Semuliki
National Park
Its located in Western Uganda, Bundibugyo District, along
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boarder, 370km from
Kampala, 7 hours by car 50km from Fort Portal.
Semuliki is inhabited by mammals
like, elephant, buffalo, leopard, civet, scaly tailed
flying squirrel. Birds are 400 species and some
of these are: kingfishers, turacos, shoebill etc.
Primates are 8 species and include; chimpanzee, colobus
monkey, red-tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, bush baby
and many more.
The Luxury Semuliki tented lodge offers very good
accommodation in the game reserve.
Activities include:
Touring Semuliki River that runs along
the boarder of Congo and Uganda, meandering through
the jungle.
Enjoy its beautiful prospect from the Rwenzori Mountains.
The nature walk
Enjoy the only rain forest at low altitude (700m) in
Uganda. There are several hot springs,
the diameter of the biggest exceeding 10m, and water
temperature is more than 100 degrees.
The Pygmy group, is less than 0.02% of Uganda's population.
The height of adults is about 130cm, but only elders.
The young generation is tall due to mixture.
They sell souvenir and show tribal dance.
A visit to Semuliki can be combined with Kibale and
Queen elizabeth national park
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