Uganda
Wildlife & Primate Safari –
5 DAYS
SEMLIKI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL
PARK
Day 1: Drive to Semliki National Park
Take a great breakfast and drive to
Semliki National Park heading to the
eastern side of Lake Albert. Located
in the basin of the western Rift Valley,
Semliki National Park is among the
Uganda’s National Parks with
many habitats like Riparian forests
and rain forests with very short and
tall grass savannah. Semliki is also
well-known for its night game drives
that help you spot nocturnal (night-time)
dwellers like the white tailed mongoose
and slender mongoose, standard and
pennant winged night-jars, cats, hyenas
and leopards among others. Semliki
is the only place in Uganda where
you can do a spot lit night drive.
The park by and large offers an abundance
of surprises as you never know what
you may come across. Overnight at
Semliki Safari Lodge or Kanyankyu
Ecological site.
Day 2: Semliki
Wild Chimpanzee primates Tracking
Tour
Take a cup of tea before heading to
the remarkable rainforest on wild
chimpanzee tracking. Chimps are typically
tracked at daybreak or early evening
due to the fact that they tend to
disappear in the middle of the day.
There are also a number of bird species
which are found in this scenic woodland.
After an impressive chimpanzee trek,
you may in the afternoon relax at
the pool or go game drive while you
have a glimpse of the dropping sun.
Take the meals and spend the night
at Semliki safari Lodge/Kanyankyu
Ecological site.
Day 3: Semliki
Game Drive Safari, transfer to Queen
Elizabeth National Park
Take a game drive as you leave Semliki
National Park. The ride will take
you through the attractive green surroundings
in due course ascending the Western
Rift Valley to Fort Portal. After
that you will continue to Queen Elizabeth
National Park and reach in the afternoon.
Use the remaining time of the day
for a nature walk around the Mweya
Peninsula, and you will spot animals
like the Uganda Kob, bush pigs, bush
bucks, colobus monkeys and many others.
Enjoy your dinner and overnight at
Mweya Safari Lodge or Mweya Hostel.
Day 4: Wildlife
Tour And Chimpanzee Primate Tracking
Have breakfast and head for a jungle
walk in the Kyambura gorge in walk
for finding chimpanzees and other
primates. Or you may go for a walk
in the Maramagambo forest to track
primates. You will retire from the
walk for lunch at the lodge and then
go for a Kasinga Channel launch cruise
in the afternoon. This boat trip will
give you an interesting look at game
like hippos, buffaloes and lots of
water birds. Dinner and overnight
at Mweya Safari Lodge/Institute of
Ecology.
Day 5: Game Drive Safari And
Transfer Back To Kampala
Early in the morning before dawn,
you will wake up for a game drive
in the Kasenyi track of the park to
catch a quick look of the early risers
and predators going back to their
covers. Retire from the game drive
for behind schedule breakfast and
then pick up your parked lunch and
return to Kampala. You will reach
in the evening. Dinner and overnight
at Serena Hotel, Sheraton Hotel, Hotel
Africana, The Lodge or Grand Imperial
Hotel.
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