Safari game drive in Semuliki National Park is mostly done in Toro – Semuliki Wildlife Reserve. The reserve is a mixture of savanna grassland and acacia-combretum woodland which intersperse with patches of brasses palm forest. There are significant belts of riparian woodland along the main water courses, as well as some extensive swamps towards Lake Albert.
Semuliki Wildlife Reserve was established as a game reserve in 1926 and was among the first protected areas to be gazetted. Semuliki National Park has over 63 mammal species and 441 bird species, 40% of Uganda’s total species and 66% of the forest birds found in Uganda.
There are also many bird species found in this area that are normally found in the Congo region of Africa, but also some that are only found in the Albertine Western Rift, including the rare shoebill stork. The highest numbers of antelopes in the park are the Uganda Kobs. The park covers an area of 542 km2, and is located in western Uganda, within Ntoroko and Kabarole districts.
There are three tracks across the savannah grassland of Semuliki Wildlife Reserve. Smaller forest and larger savannah elephants are regularly seen, along with buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs and Uganda Kob. With luck, you may even see leopards and elusive bush babies, which can be spotted at night on the forest trees.
Experience a Safari Game Drive in Semuliki
Game drives in the wildlife reserve can be done either in the early morning sunrise or in the afternoon. However, you may also opt for a night game drive, which may give you great chances to spot some curious nocturnal species such as the white tailed mongoose, slender mangoose and bush babies. Others include hares, pottos, little collard fruit bat and target rats among others.
Safari Game Drive in Semuliki will give you great experience to see great number of wildlife and bird species. It will also give you a unique kind of experience of this virgin land, which has not yet greatly been explored by number of visitors. Many visitors on a safari in Uganda leave overlook Semuliki yet it has a lot to offer and see.