The Crater Lakes in Queen Elizabeth national park; the crater lakes in and around Queen Elizabeth national park in western Uganda, the craters are found along the crater trail in western part of the country. However, the crater lakes also covers Kibale forest national park, around fort portal the tourism city in western Uganda and others on the foots of mountain Rwenzori. Actually , you will not know that you’re along the crater trail but the number of craters you will see surely shows you that you a long the trail.
Quite a number of tourist activities can be done in the region of crater lakes of Katwe, such as hiking, nature walks , biking, reed boating, boat ride, fishing much more. These crater lakes are some of them still ejecting because some bad smelling sulphurous gasses , so there might happen during eruption.
How the crater lakes are created; the volcanic refers of Queen Elizabeth national park are pristine features of the earlier volcanic activities about 7500 years ago. They are true results of violent activities on an extinct volcano that is through volcanic fissure. They are formed when the molten rock called lava from under ground with a lot of pressure , blows off the surface of an extinct volcano. Instead of forming a volcanic cone , the lava with ashes blows further away from the vent forming a large basin surrounded by a realm of harsh , rock debris and lava. The basin are those ones you now a the beautiful scenic lakes filled with water.
The crater tour through the carter lakes areas of queen Elizabeth national park is one of the interesting journey that every visitor visits Uganda don’t want and never miss, Their are quite number of really interesting things about the crater lakes that you can do on your tour of Queen Elizabeth national park .
Katwe crater lake; it located north of Mweya Peninsula, the crater lakes in Katwe are the point of high elevation in queen Elizabeth national park , you can enjoy the crater drive of Katwe for 26km long from main gate that is Kabatoro gate and the queen Elizabeth also having the great view point where the queen of England stood when she naming her park after her visit this park, she named the park Queen Elizabeth national park from kazinga channel national park, the view point is “Queen Pavilion”. here will give you a view of the enormous craters and the beauty of Queen Elizabeth national park, from hills to the vegetation cover around the crater lakes.
En- route wild animals; you can also enjoy the En-route wild animals like cape buffalos, elephants, warthogs among others, you can also see the panoramic view of mountain of the moon, the western arm of rift valley and its escarpments, lake George, lake Edward, and kazinga channel which connects the two lakes so many other features. The Katwe salty lake will take you by surprise, as salt mining process and the narrative by the miners will expose you the true African ways of mining without mining machines.
Ndali kasenda crater field ; is yet another volcanic area near Queen Elizabeth national park. Ndali kasenda craters is among the densest crater fields in the country. You can also explore the craters of the Ndali kasenda on foot since they are many craters in the area of the distance of 9km long ; stretching from fort portal city to Kibale forest national park, you can enjoy mountain biking along the crater trail of kasenda. There is the famous top of the world crater trail its 3hrs guided walk. You will enjoy the view of the mountain of the moon / foot of Rwenzori mountains, the tea plantations, Kibale rain forest much more.
Nyamunuka crater lake in Queen Elizabeth national park; this crater is best for the wild animals since they go for natural illing Nyamunuka the smelling lake it produces vaper from undergrounds which some wild animals like the cape buffalos, water buck, among they come to this lake for medication since the water of this crater is saline and its salty water the animal not drink it only come for natural killing of ticks.
Bunyaruguru craters; these craters are located south of lake George and contain both saline and fresh water crater lakes . These Bunyaruguru crater are located in western part of Queen Elizabeth national park the craters are called the Kichwamba crater field, it has over 20 craters, which are found i Kichwamba escarpment of the western arm of rift valley in the Queen Elizabeth national park. Most of the craters here is filled with vegetation, however Lake Nkugute is field with a beautiful waters resembles the map of African continent and well view along between Queen Elizabeth national park and the Kalinzu forest reserve home to chimpanzees. Mirama Hills Safaris welcomes you to Bunyaruguru craters and you recognize the worldwide volcano discovery and they can give you a feel of nature and beauty in natural form .
