Birds of Uganda,

Twitchers safari.

Day 1:

Arrival for our African bird watching and wildlife safari.

You will be met by our African Safari Guide who will transfer you from Entebbe International. There will be a detailed briefing about this African safari. Depending on the time of arrival, we may start our safari with bird watching around Lake Victoria shores. Overnight afrique suite hotel.

Day 2:

Bird watching and Wildlife safari to Mabamba Bay – Uganda

After transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and we visit Mabamba Village and its adjacent swamp taking us through African rural areas. The road to Mabamba winds its way through areas of secondary forest and agricultural land attracting Red-headed Lovebird, African Crowned-Hornbills, and a range of sunbirds including the Green-headed, Green, Red-chested, Collared, Marico and Scarlet-chested, the African pied Wagtail is common along the road. Overnight depends on Budget.

Day 3:

Bird watching and Wildlife holiday to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After an early morning breakfast we shall check out and proceed for a boat ride on lake Mburo where this African Safari park derives its name. On the boat we expect to see the African Darter, White Backed Night Heron, African Finfoot, African Fish Eagle, Malachite, Pied and Giant Kingfishers, Hippos, Crocs and others after which we begin our drive to the renowned Queen Elizabeth National Park, bird watching enroute. This Uganda’s second largest safari park contains Africa’s best game populations as well as some of Uganda’s biggest birding list, an incredible bird list of 611 species!—Focus on the boat cruise in this Ramsar site. Overnight Ihamba safari lodge.

Day 4:

Early morning birding safari and game viewing

This morning we start early for a bird safari and game drive towards the Kasenyi trail. The drive takes us through a productive area of grassy plains, which support large flocks of a variety of stork species including the Spectacular Saddle-billed, African Open Billed and Woolly necked Storks. Other species include the Bateleur, Grey Kestrel, Lappet-faced, Ruppell’s Griffon, White-backed and Palm-nut Vultures, African Crake, Black Coucal, Common button, Harlequin and Black-rumped Quails, Rufous-naped and Flappet Larks. Common mammals include African Buffalo, Uganda Kobs, eopard and many others. Overnight Ihamba safari lodge.

Day 5:

Birding to Maramagambo Forest.

This morning, we shall bird to Maramagambo Forest following the main trail. We shall visit the Blue Lake and Bat Cave where we expect to see African Rock Python that found refuge in the Cave, and feasts on the Bats for breakfast, lunch and supper! Special birds of this Forest include Narina Trogon, Rufous Flycatcher Thrush; White tailed Ant-thrush, Black Bee-eater, Grey-headed Kingfisher and White-breasted Negrofinch. If need be we will visit the spectacular Kyambura Gorge enroute to Fortportal.

Day 6 & 7

Bird watching and Wildlife safari to Semliki National Park.

We shall go birding along the way and reach Semliki late in the evening. We Check into Semliki Ntandi bandas. In the night we bird in the savanna looking for nightjars and owls. The next day we shall start after an early morning breakfast, carry packed lunch and head for a full day birding in the forest. Overnight at in Semuliki with resident nictators at the camp showering us with the liquidating super call.

Day 8:

Bird Watching and Wildlife safari to Kibale Forest National Park,

This day we shall have a chance of birding the main road or one of the trails in the forest. We might come across the African Emerald Cuckoo, Purple-headed Starling, Black-billed Turaco, Yellow-billed Barbet, Grey-throated Barbet, Blue-throated Roller, Narrow-tailed Starling, Western Black-headed Oriole, Yellow-throated and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbirds. We spend our nights in Primate Lodge- Uganda

Day 9

Kibale forest, The next day, we wake up very early and assemble for briefing and thereafter enter the forest to look for our cousins, the Chimps. The activity takes 1 to 5 hours. In the afternoon, we may choose to go to Bigodi Wetland or take one of the trails in the Park to look for the stunning Green-breasted Pitta, Fire-crested Alethe, Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, colourful butterflies and other species of primates. Overnight in Primate Lodge/ Lake Nkuruba for the canopy species in this spectacular Crater place.

Day 10

Transfer to hoima for an overnight as we pay respect to roadside raptors, colony of Veillots black weavers, to Overnight at Kontik hotel.

Day 11

Bird Watching and Wildlife safari to Murchison Falls National Park -

Today we leave early for Murchison Falls National Park, in the afternoon a super highlight in the Afternoon-2-5pm a 3hours Boat ride to the base of Falls where you get to see the Hippos (You have never seen more hippos yawning, Grooming in there Pods anywhere else than here- Believe me you)! Nile crocodiles, elephants and a variety of beautiful bird species along the banks. If you are a keen birder this might be your magnet to catch them. A boat cruise on the calmer stretches will allow us to watch and photograph the birds and the animals which throng the banks, and we can expect to find one of the African most peculiar bird, the Shoebill. We will also explore the park’s broad-leaved woodland, dry grasslands. Overnight in Red chilli.

Day 12

An early cup of tea/coffee at 6:00am Ferry crossing, to the Game drive Nile river Bank to the broad savannah for the most likelihood Big cats hunting, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalos, plus more as the checklist of mammals reaches 76 we continue browsing the Drive circuits to the Delta point for a cocktail of Birds and mammals –Evening game drive for more birds and mammals... Overnight in Redchilli.

Day 13

After breakfast transfer out to visit the top of the falls. This is a magnificent classic highlight on our 1st day as an explosive dash of water at close range gushes through a narrow crevice. Forming the most powerful water surge on the planet! Bird watching and wildlife safari to Budongo Forest, Uganda An evening or early optional walk in the kanio pabidi forest * (Chimps or forest walk) payment by visitor / or Relaxation in the forest.. If you are a keen birder this might be your magnet to catch some forest species. Overnight Jane Goodall institute.

Day 14 Budongo Forest Reserve

is part of Murchison Falls Conservation Area and is the largest natural forest in Uganda and East Africa as a whole. It lies on the escarpment northeast of Lake Albert. The reserve occupies gently undulating terrain, with a general slope north-northwest towards the Rift Valley. Specials in Budongo Forest include among others; Sabine’s Olive Green Camaroptera and bird on the way to Budongo Forest, Overnight Masindi town.

Day 15 Half day visit-

African birding along the Royal Mile, a dazzling forestry track rated as one of the premier forest birding sites in Africa; we will make an acquaintance with the first of many central African forest birds. Skulking Alethes and Illadopses sing from the undergrowth and we will work through mixed-species flocks of Greenbuls, Eremomelas, certainly first rate forest birding., and transfer to Kampala/ Ziwa Rhino sanctuary.

Day 16

Travel to Kampala – Another try for the Great Shoe bill stork- if it hasn’t been gripped yet!.

Today, we may choose to wind up our wildlife and African birding safari in Entebbe botanical gardens or visit Uganda Wildlife Education Centre.- Overnight stay in Entebbe - Uganda.

Day 18 Flight day

End of tour Bird Watching and African Wildlife Safari / Departure.