Semiliki National Park
Semuliki National Park is situated in the extreme west of Uganda, in Bundibugyo District. It lies along the Uganda/Democratic Republic of Congo border within the East African Rift Valley. The park is only 220 esq. and an extension of the vast Ituri Forest. It is the only lowland tropical rain forest in East Africa classified as moist and semi-deciduous.


The wide range of species is attributed not only to the forests location, but to the varied habitats, forest swamp, grassland, systems of hotsprings warm swamps and savannah woodland. Animal species include leopards, buffaloes, elephants, sitatungas, crocodiles, various primates and a wide range of forest and water birds.