14 Days Best of Uganda Birding Safari

14 Days Birding To Uganda, The Pearl Of Africa

Day 1 Arrival
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport to meet our company representative who will transfer you to your Hotel. Depending on the time of arrival you may go birding in either the botanical gardens or the Uganda Wildlife Education centre. Either of the places are good representative of the bird species in the country. They help give one an introduction to the different bird species in the country. Overnight at Sheraton Hotel/ Hotel Africana/ Imperial Botanical Beach

Day 2 Semliki
Take breakfast and drive to Semuliki National park. You will take the road through fort portal Bundibugyo to reach the park. The journey offers you beautiful sceneries of the mountains of the moon and plantations. Go for a late afternoon birding at the entrance of the park. The entrance passes through beautiful Borassus savannah and extensive grass lands that harbour bird species such as common scimitarbill, African grey hornbill, Crested francolin, Helmeted guinea fowl and many more. Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge

Day 3 Whole day birding Semliki National Park
Early in the morning take breakfast, and with packed lunch go for full day birding on the Kirumira trail or forest. This early morning birding rewards you with species like African scops Owl,Pearl spotted Owlet and Night jars. The Forest being a home to some of the Congo biome species this birding will also reward you with birds like, African piculet, Zenkel, Red billed, Nkurengu rail, honey guide, Black chested cuckoo, red rumped tinkerbird, Rufous sided broadbill, Green tailed bristle bill, White bellied, dwarf and Pygmy kingfishers, piping, white thighed, black and white casqued, and African pied hornbills, fire crested alethe, red bellied and blue billed malimbe, black wattled, black bill and white crested hornbill, swamp palm bulbul, forest scrub robin, Leaf love, red breasted sparrow hawk, and others. Dinner and overnight at Semuliki safari lodge.

Day 4 Whole day birding Semliki National Park
Take tea with packed lunch to embark on another birding on either the main road Sempaya trail or the Kirumira trail, depending on the previous day results. The choice remains in the hands of the group.

Day 5 Birding Sebitoli
Early in the morning transfer to Kibale National park- Sebitoli birding site, recommended as the best birding site. You will reach in the afternoon to have lunch and embark on birding. Look out for specials like, African black duck, Joyful, cabanis, Toro olive and Cameroon sombre green buls, Brown and scaly breasted illadopsis, Green-throated Sunbird, Green-breasted Pita, African pita, -headed Sunbird, Brown-capped Weaver, Velvet-mantled Drongo, Bocage's Bush-shrike, Pink-footed Puff Back, and many more. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge/ Kanyanchu tourist centre.

Day 6 Whole day Whole day birding in Kibale
In the morning after breakfast go for guided birding in the Kanyanchu area where you will watch out for birds like the African go-shwak, the majestic crowned eagle, masked apalis, grey parrots and many more. Picnic lunch in the forest and the afternoon head to the Bigodi wetland sanctuary through the magombe swamp to see birds such as papyrus Gonolek, papyrus canary, mosque swallow and brown headed Tchagra. Dinner and overnight at Ndali lodge / Chimp Nest Lodge

Day 7 Birding to Bwindi
Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, watch out for birds and game enroute to reach in the afternoon. Bird in the afternoon-Buhoma area. Dinner and overnight Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Rest Camp

Day 8 Whole day birding Bwindi
Very early after breakfast, move into the forest on the water fall trail for birding. Look out for birds such as Kivu ground thrush, Mountain Buzzard, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Mackinnon's Fiscal, Sooty Boubou, African Hill-Babbler, Dusky Tit, Ashy Flycatcher, Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Doherty's Bush-shrike, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Chin-spot Batis, Rwenzori Batis, Ayre's Hawk-eagle, white bellied Robin-chat and slender billed starling. In the afternoon bird along the main track as you descend to the camp. In the afternoon move along the long trail to ubwindi for more birding. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla forest Camp/ Buhoma community Rest Camp

Day 9: Whole day Gorilla Tracking Bwindi - Buhoma
Early in the morning go for birding on the longtrail to Mubwindi and also the short trail in the afternoon. Watchout for birds like the Montane Oriole, Wallers starling, Blacke billed turacos, barbets, Carruthers Cisticola Red chested Flufftail,Cabaniss Green bull, Dwarf Honey guide, Oriole Finch and Bar tailed trogon. This bird search offers you an opportunity to search for gorillas too. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla forest Camp/ Buhoma community Rest Camp

Day 10 Birding on the Neck continuing to Ruhiija.
Go birding in the ruhija area to watchout for birds like the Red-tailed and Shelley's Greenbul, Grey-throated Barbet, Common Buzzard, Black Bee-eater and Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Red-throated Alethe, African Shrike-flycatcher Ayres's Hawk-eagle, and many more. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla forest Camp/ Buhoma community Rest Camp

Day 11 Bwindi toLake Mburo National Park
After breakfast, drive towards Lake Mburo NP the journey along the road towards Kabale. Bird along the entrance road to Rwonyo in the late afternoon to watch out for acacia associated bird species like mosque swallow, black bellied bustard and Rupells long-tailed starling. Spend the night at Mantana Tented camp

Day 12 Lake Mburo- Kampala
Drive along the lake side track and Kigambira loop towards Kampala, Watch out for birds like Green-capped Eremomela, Austral migrant, black cuckoo-shrike Tawny, African Hawk, Batelour and others enroute. Arrive in the evening to dine and spend the night at Hotel Africana / Sheraton Hotel.

Day 14: End Of the birding safari
You will be transferred to Entebbe international airport to catch up with your Flight.
End this tour

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