Kasese is a town 10 kilometres north of Little Elephant Camp that sits at an elevation of 3,000 ft (1,000 m).  It originally grew around a copper mine in Kilembe, a Canadian venture that began in 1950.  In 1975 the  mine was sold to the Ugandan government and ceased operation 7 years later. Kasese is the 9th largest town in Uganda with an estimated population of 108,000.