UGANDA CHIMPANZEE & BIRDING TOUR - 3 DAYS SAFARI TO SEMLIKI WILDLIFE RESERVE IN WESTERN UGANDA

Day 1: Kampala - Semuliki Forest
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 : Semuliki Park Tour
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 : Semuliki - Kampala Trip
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 Kampala arriving in the late afternoon.

End of the Tour

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