13 days birding safari Uganda
Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe Airport at and be picked by your driver guide . Head to Mabamba for the shoebill later transfer to Mburo. Dinner and overnight at Rwakobo rock Camp.
Day 2: Bird L.Mburo N.park
After early breakfast, we will take an early morning boat ride in search of African Finfoot and other water birds. Our highlight will be Brown-chested Plover, Spot-Flanked, Red-faced and White Headed Barbets, Coqui’s and Red winged Francolin, Greater/Lesser Honey Guides, Marico/Scaret Chested/Variable/Copper Sunbirds, Greater Blue Eared Starling, White-Winged Warbler, Trilling cisticola, Carruthers’ Cisticola, Papyrus Gonolek, Sulpher Breasted Bush Shrike, Tabora cistcola, white winged tit, African pendurine tit, Nubian wood pecker, Black Billed Wood Dove Green backed pecker, Yellow-billed Oxpecker and Nothern Brown –throated weaver, We shall drive later in the day and stop at Agip motel in Mbarara town for lunch break later proceed to Ruhizha. Dinner and overnight at Tavern Cottages
Day 3: Bird Mubwindi Swamp.
After early breakfast, we will walk down with packed lunch to Mubwindi swamp looking for specials like the green Broabill, Grauer’s Rush warbler,Evergreen Forest Warbler, Dwarf Honey-guide,Grey Chested Illadopsis, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Mt.Greenbul,Sharps Barred Long Tailed Cuckoo, Starling, Oriole Finch,the incredible Purple-breasted Sunbird,Slender-billed, Wallers, Narrow-tailed and Stuhlmann’s Satarlings,Dusky, Red-faced, Abyssynian and Shelleys Crimsonwings,Strange weaver and many other specials. Dinner and overnight as above
Day 4: Transfer to Buhoma via the neck birding en route.
Depart for Buhoma via the neck birding en-route for species like Tambourine Dove, Black bee-Eater, Mountain Wagtail, Toro Olive-Greenbul, White-starred-Robin, Strange Weaver, Dusky Twin Spot, Grauer’s Warbler, Black bee-eter, Red Throted Wryneck among others.We will be birding through farmland, forest edge and forest Habitats. We shall do a short village walk around Buhoma area after arrival for Magpie Mannikin in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma community rest Camp.Dinner and overnight at Engagi lodge
Day 5: Gorilla Tracking.
After early morning breakfast, we will visit the highest elevation forest, one of the world’s great natural treasures providing home to Mountain Gorillas and various endemic birds. Gorillas are often watched from just a few feet away and hopefully we should find a party of Gorillas. If you come back from tracking early, we will do evening birding. Lunch and dinner as above.
Day 6: Whole day birding Buhoma.
After Breakfast, bird along the main trail for species like Red-throated Alethe, Archer’s Robin chat, Kivu Ground Thrush, Montane Masked Apalis, Short-tailed Wabler, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Western Bronze-naped Pegion,Dusky and Olive Long-tailed Cuckoos,Fraser’s Eagle owl, Montane( Rwenzori)Nightjar, Bar-tailed Trogon,Black bee-eater,Willcock’s honeyguide, Fine-banded and Elliot’s Woodpeckers, Grey-chested and Mountain Illadopses, White bellied Robin-Chat, Oberlander’s Ground Thrush, Black-faced Rofous Warbler, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Many-coloured Bush-Shrike,Brown-capped Weaver, Red-fronted Antpecker ,Ansorge’s.Carmeron Somber, Redtailed,Yellow Whiskered Little Greenbuls,Green throted,Grey Headed ,Green Headed, Blue throated Brown,Bronze Green, Little Green Olive(western) Sunbirds and Oriole-Finch Dinner and overnight as above.
Day 7: Tranfer to Queen Elizabeth N.Park via Ishasha.
