10 DAYS UGANDA BIRDING SAFARI

Day 1: Arrive Entebbe & Evening Botanical Gardens Birding.

Morning Arrive at Entebbe International Airport.

Evening
Bird watching at Entebbe Botanical Garden.

Bird of the day.
Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus), Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus), Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata), Shikra (Accipiter badius), and Ross’s Turaco (Musophaga rossae).

Main Destination:Entebbe.

Accommodation:Protea Hotel by Marriott Kampala Skyz.

  • Luxury  guest house located in kampala.

Meals & Drinks:

  • Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)

Drinking water (Other drinks not included.

Day 2: Bird Watching at Mabamba Swamp & lake Mburo

Morning:
Bird watching at Mabamba Swamp.

Evening:
Bird watching at Lake Mburo.

Bird of the day
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Great blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata), Ross’s Turaco (Musophaga rossae), African pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus), Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata).
Main Destination:Mabamba Swamp
Accommodation ; mihingo
• Luxury lodge located inside Lake Mburo NP

Meals & Drinks:
• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not

Included

Day 3: Birding at Rubanga Forest Lake Mburo

Morning
Bird watching at Rubanga Forest, Lake Mburo NP

Evening
Transfer to Kisoro
It is a 6 hour drive from Lake Mburo NP to Kisoro

Bird of the day
Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachyplaemus purpuratus), Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus), White-breasted Negrofinch (Nigrita fusconota), Green Hylia (Hylia prasina), Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami).

Main Destination:Lake Mburo National Park

Accommodation: mihingo safar lodge

  • Luxury  hotel located in lake mburo  N P

 Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Birding At Mt.Sabinyo,Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Whole day
Bird watching at Mt. Sabinyo, Mgahinga Gorilla NP

Bird of the day
Rwenzori Turaco (Tauraco johnstoni), White-Starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata), Handsome Francolin (Francolinus nobilis), White-naped Raven (Corvus albicollis) and Rwenzori Batis (Batis diops).

Main Destination:Mgahinga Gorilla National Park 

Accommodation: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodges

  • Luxury  hotel located inside Mgahinga Gorilla NP

 Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

 

Day 5: Birding at Lake Kyahasi

Bird watching at Lake Kyahasi and transfer to Ruhija

Morning
Bird watching at Lake Kyahasi

Afternoon
Transfer to Ruhija.
It is a 4 hour drive from Kisoro to Ruhija.

Bird of the day
Grey-crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata), African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis), Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris), Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) and Greater Sandplover (Charadrius asiaticus).

Main Destination:Kisoro

Accommodation:Nkuringo Gorilla Safari Lodge

  • Luxury  lodge located inside Bwindi NP

Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6: Bird Watching at Mubwindi Swamp,Bwindi Impenetrable Park

Whole day
Bird watching at Mubwindi Swamp, Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Bird of the day
African Green Broad Bill (Pseudocalyptomena graurei), Shelley’s Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza shelleyi), Dusky Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza jacksoni), African Hill Babbler (Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) and Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis ardesiacus).

Main Destination:Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 

Accommodation: NKURINGO BWINDI GORILLA LODGE

  • Luxury lodge located inside Bwindi NP
  • Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included

Day 7: Transfer To Queen Elizabeth ,Bird Watching At Kazinga Channel

Morning
Transfer to Mweya
It is a 6 hour drive from Ruhija to Queen Elizabeth NP

Afternoon
Bird watching on a boat trip at Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth NP

Bird of the day
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Saddle-soiled Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), African Fish Eagle (Haliaaeetus vocifer), Temminck’s Courser (Cursorius temminckii), and African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris).

Main Destination:Kazinga Channel 

Accommodation: mweya safari Lodge

  • Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8: Bird watching at Mweya savanna & Bigodi Swamp Kibale Park

Morning
Early morning game drive and bird watching at Mweya savanna, Queen Elizabeth NP
Transfer to Kibale National Park
It is a 4 hour drive from Mweya to Kibale National Park

Afternoon
Bird watching at Bigodi Swamp

Bird of the day
Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri), White-faced Scops-owl (Otus leucotis), African fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vicifer), African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris), Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus).

Main Destination:Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary
Accommodation: primate lodge – kibale
• luxury  accommodation located just inside Kibale NP

Meals & Drinks:
• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9: Bird Watching at Kibale National Park

Whole day
Bird watching at Kibale NP

Bird of the day,Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta reichenowi), Crested Guinea Fowl (Guttera pucherani), African Pitta (Pitta angolensis), African crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), Ayres’s Hawk Eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii).

Main Destination:Kibale National Park

Accommodation:Primate Lodge -Kibale
• Luxury accommodation located just in Kibale NP

Meals & Drinks:
• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10: Transfer To Kampala/Entebbe

Morning Transfer to Entebbe
Leave Kampala for Entebbe Airport 4 hours before the departure time of your flight.

Main Destination:No major destination visited

Accommodation:No accommodation 

Meals & Drinks:

  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinks included

Important To Note

Safari Cost in USD
Rates Per Person USD 9091

 Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
This tour accepts children who are 16 years and older.

Included
• Park fees
• Gorilla permits
• All activities
• All accommodation
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation
• All Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Meals
• Drinks

Excluded
• International flights
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips
• Personal items
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

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