SAFARI TO SEMLIKI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK -5 DAYS
Day 1: Drive To Semliki Chimpanzee National Park
After breakfast, You will be picked up from your Hotel by your Safari guide towards Semliki National Park, known for its beautiful scenic views of the hot springs, tropical rain forest and meandering river. The parks activities include primates viewing, forest jungle walk and birding. Have lunch enroute and then continue to the park, 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 to view big cats, diminutive genet and serval cats, white tailed mongoose and slender mongoose.
Overnight at Semliki safari Lodge/Kanyankyu Ecological site (FB)
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking And Trekking Tour
After early breakfast to prepare you for the trekking experience, you will go down into the beautiful gallery rainforest to track wild chimpanzees. It’s a beautiful experience to watch them as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. You will also have a chance to view a wide range of primates, Birds and Butterflies.
Return to the lodge for lunch and then relax by the pool and enjoy the tranquility of the Lodge. In the late afternoon you will go for a game drive, stopping along the way to watch the African sun dip below the horizon.
Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge/Kanyankyu Ecological site (FB)
Day 3: Drive To Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda with a vast bird diversity of 611 recorded species, of which there are both endemic and migrant Albertine species. The park also has a variety of big game like; buffaloes, waterbucks, kobs, lions, warthogs, elephants, bushbucks. Have a brief stop at the Equator for photographic opportunity, continuing to the park which runs from the foothills of Mountain Rwenzori to the Ishasha border post in the south.
Over night at the Ecology Institute Hostel / Jacana Safari Lodge or Mweya Safari Lodge (Full Board)
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking Safari In Kyambura Gorge
Early morning, drive to Kyambura Gorge for a Chimpanzee safari. It’s a beautiful experience to watch them as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. You will also have a chance to view a wide range of primates including the colobus monkeys, velvet monkeys, baboons, red tailed monkeys.
After lunch, drive to the dock for a boat ride on the Kazinga Channel with the largest concentration of Nile Hippos, a host of countless bird species, a rich variety of birds on the channel, crocodiles and water bucks.
Over night at the Ecology Institute Hostel / Jacana Safari Lodge or Mweya Safari Lodge (Full Board)
Day 5: Return To Kampala
Have a Relaxed breakfast depart for Kampala. Transfer to your Hotel, OR to the Airport for your out bound flight.
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