Ishasha Under Canvas

January 14, 2026 from the itinerary: After breakfast, you'll enjoy a morning game drive through the Kasenyi Sector, known for its abundant wildlife and birdlife. With a packed lunch, continue south toward the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park — world-renowned for its tree-climbing lions. Ishasha is one of only two places on Earth

where this behaviour occurs, the other being Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania. .You'll arrive at Ishasha Wilderness Camp in the late afternoon for a 1 night stay.

The Ishasha Wilderness Camp is glamping along the banks of the Ntungwe River.

Our morning started out well and we were able to see a nice sunrise.

The morning started off poorly for Lisa when she found out there was a live mouse actively drowning in her drinking water. She found out only after she took a gulp of the mouse water. She is still having PTSD from the episode and I am writing this about a week after the incident.

We left the Elephant Plains Hotel for a 2 to 5 hour (depending on wildlife) trip along a rut filled road. Along the way we passed a crater salt lake.

We saw another leopard in a tree

and mating warthogs

My tragedy for the day was seeing a baby elephant get trod on by its mother. I prefer not to think or blog about this.

We arrived in the Ishasha Sector and went by several military posts which we weren't supposed to photograph (of course I did)

As we continued we were approached by baboons and saw hippos.

Ishasha is a lovely glamping experience along the river.

On the way to our tent, I had a Jurassic Park moment when I was slowly surrounded by very cute monkeys until I realized they were coming closer and also approaching from above me. A Therizinosaurus moment. I had to slowly back up and have Chris cover me as I tried to enter the tent without monkeys.

After a short rest it was out to see lions in trees. Lunch was a lunch box in the car. After about 40 minutes of driving we found 3 that were part of the group of 10 in the park. I had to compare it with Lake Manyara where there was just a lot more game.

This guy also showed up

We had a lovely sundown moment on the way back to camp

After dinner we walked back to the tent and saw waterboks at the river. During the night and in the morning we heard the hippo and it sounded amazing. We were really in the wild.