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The Semuliki National Park has one of the most beautiful scenery and landscape that can be seen anywhere in Uganda . It lies on the on the extreme west of Uganda and has a mountains on its one side and the Lake Albert on another. There are several camping sites on the park where one can pitch camp and enjoy the natural wonder of the region. The highlights of this park are hot springs . There are two hot springs that are popular attractions. These are two meters of boiling water at around 130 degrees C and 12 m in diameter. It's very popular with tourists to boil their food on the hot springs especially boil eggs which get ready in ten minutes and eat them.
There is a wonderful opportunity to go for relaxing walks along the forest and see a vast variety of wildlife, which may include leopards, water buffaloes, elephants, statungas, pygmy hippopotamus and water birds depending on how lucky you get.
As far as accommodation is concerned there are options for camping but tourists should bring their own food to the camp. Cooking utensils are available for hire and there are some canteens in the area too but its best to get your own food. Luxury accommodation is also available but needs to be booked in advance.
A word of caution while visiting Semuliki is that it is a low lying area and because of poor drainage, tends to flood very quickly. So avoid this area during the rains.
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