SEMLIKI NATIONAL PARK
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Geography

Semliki National Park is located in the extreme west of Uganda in the district of Bundibugyo. It mainly has a dense tropical lowland forest which is an extension of the Congo’s Ituri rain forest, but with some grassland, wetland and Bamboo forest. The terrain is quite flat ranging from 670-760metres above sea level. Many areas are flooded during the rainy season as many streams and rivers run through the park thus providing watering places and good spots to observe animals. The average annual rainfall is 1,250mm and the highest rainy seasons are from March to May and September to December.
The temperature range lies between 18 degrees centigrade to 30 degrees centigrade.

Activities and Attractions

Game Drives

The National Park hosts many mammals such as Elephants, Buffaloes, Leopards, Bush babies. With luck you may see pigmy Hippopotamus and Crocodiles. Eight species of primates have also been recorded and more than 300 species of butterflies have been observed.

Scenery Viewing

Semliki National Park has one of the best breathtaking views. The Bundibugyo road through the Rwenzori escarpment offer great scenic views. At mungu ni mkubwa, the road offers scenic views of the Semliki River and boiling hotsprings.

Visit to the hotsprings

Semliki National Park hosts the Sempaya hotsprings, boiling at 130degrees centigrade in a pool of 12metres diameter. It is said that you can boil eggs in the hotsprings and enjoy them within 10minutes.

Guided Nature Walks

Guided nature can be arranged from Sempaya to River Semliki and with luck you may see forest buffaloes, Sitatungas and Elephants. Walks can be arranged to visit the pygmy villages at Ntandi which is 5km from Sempaya to the direction of Bundibugyo.

Sport Fishing

There are opportunities for sport fishing along the river for visitors who come with their fishing facilities.

Bird Watching

Birders who make it to Semliki will be rewarded with some of the best forest birding in Uganda. The wide road between Sempaya and Ntandi passes through patches of superb tall forests allowing excellent views and opportunities of seeing the great blue turaco and Rosses turaco.
Hornbills are also particularly well represented and among these are the red-billed dwarf, African pied and the crested malimbe. The top birding is around the Kirumia River that hosts birds such as the red-sided broadbill and ituri batis.
Other key species include spot-breasted Ibis, black-collared lovebird, yellow-throated cuckoo, red-chested owlet and the red-rumped tinker bird.

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