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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