7 Days Uganda Birding and Wildlife

Day 1 · Mabamba Shoebill Swamp in the morning, and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park in the afternoon

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   Mabamba Shoebills Watching

   5 hours Admission included

   This morning, we have an early breakfast, and go birding to Mabamba. One of a few remaining productive wetland in Uganda protected by the local communities. extensive papyrus swamps with labyrinth’s channels and lagoons, classified as an important bird area (IBA), it’s a home of multiple Shoebills-Uganda’s most famous avian resident and the only representative in its family, is the amongst most sought after birds in Africa!

   later in the morning you drive to lake mburo np with lunch stop at the equator.

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   Green Equator Masaka Rd

   1 min Admission included

   This is your lunch stop, but there's other opportunities like watching the equator, taking pictures at the equator, learning about the effects of north and south hemispheres. this will take about 1hour before you proceed to lake mburo national park

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   Lake Mburo National Park

   2 hours

   You will reach here in the evening around 5pm and bird here for the rest of the day.

Eagle's Nest Camp, in Lake Mburo National Park

Day 2 · morning game drive in the park, afternoon boat trip at lake Mburo

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   Lake Mburo National Park

   11 hours

   While in the park we shall look out for mammals like the Zebra, Eland, Topi, Impala, Cape Buffalo, Warthog etc, today we target the boat ride along lake Mburo where we hardly miss the African Finfoot, White Backed and Black Crowned Night Heron, Giant Kingfisher. A night drive always produces good views of the Black Shouldered, northern Tanzania Fiery Necked Nightjar, nocturnal mammals and Bush Babies and many others.

Eagle's Nest Camp in Lake Mburo National Park

Day 3 · Transfer While birding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park-Ruhijja

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   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   6 hours

   Morning after breakfast we transfer birding to Bwindi, lunch break in Ntungamo. Bwindi is situated in southwestern Uganda, famous of its habitat of about 408 mountain gorilla’s “half of world’s population!” Including several habituated groups which can be tracked and home of about 350 species of birds including 23 Albertine rift endemics! And at least 14 species recorded nowhere else in Uganda!

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   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   2 hours

   Early arrivals will give a chance to to do birding at the school trail before checking in to the lodge.

Agandi Eco Lodge, in Ruhijja

Day 4 · Birding in Bwindi National Park, Albertine Rift Endemics Specialists-Ruhijja (hiking)

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   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   9 hours

   This is the birding spot where we find the African Green Broadbill and the sight to look out for the Grauer’s and Grauer’s Rush Warbler, most Albertine Rift Endemics here inlude the Handsome Francolin, Blue Headed, Blue Throated, Purple Breasted and Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Red Throated Alethe, Mountain Illadopsis, Collard and Mountain Masked Apalis, Yellow Eyed Black Flycatcher plus more. Other high altitude bird species here will be the Bar Tailed and Narina Tragon, White Tailed Crested Flycatcher, Abyssinian Hill Babbler, Stripe Breasted Tit and others.

Buhoma Community Camp, Buhoma-Bwindi Np

Day 5 · Birding from Ruhijja to Queen Elizabeth through the NECK.

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   Stop 1

   7 hours

   You will exit bwindi and add birding to queen Elizabeth national park through kanungu area where chances abound to trace for rarity of Rufous-Breasted Wryneck in this area, continue birding to the southern sector of queen Elizabeth where we can’t miss the likes of Whinchats, Greater Scimitarbill, Black Kit, Superb Sunbird, still on a way in ishasha area Little Button, Blue, Common, Harlequin Quails skulk in short grasses along the way. A couple of mammals like Cape Buffalo, Lions, Elephants, Uganda Kobs, Waterbacks etc thrill in this area.

Engiri Game Lodge, In QENP

Day 6 · In the morning game drive in QENP afternoon Boat cruise at Kazinga Channel

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   Queen Elizabeth National Park

   5 hours

   Morning, you will go for game drive at Kasenyi plains in QENP for the rest of the day; possibilities for Striated Heron, African Spoonbill, Water Thick-Knee, Three-banded Plover, Marsh, Green, Wood and Common Sandpiper, Gray-headed Gull, Plain Martin, Lesser Swamp-Warbler, White-Winged Warbler, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, Secretarybird, Caruther’s Cisticola, African Skimmers, Black-Headed Gonolek, Papyrus Gonolek, Red-Faced Cisticola, Red-Chested Cukoo, Northern Puffback etc and a couple of mammals

Engiri Game Lodge, in QENP

Day 7 · Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport for your evening return flight back home

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   Entebbe

   7 hours

   this will be rather a long journey with several stops on the way to stretch legs and look at birds,