Early morning transfer to Queen Elizabeth N.Park via Ishasha and we shall have our lunch on the way. At Ishaha, We shall see a variety of Game including climbing lions, Elephants, Buffaloes and other game. Having reached in the evening , we shall bird around the hotel on arrival in the evening for species like Blue quail, African Crake, Ross’s Turaco, Jackson’s Pipit, Redheadedlovebird,cassin’sFlycatcher,Blackbeeater,Whitebacked,Lappe,Faced,Ruppel’s,Whiteheaded,PalmnutVultures,Martial,Wahlbergs,Weterh Bandedsneck, Fish Eagles, Shining Blue King fisher have our dinner and spend a night at Queen bush lodge
Day 8: am game drive pm boat
After breakfast, a morning game drive and birding will be ideal. Lunch at the lodge and go for the boat trip in the afternoon on Kazinga channel where we shall see a variety of wild life and bird life as well. A variety of game such as hundreds of hippos, crocodiles will be viewed. Other animals like Elephants, Buffaloes, Uganda Kob, Bushbuck, Defassa waterbuck, warthog will also be viewed. A number of bird species are also available here which include Green-backed Heron, Yellow billed stork, saddle-billed stork, African spoonbill, martial eagle, common quail, African Crake, White Tailed Lark, Flappet Lark, Rufous naped lark, Plain Backed Pipit, Grassland Pipit and many other Savanna birds. Dinner and over night as above.
Day 9: Transfer to Kibale National Park.
Transfer to Kibale birding on the way if time permits . Dinner and overnight at Chimp Guest House
Day 10: am birding Pm Chimp trekking.
Birding in Kibale N.P is a delightful experience. We shall look for species such as Afep Pegion, Green-breasted Pitta,Joyful Greenbul, Grey-winged Robin, Grey-throated Flycatcher, Dark Backed Weaver,White Browed Crombec,Olive long Tailed Cuckoo,Yellow Mantled Weaver Emard Cuckoo. Masked and black-throated Apalises, Chestnut winged Starling, Orange-tufted and tiny sunbirds, White-collared Olive-back and many more. Lunch at the hotel. Go chimpanzee tracking in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight as above.
Day 11: Transfer to Murchison Falls N.Park.
After Breakfast we shall drive to Murchison Falls N.Park. This will be a whole day drive and you will get there in the evening . Dinner and overnight at Murchison river lodge
Day 12: am game drive pm Boat Trip.
After Breakfast, We will head for a game drive around the park where a number game will be viewed like giraffes, Elephants, buffaloes, Impalas and many more. You will head to Albertine Nile for the Albertine endemics . Our key species in Murchison will be Shoebill, Secretary bird, Red-necked Falcon, Heuglin’s Francolin, Denham’s Bustard, Senegal Thick-Knee, Egyptian-plover, Rock Pranticole, Black-headed Plover,African Skimmer, Bruce’s Green Pegion, Vinaceous dove, White-crested Turaco, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Long-tailed,Pennant-winged and Standard winged Nightjars, Red-throated, Swallow-tailed and Carmine Bee-eaters, Abyssinian Roller, Black Scimitarbill, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Black-billed Barbet, Brownbacked Woodpecker, Spotted Morning Thrush, White-fronted Black Chat, Silverbird , Singing bird,Foxy and Black-backed Cisticolas, Red-winged Grey Warbler, Green-backed Eremomela, Yellow-billed and Emin’s Shrikes, White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike, Lesser Blue-eared and Bronze-tailed Starlings, Beautiful Sunbird,Chestnut-crowned Sparrow weaver, Northern Red Bishop, Grey-headed Olive-back, Red-winged Pytilia, Brown Twinspot, Bar-bellied Firefinches, Black-rumped Waxbill, Paradise Whydah,White-rumped Seedeater and brown-rumped and Cabanis’s Buntings. Later return to the lodge. After lunch we head for a boat trip in search of the water birds as mentioned above. Dinner and overnight as above
Day 13: Transfer to Budongo via kanio pabidi to Entebbe
After Breakfast we shall head to Budongo Forest via Kaniyo Pabidi for the Puvel’s Illadopsis and many other birds. Later you will continue to the airport for evening return Flight.
