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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival in Uganda, Entebbe International Airport
Arrival in Uganda, Entebbe International Airport
Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, you'll meet our tour guide and transfer to our Hotel for an overnight stay. If you arrive before the afternoon, you could go birding in Entebbe botanical garden for the Orange weaver, golden-backed weaver, and other master builders of the Ploceidae family, superb sunbird, green hylia, and bat hawk. Several garden birds exploit this transitional habitat. You can, however, decide to have a relaxing moment at the lodge as you prepare for the next day. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- Papyrus Guest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Great Shoebill Stork and Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Great Shoebill Stork and Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
You'll have an early transfer between 7 am and 8:30 am. After breakfast, you'll transfer by ferry to the IBA wetland swamp of Mabamba en route to Lake Mburo, the ‘Zebra magnet’. The highlight at Mabamba Swamp is a search for the prehistoric-looking Great shoebill stork. Here, you'll also find some aquatic birds and marsh Harriers, if time allow search for the beautiful painted Pygmy goose. You'll then stop over and take photo poses at the equator. You'll reach Lake Mburo and drive out to the vast savannah dotted with acacia and shrubs, as you game drive in for a view of zebras, topis, warthogs, cape buffaloes, and impalas. In the afternoon, it is time for a boat-cruise on the lake, where the must-see is the African finfoot. As well as this, you'll see native birds along the banks, crocodiles, hippos yawning, and more birds during this 2-hour cruise. You'll retire for the long day at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Mabamba Swamp
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning Game Drive or Safari Walk in Lake Mburo National Park, Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Morning Game Drive or Safari Walk in Lake Mburo National Park, Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
You will get up early, focusing on the Rwizi track, it’s a dense population of some rare birds here, Tabora cisticola, Crested barbet, Red-headed weavers, cuckoo shrikes, with a chance to see leopards, zebras, waterbucks, birds, buffaloes in there day break jungle life! You'll have a transfer out of wildlife viewing to Mbarara for breakfast or brunch. Your target destination is the Switzerland of Africa. Then, you'll climb to a lake at 1800meters above sea level, Lake Bunyonyi. It has an area with superb, rich views with small resident and exotic bird species singing in this coolest area in Uganda, below 10 °C some nights! It’s also a rare Bilharzias-free lake (You can swim). Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Birding in Lake Bunyonyi and Canoe Ride
Birding in Lake Bunyonyi and Canoe Ride
This is a relaxation day with a shortlist of activities, such as canoeing and visiting village islands. Optional: Hiking on the Bushara trail for close up with the resident birds that give the still lake its name, such as Tropical boubou and the loud-calling Chubbs cisticola. Another possibility is a visit to Nyombe swamp for the swamp hens, papyrus yellow warbler, and resident and exotic bird species singing. You'll have a relaxed stay at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi
- Accommodation:
- Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Birding in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Birding in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After an early breakfast, you'll descend and ascend through the magical cultivated hills. It’s a beautiful drive through the neck of the impenetrable forest, it gets you to a point of over 2650 meters above sea level, with the mist where the gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. As you check out some soaring buzzards, flocks of Stuhlmann's starlings with their Arial displays. You'll assemble to head for the Mubwindi Swamp for the highest concentration of the Albertin endemics, aiming to grip the African green broadbill, Fraser's eagle owl, black-billed turaco, and Rwenzori batis. In the evening, you could track the calls of the Rwenzori nightjar. This Impenetrable forest is full of birds, butterfly and plant species, plus forest hog, forest elephants, Statungas, and duikers. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Gorilla Mist Camp
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Gorilla Trekking and Afternoon Birding in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla Trekking and Afternoon Birding in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After an early breakfast, you'll proceed to the briefing point before entering the impenetrable forest to find these amazing jungle dwellers. An hour with the gorillas is allowed after the trek. You can take as many snapshots as possible. You'll relax a bit at the lodge before entering the forest once again for an afternoon drive descending through the impenetrable forest for the dusky crimson wings, African swallows, the rare mountain wagtail and black-billed weaver as you head to Buhoma for an evening walk to the waterfalls and enjoy a relaxed yet profitable birding in Bwindi on our favourite trail. You'll retire at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Buhoma Community Rest Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Birding in the Ishasha Sector
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Birding in the Ishasha Sector
You'll go through Ishasha for the savannah birds, the top vulture of the region, Lappet faced vulture, Africa`s most spirited eagle, the Marshal eagle, larks, and try to check on the rare Dusky blue flycatcher on the River Ishasha, and a bonus to get the Lions high in the Fig tree branches. You'll have an evening search for the resident Greyish eagle owl and Verreaux eagle owls. After wildlife viewing, you'll rush out to the northern sector of the park to the lodge. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Topi Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Game Drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park & Afternoon Boat Cruise
