Semuliki National Park is a national park in Bwamba County, a remote part of the Bundibugyo District in the Western Region of Uganda that was established in October 1993. It encompasses 219 km² of East Africa’s only lowland tropical rainforest. While Semuliki’s species have been accumulating for over 25,000 years, the park contains evidence of even older processes. Hot springs bubble up from the depths to demonstrate the powerful subterranean forces that have been shaping the rift valley during the last 14 million years.

This biologically diverse region also provides shelter to a further 120 mammals, including several primate species such as baboons and chimpanzees, as well as elephants and antelopes. There are around 350 species of birds hosted in this forest, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics.

Hippos are common along the Semuliki river well as crocodiles. More than 300 species of butterflies have been identified, 46 species of forest swallowtail and 235 moth species. Over 435 bird species have been recorded in the park. The checklist includes 35 Guinea-Congo Forest biome bird species, spot-breasted ibis, Hartlaub’s duck, Congo serpent eagle, chestnut flanked goshawk, red thighed sparrowhawk. Furthermore, another 12 species with extremely little distribution are spotted like the western bronze-napped pigeon and the yellow throated cuckoo.