Latest News

Newsletter – January 2008

Published: 29 Jan 2008

Kidepo is baby booming at the moment, we found one of our Kidepo lionesses next to the road resting in the shade of a Sausage Tree with her 5 very small cubs and another mother and daughter are frequently coming to the lodge water hole for an afternoon drink. Along with these, 9 new very cute Warthog piglets and their watchful mum have been coming in for daily wallows. Our Giraffes are doing well, with two calves born in the past few months – bringing our population up to 18. We also have had good Eland sightings, having not seen them for a few months, and are delighted to see that the herd has also increased with 2 new calves pushing the herd up to ten heads.

December has been a very good month for Pangolin and we were lucky enough to have two sightings of these elusive anteaters, both sightings were within a week and during daylight hours – a very exciting find!

Semliki Safari Lodge

Semliki Safari Lodge is currently participating in an elephant DNA study. Dung samples are being collected from around the reserve and given to the Uganda Wildlife Authority which is facilitating the study within Uganda. The dung provides valuable DNA information that will be used to create an international elephant DNA database to help wildlife officials combat the illegal trafficking of elephant tusks. Anti trafficking officials will soon be able to match the DNA from confiscated tusks to DNA in the database in order to determine the origin of the tusks and thus identify elephant populations in need of improved protection and better anti-trafficking measures.

Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge

We are really looking forward to the opening of our new Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Opening mid to late 2008.