A 5 DAY PRIVATE SAFARI
TO SEMLIKI WILDLIFE RESERVE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
Day 1
You will be picked up from your Hotel by Abacus Safari guide
and depart by road for Semliki Wildlife Reserve; this scenic
drive takes approx 6-7 hours and will take you down the eastern
side of Lake Albert. Semliki reserve is situated in the basin
of the Western Rift Valley.
It is one of the most diverse habitats in Africa with wonderful
examples of Riparian forest, gallery rain forest, borassus
palm forest, and short and high grass savannas. Chimps exist
next to elephant, lion and buffalo as well as the usual western
Uganda species. Following dinner we will go on a night drive.
This is the only place in Uganda where you can do a spot lit
night drive. You never know what you may see. Often the big
cats are sighted as well as the diminutive genet and serval
cats. Unusual nocturnal dwellers also show themselves, such
as the white tailed mongoose and slender mongoose, standard
and pennant winged nightjars depending on the time of year.
There are always surprises on the night drives.
Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge (FB)
Day 2
After breakfast climb aboard the vehicle with a packed lunch
for a boat trip on Lake Albert to see the incredible and rare
Shoebill, visually a cross between a dodo and a dinosaur.
The lake is superb. There are sand cliffs where brightly colored
colonies of red-throated bee-eaters dart in and out of their
burrows, there are waterfalls several kilometers up the lake
which provide a great picnic spot, and several fishing villages
along the way, virtually untouched by the ‘western world’.
The drive back to the Lodge through the borassus palm forest
and the acacia savannah reveals different species of raptors
and passerines.
Overnight at Semliki safari Lodge (FB)
Day 3
An early morning game drive will give you a different perspective
on the park and animals in it. Return to the Lodge for a late,
but leisurely breakfast. On leaving Semliki Valley Wildlife
Reserve, you will drive through the attractive green countryside
eventually ascending the Western Rift Valley to Fort Portal.
From here we will continue on to Queen Elizabeth National
Park. We will pass through the beautiful scenery of the foothills
of the 'Mountains of the Moon'. Arrive at the lodge in time
for lunch.
After lunch a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel to view and
photograph hippos, buffalos, elephants, bushbucks, warthogs
and a variety of bird life.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Institute of Ecology
(FB).
Day 4
Rise early and drive to Kyambura gorge for a thrilling chimpanzee
Safari. The guided walk may last 3-5 hours depending on weather
conditions and the movement of these chimps. In addition to
seeing chimps, the walk may yield sightings of colobus, vervet,
red-tailed monkeys, baboons and other primates.
Return to the lodge for lunch and relax by the side of the
swimming pool before going for an evening game drive to the
Kasenyi area of the park. Here you may be able to see hippos,
elephants, lions, spotted hyenas, and leopards, bush bucks,
the stripped jackal and of course the several warthogs.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Institute of Ecology
(FB)
Day 5
After a hearty breakfast, you will depart with a packed lunch
to Kampala arriving in the afternoon. This drive will take
you across the Equator where you will stop for an informative
talk as well as a photographic opportunity.
End of tour.
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