Western Uganda
Semliki Safari Lodge
Located within the Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve in western Uganda, Semliki Safari Lodge is a luxury lodge with a reputation for providing guests with a real Ugandan bush experience. Built out of local materials, it has the rustic feel of a traditional tented safari lodge.
Built along the lines of a classic African safari camp, the lodge has eight spacious safari tents complete with thatched roofs, large verandas, hardwood floors and en-suite bathrooms with plenty of hot water. Days begin with tea or coffee served on your veranda and end with sumptuous dinners taken in the large thatched dining hall. There is also a small swimming pool, bar and lounge.
Facilities
Swimming pool, restaurant, free internet, bar and lounge, room service.
Local Wildlife
Semliki Safari Lodge is open on one side where a large camp fire burns in the evenings. The camp looks out on to the Mugiri River Forest where black-and-white colobus and red-tailed monkeys can often be seen and the calls of chimpanzees can be heard. There are over 34 endemic bird species around the lodge. Boat trips on Lake Albert can be arranged to look for shoebill stork.
Optional Activities
Game drives, night drives, walking safaris, chimpanzee tracking, trips to spot the shoebill, general bird watching, tracking forest elephant and Ugandan kob, boating, fishing and other guided walks.
Jonathan Morris
Area Specialist
On a clear day you can see the distant Rwenzori mountain range from the lodge. It’s best to try in the early morning before the dust and heat haze has built up and when the mountains catch the first of the sun’s rays.
If you have any questions regarding our Uganda tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Wildlife highlights included seeing a shoebill, we really had to search! Seeing a leopard up close on our night drive, seeing lions out on our own! The abundance and concentration of wildlife in Lake Mburu. And of course the gorillas which was so magical and the chimps.
