5 Days Semiliki Reserve & Queen national park
5 Days Semiliki Reserve & Queen national park is a luxurious safari for travelers who normally move to spend money and leisure time. Semiliki reserve is located in Bundibugyo district bordering with Congo as a country, its well-known for its Sempaya hot spring Uganda’s largest hot springs.
It’s a home of about 53 mammal species and 400 bird species recovered by birders that visits the reserve often times, thus making it the best destination for birders in African countries.
Queen Elizabeth national park is located in western Uganda in kasese district well known for its lion climbing and being the great antelope species. Queen Elizabeth national park is a great home of many mammal species, bird species and have two great lakes; Lake George and Lake Edward which are separated by kazinga channel.
Queen Elizabeth national park has plenty of animals and other experiences to be enjoyed like boat cruise, nature walks, game drive and trekking.
Highlighted itinerary of 5 days semiliki reserve & Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 1: pickup from Entebbe/ transfer to fort portal town
Day 2: transfer to semiliki reserve
Day 3: transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 4: game drive/ boat cruise/ Lion climbing
Day 5: departure
Detailed itinerary of 5 days reserve & Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 1: pickup from Entebbe/ transfer to fort portal town
Depending on your location in Kampala city, you will meet our representative who will brief you about the trip and then you set of to fort portal town, you will en-route for lunch in fort portal town then after you will continue visit the Amabere ngayina mwiru and waterfall which attract tourist and well known as the cultural traditional sites of people of fort portal. After you will continue to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation; mountains of the moon hotel
Meals: full board
Day 2: transfer to semiliki reserve
You will wake up very earl for breakfast, after you meet your guide who will drive you to semiliki reserve and visit the hot springs which I the main tourist attraction in this reserve and they are said to be the largest hot springs in Uganda with 8meters deep and has the 100 temperature degrees Celsius whereby a person boils eggs into that boiling water and its ready within few minutes. After the best experience at the hot spring, connect to the fort portal town for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation
Luxury; mweya safari lodge
Mid-range; Parkview safari
Budget; pumba safari cottages
Day 3: transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
On your 3rd day, you will wake up quit early, have breakfast and set off to Queen Elizabeth national park which normally takes about 2-3 hour drive from fort portal to Queen Elizabeth national park. On your way you may opt to visit Lake Katwe well known for salt exploitation and continue for evening game drive while spotting different mammals like elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, giraffes which is the best attraction activity in Queen Elizabeth national park then after return to the park for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Accommodation
Luxury; mweya safari lodge
Mid-range; Parkview safari
Budget; pumba safari cottages
Day 4: game drive/ boat cruise/ Lion climbing
After your breakfast, you will be taken for lion tracking experience in kasenyi plains for briefing about the rules and regulations of lion tracking and then you start activity, during the activity, you will be able to spot some animals like elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, elands, warthogs, and the lucky ones you may also see the leopard which also like grazing in the plain savanna grasslands.
Boat cruise
After your lunch, you will go for boat cruise at kazinga channel for another wildlife/birdwatching experience. During the boat cruise, you will be able to spot the animals like buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, antelopes and bird species like African skimmer, shoebill, parrots, egrets, brown parrots, pelican and many others. After the boat cruise experience you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation
Luxury; mweya safari lodge
Mid-range; Parkview safari
Budget; pumba safari cottages
Day 5: departure back to Kampala
After your breakfast, you will check-out of the lodge, then set off back to Kampala, you will use the mbarara-masaka highway, and you will have stopover in mbarara town for lunch viewing the beautiful scenes and beauty of mbarara town, proceed to kabuye for another stopover at the Equator.
End of 5 days Semiliki reserve & Queen national park
5 days Semiliki reserve & Queen national park includes;
Lion trekking permits
Park entrance fees
Game drive and boat cruise fee
Accommodation
4WD vehicles
5 days Semiliki reserve & Queen national park exclude
Visa
International flights
Laundry
Any additional expenses
Added activity
