Semiliki National Park
The Park is dominated by the easternmost extension of the great Ituri Forest of the Congo Basin. This is one of Africa’s most ancient and bio-diverse forests; one of the few that survived the last ice age, 12-18,000 years ago. Our guides are always in position to point out and explain the park’s diversity of wildlife and flora and fauna. The Sempaya hot springs are Semliki’s most famous attraction. There’s a “male” spring, known as Bintente, measuring 12m in diameter and is set in a lush swampy clearing. The “female” spring Nyasimbi, meaning ``the female ancestors”, is a boiling geyser (103°C) which spurts bubbling water and steam up to two meters high - the steam cloud can be seen from as far as 2km away. Local residents used to cook their food in these boiling pools.
Expert –Led Experiences
Guided Boat Ride on Lake Albert
If there are visitors who are keen birders and on the lookout for a shoebill, then the ideal place is here in Semiliki reserve where you will have a morning guided boat safari operated by Semiliki Safari lodge to only be rewarded by the top most attractions of the shoebills, African pygmy goose, Blue Breasted and Blue cheeked Bee – eater as well as the Blue – headed Coucal.
Whilst the Birders can have an ideal 7km hike to Nyaburogo Gorge, walking through the diversity of savannah, woodland, and in a forest Gorge where guests will be able to sight the arrow marked babbler, tropical boubal, black headed Bushrike, luhdrers Bushrike and primates.
Guided Game Drives
Uganda Wildlife Authority has designed three tracks across the open savannah grassland of Tooro Semiliki Wildlife Reserve where guests can have either a morning, afternoon or night guided game drives in search for small forest and larger savannah elephants which are regularly seen through the open safari vehicles. Many other animals such as waterbucks, warthogs, and bush bucks, Buffalos, Uganda Kobs and Elephants can easily be seen with a good chance to encounter a leopard and Bushbabies or even the white tailed mongoose.
Guided Primate Walk
Visitors wake up to a 3 – 4 hours trek that starts from Semiliki safari lodge to the forest in search for the key primate species that include the Chimpanzees, Red tailed monkey, Vervet, black and white Columbus monkeys, naughty baboons while the other wildlife may include the waterbucks, warthogs, bush bucks, Buffalos, Uganda Kobs and Elephants.