasha.