2 DAYS WILDLIFE TOUR TO SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK

Overview

This 2-day wildlife tour to Semuliki National Park is an ideal Uganda wildlife safari for visitors interested in visiting Semuliki National Park but with less time to spare. Semuliki National Park offers the most unique wildlife safari involving visits to the famous hot springs.

Sempaya hot springs are Semuliki’s most famous attraction. The ‘male’ springs, known as ‘Bintente,’ measure 12m in diameter. This wildlife tour to Semuliki also renders a game safari in a home for over 53 mammals, of which 27 are large mammals.

Trip Summery

Day 1: Kampala– Semuliki National Park
Day 2: Wildlife Tour Semuliki National Park

Includes:

Airport transfer—drop
Transportation by a 4WD safari Land Cruiser
Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
Park fees
Services of English-speaking driver/guide.
En route lunches
Hot springs visit
A boat ride along Lake Albert
Park fee

Does not include:

Night game drive in Semuliki
Expenses of personal nature like: Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, and tobacco

Details

Day 1: Kampala–Semuliki National Park

This wildlife tour to Semuliki starts from Kampala. After breakfast, get on a fascinating drive through papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Semuliki National Park just above the Rwenzori Mountain ranges. Get your afternoon lunch in Fort Portal and get ready to take on a guided walk through the crater lakes area and a visit to the ‘Amabeere Ga Nyinamwiru‘ caves.

The Sempaya hot springs are Semuliki’s most famous attraction. The ‘male’ springs, known as Bintente, measure 12m in diameter and are set in a lush, swampy clearing. The ‘female’ spring Nyasimbi, meaning ‘the female ancestors,’ is a boiling geyser (103°C) that spurts bubbling water and steam of up to two meters high. The steam cloud can be seen from as far as 2 km away. Local people used to cook food in these boiling pools.

Day 2: Wildlife Tour Semuliki National Park

Get on a morning boat ride along Lake Albert for a huge birding opportunity, including the Shoebill hunt. Look out for the Blue Swallow, White-throated Blue Swallow, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Spotted Greenbul, White-starred Robin, and Lowland Akalat, among others.

Thereafter, a game drive en route to the Semuliki National Park shall reward you. Semuliki National Park is home to forest elephants and buffalos, which are smaller versions of their savannah-dwelling relatives. It is also home to over 53 mammals, of which 27 are large mammals. 11 species are endemic to the park, including the pygmy antelope and two flying squirrel species. It is also home to the peculiar water chevrotain, known as the “fanged deer.”.

Return back to Kampala via the Mubende-Mityana road with lunch en route at your choice of restaurant or hotel. You will then proceed to Kampala and then Entebbe International Airport for your evening flight back home or to your next destination.