Game Drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park & Afternoon Boat Cruise
You'll explore Queen Elizabeth National Park in the cool morning with keen birding and game viewing. You'll do an early game drive that exposes you to diverse animals, elephants, buffalo, lions, leopards, and more in the evening. Warthogs, Hunchback carnivals like hyenas, and many more species can be spotted along the circuits. There is a rich birdlife, especially our version of storks in the wetland spots, as you reach the flamingoes in the salt lakes. At 3 pm, you'll go for the 2-hour boat cruise on the famous Kazinga Channel, a 36 km-long channel linking Lake George and Lake Edward. Here, you see hippos, the National Geographic Society Nile crocodile gaping along the banks, and warthogs. Pumba from the award-winning Lion King is a hallmark sign in this animal home. With your binoculars along the peninsula, you have a magnificent view of birds and animals like the ever-playful African elephants in waters. You'll retire to the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pumba Safari Cottages
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Birding to Maramagambo Forest
Birding to Maramagambo Forest
This morning, you'll bird to Maramagambo Forest following the main trail. You'll visit the Blue Lake and Bat Cave, where you can 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, you will visit the spectacular Kyambura Gorge. You'll retire to the long day at the hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pumba Safari Cottages
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Birding in Kibale Forest National Park
Birding in Kibale Forest National Park
Today, you'll have a chance of birding the main road or one of the trails in the forest. You 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. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Isunga Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Kibale Forest Chimps Trekking and Afternoon Birding in the Bigodi Wetland
Kibale Forest Chimps Trekking and Afternoon Birding in the Bigodi Wetland
You'll assemble for a briefing and thereafter enter the forest to look for chimps. The activity takes 1 to 5 hours. In the afternoon, you 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. You'll relax at the lodge as you wait to be served a hot dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Isunga Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Today, you'll drive through the oil city via the Great Rift Valley escarpment with great views of Lake Albert and the Bule mountains of DR Congo. You'll enjoy a couple of fruits during the drive. The pressure and fatigue are lessened with stopovers at sceneries like a typical African village setup in the far countryside, which offer you chances of stretching along the Forest reserves for Cuckoos, bee eaters, and garden birds to boost our big list as you check in late afternoon and enjoy the lodge's serene environs. You'll proceed through Murchison Falls National Park via the Bugungu gate untill your arrive at your hotel. You'll check in and enjoy a lazy evening.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Hornbill Bush Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Explore Murchison Falls National Park - The Giraffe Paradise, & Boat Cruise on the Nile
Explore Murchison Falls National Park - The Giraffe Paradise, & Boat Cruise on the Nile
After breakfast, you'll enjoy a morning game drive and lunch at Red Chili. At 2-5 pm, you'll enjoy a 3-hour boat ride to the base of the Falls, where you get to see hippos (You won't see more hippos yawning, grooming in their pods anywhere else than here)! Nile Crocodiles, elephants, and a variety of beautiful bird species along the banks. The top birds here are the Red throated bee eater with its beautiful displays on the river bank, high cliffs, the Rock Pranticole on the rocky tops after the crocodile bar, black-headed batis, black-headed gonolek, Spotted Morning Thrush, beautiful Sunbird among the active. Just before dinner, you could try to check out the Spotted Eagle Owl cliffs. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Hornbill Bush Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Birding in Murchison Falls National Park
Birding in Murchison Falls National Park
After an early cup of tea/coffee at 6:00 amferry crossing, to the Game drive, Nile river Bank to the broad savannah for the most likely big cats hunting, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, and more, as the checklist of mammals reaches 76. You'll continue browsing the drive circuits to the delta point for a cocktail of birds and mammals. In the afternoon, you could take a hike along the top of the falls for Pels fishing owl, the bat hawk, as you buy time to see ifyou can see the long-tailed night jars, standard-winged night jars, and African scops owl, which are active after dark. The falls are a magnificent classic highlight on our 2nd day in this animal home, as an explosive dash of water at close range gushes through a narrow crevice. You'll retire to the day at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budongo Eco Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Forest Birding Walk in Kanio Pabidi Forest & Transfer to Entebbe
Forest Birding Walk in Kanio Pabidi Forest & Transfer to Entebbe
After breakfast in the Kanio Pabidi Forest (Budongo Forest) and a forest walk focusing on some forest woodpeckers like the yellow-crested woodpecker, blue-throated roller, sabines spine tail, yellow-billed barbet, Puvell's illadopsis, forest flycatcher, honey guides, afep pigions, and rufous-sided broadbill, you'll transfer to Entebbe.
Plan for a late departure or add an extra night to fly the next day, as you have finished our safari of Uganda's birding paradise.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
