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5 Best Places To See Tree Climbing Lions In Africa

5 Best Places To See Tree Climbing Lions In Africa

Here, we offer you the top 5 best places to see tree climbing lions in Africa, you will never miss a glance at lions in the middle of the African trees. This may be surprising to some of you but to others, this is something that interests their travel to the wild. did you know that lions also have something that gives them pain? Of course they are the kings of the jungle but this doesn’t prevent them from experiencing pain.

It is said that these lions have behaviorally adapted to climb and laze on tree branches as a way of protecting themselves from irritating insect bites on the ground. They, therefore climb huge fig trees to escape their annoying insect bites. Why don’t they just bite the insects off? I don’t know why.

But i assure you that after reading this page, you’ll be only left with booking your ticket with kubwa five safaris for the best adventures of your life.

  1. Queen Elizabeth National Park

7 Top Reasons To Visit Queen Elizabeth NP - Kubwa Five Safaris 2023Queen Elizabeth National Park is located in uganda, east africa, the park adjoins Kyambura Game Reserve, The park is approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) by road south-west of Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city. The city of Kasese lies to the northeast of the park, while the town of Rubirizi is to the to the east we are talking about the country’s most famous and most visited gamepark.

Queen Elizabeth National Park | Brilliant UgandaIt is famous for its big cats and the tree climbing lions because its always on a sure deal that you’ll always find them in trees in this park. These cats take tree climbing as an advantage for the proper spotting of their preys, an escape from that scorching sun.

Remember that it’s only in this park in africa where you will find these climbing kings at all times.

2. Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park – Nasikia Camps

Located in Northern Tanzania, Serengeti National Park is  14,763 km2 (5,700 sq mi) and it has over 4,000 lions taking it as a habitant and trust me with this huge number and we may be able to see some in the trees and this is making the park popular as these kings are not seen climbing trees in many parks.

3. Lake Manyara National ParkTourist attractions in Lake Manyara National Park | Tanzania Safari ToursCovering a total area of 330 sq km / 125 sq mile as a protected area in the Northern Tanzania and Manyara region, Lake Manyara National Park was always famous for having lions climbing in the trees. These usually took trees as a resting place and as a watchtower for their prey. Though they aren’t so popular these days, still we find some in trees if we can look so carefully in the trees of this vast park.

4. The Okavango Delta

Located in Botswana, the Okavango Delta covers an area of  2,023,590 ha. It has the healthiest lions because of the massive presence of buffaloes in the park and other animals. Although not regularly seen, you may get lucky and have a view at one taking comfort up on a tree and in some way this habit is seen increasing.

5. Tarangire National Park

With the Tarangire River as it’s sources of water, Tarangire National Park covers an area of 2,850 km². It hosts a high density of wild animals including; lions, leopards, rhinos, buffaloes and elephants  and it is one of the best National Parks in Tanzania. Among it’s lions, we can’t leave out the fact that there are some that will be seen up in the middle of the trees and here they are able to balance with their prey.

 

Frequently asked questions about tree climbing lions;

1. What are tree climbing lions?

Being part of the big cats, the lions are referred to as the kings of the jungle due to their fearless character and the fact that they know how to run their game. We now see that it may not have been quite their character as one would think climbing a tree would provide an escape from being hunted down by these mammals. In this article we see that they came to know this tree climbing trick for various reasons.

2. Why do Ugandan lions climb trees?

Ugandan lions climb trees for various reasons and among these we see that;

  • They are usually running away from these irritating small insects that usually bite their skins,
  • They do climb trees as a way of seeing their prey being that up there the view is a bit clearer than when they are in the grasslands,
  • Ugandan lions also climb trees to run from the scorching sun that is constantly to hot for them,
  • It may also be that these trees are a good resting place providing that cool breeze from the blow of the wind against the leaves.

2. Where do we find tree-climbing lions?

These jungle kings are found in many different places but those that can take the risk of going up there are very few in the world hence finding them in very few places in the world. These guys are majorly found in Africa majorly in East Africa and a few in the southern part of Africa. The biggest number is found in Queen Elizabeth National park in Uganda,followed Serengeti , Lake manyara and Tarangire National Parks in Tanzania and in the Southern part of Africa we have got the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

4. Where are the tree-climbing lions in Uganda?

In Uganda, tree climbing lions will be found in Queen Elizabeth National Park in the Western region of the country, in the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi, and Rukungiri. This game park is also a home to 618 bird species which makes it the 6th highest diversity in the world and the highest in Africa. Being a perfect destination in Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park is usually paired with the famous gorilla trekking of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park.

5. How many tree-climbing lions are there?

Being left with approximately 30,000 to 100,000 lions in the whole world, Uganda takes 400 lions in total and 130 being only in Queen Elizabeth National Gamepark which may mean that all these found here may be experts in the activity. So I would say the population of those in this Park, Serengeti, Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks in Tanzania and those in the Okavango Delta in Botswana are all famous for climbing trees.

7. How high can a lion climb a tree?

Provided that the branches are strong enough to support their heaviness and strong muscles, lions can climb approximately 15 feet as long as this is possible for them monitor and inspector their hunting zone.

8. Where is the best place to see lions in Africa?

  • Tanzania having the highest population of lions in Africa making it the top place to lions in the continent.
  • Botswana having the biggest and healthiest  due to the presence of many different preys and lots of buffaloes.
  • Uganda with the highest number of tree climbing lions in the whole world.
  • Kenya which was the home for Scar who was recorded as the best lion and was described as the world’s most famous lion. He got his name after fighting injured his right eye in a fight over the Marsh Pride territory which he won together with his brothers. So, one will be amazed by this amazing history and would wish to visit the land of the most famous lion ever known.
  • South Africa with special white lions which will attract your sight. These will be found in the Timbavati region also known as the place where the star lions came down by the ancient Tsonga language.

9. What area in Africa has the most lions?

Tanzania has recorded the highest number of lions in the whole land of Africa which are also recorded as the strongest in the continent.