14
days program
Day 1: Kampala - Mabamba - Kampala
After collecting you from the airport, we will set off to Mabamba
Wetland, eating a picnic lunch en route. We return to Kampala in
the evening.
Bird species: shoebill, lesser jacana, blue swallow, black-shouldered
nightjar, afep pigeon, blue breasted bee-eater, papyrus gonolek,
white winged warbler
Overnight in Kampala
Day 2: Lake Mburo National Park
Drive to Lake Mburo from Kampala, stopping on the way to visit the
royal drum makers and to stand on the Equator. We will arrive in
the Park in the afternoon.
Bird species: A variety of water and acacia related birds, as well
as red, black and yellow papyrus gonalek
Other species: gigantic eland antelope, zebra, topi, impala, hippos,
crocodiles
Overnight at the Park
Day 3: Lake Mburo National Park
Early morning wake up for a bird watching game drive. You can also
take a boat trip in the evening, followed by an evening game drive.
Bird species: brown chested plover, red faced barbet, southern ground
hornbill, papyrus yellow warbler, yellow billed oxpecker, African
finfoot, black collared barbet
Overnight at the Park
Day 4: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Ruhija Sector)
While leaving the park, look out for game. We will continue through
the lush hills, birding en route, to Bwindi Impenetrable National
Park (Ruhiija sector) best known for gorillas. We will arrive
in the evening.
Bird species: There are 23 Albertine Rift Endemics that can be
seen here with the most exciting being the African green broadbill,
Grauer's rush warbler, short tailed warbler, Rwenzori turacco,
purple breasted sunbird, regal sunbird, Kivu ground thrush, montane
masked apalis, red faced woodland warbler, olive green camaroptera,
handsome francolin, blue headed sunbird, Rwenzori nightjar, Lagden's
bush shrike, Waller's starling, oriole finch, streaky seed eater,
Chubb's cisticola, barred long tailed cuckoo and the brown capped
weaver
Overnight at the Park
Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Spend the whole day bird watching in Bwindi Forest, heading to
Mubwindi Swamp for a packed lunch. In the afternoon we will leave
for Buhoma, birding en route.
Overnight at the Park
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking
This day is specifically dedicated to trekking the mountain gorillas
- an extraordinarily emotional and mystical experience. In the
afternoon relax at the camp or, alternatively, take a forest nature
walk that will lead you to the Munyaga Waterfall and a chance
to see primates such as the grey cheeked Mangabey blue monkeys
and other species.
Dinner and overnight at the Park
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Today we transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to 604
different bird species, sheltered within lowland forest, moist
thickets, open woodland and grassland, savannah, permanent and
seasonal swamps, lakes and rivers.
Bird species: African skimmer, black rumped button quail, Verreaux's
eagle owl, red footed falcon, lesser flamingoes, grey capped warbler,
White's and Abdim's storks (in season), amur falcon, ovampo sparrowhawk,
wooly-necked and saddle-billed storks and numerous classes of
raptors, vultures and plovers
Overnight at the Park
Day 8: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Spend the whole day bird watching on a game drive both in the
morning and in the afternoon.
Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings
of any game park or reserve in the world, boasting almost 100
mammal species including lions, hippos, buffaloes, leopard, spotted
hyena, elephant and giant forest hog. Primates include chimps,
black and white colobus monkeys, blue and black faced red colobus,
red tailed monkeys and olive baboons. Reptiles include the huge
rock python, puffadders, spitting cobras, gabon rippers, green
mambas and turtles.
Overnight at the ParkDay 9: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Today’s boat trip along the channel will give you a close-up
view of the variety of wildlife. Afterwards, visit the Bird Observatory
set up to study both migratory and resident birds. Since its inception
in 1997 more new species have been identified, including Uganda's
first record of the Bar-tailed Godwit.
Bird species: the great white and pink-backed pelicans, great
and long-tailed cormorants, open-billed stork, African jacana,
malachite and pied kingfishers
Overnight at the Park
Day 10: Kibale National Park
Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park bird watching enroute
arriving in the evening
The park hosts 335 species of birds, as well as the greatest variety
and concentration of primates in East Africa.
Bird species include the red-winged francolin, red-chested flufftail,
white-naped pigeon, green-breasted pitta, joyful greenbul, grey-winged
robin, Abyssinian ground thrush and many others.
Overnight at the park
Day 11: Kibale National Park
Follow a forest trail that radiates out from the visitor center
of the Park, or visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, a superb community
development fringing the Park, in order to see the fruiting trees,
which attract Narina Trogon, Pied Hornbill, Yellow Spotted, Hairy
Breasted and Yellow-billed Barbets
Bird species: grey-throated flycatcher, white bellied crested
flycatcher, masked & black-capped apalis, Uganda woodland
warbler, chestnut-winged starling, orange-tufted and tiny sunbirds
Overnight at Fort Portal
Day 12: Semliki Valley
Leave Kibale heading north to Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve,
eating a picnic lunch along the way. In the afternoon, take a
boat trip on Lake Albert in search of the Shoebill Stork. The
Semliki reserve is home to 35 percent of Uganda’s bird species,
some of which cannot be found elsewhere in East Africa, such as
horn bills and the lyre tailed honey guide. New species are still
being discovered.
Bird species: African pygmy goose, red-necked falcon, Abyssinian
ground hornbill, blue-breasted bee-eater, black-billed barbet,
piapiac, leaflove and black-chinned quail-finch.
Overnight at the Reserve
Day 13: Semliki Valley
You can leave early morning to go chimpanzee trekking in the gallery
forest of the Mugiri River and in the late afternoon there are
a game drives available, where you can see herds of Uganda kob,
waterbuck, reed buck, several monkey species as well as lots of
birding opportunities.
Optional: Take a night drive to see pennant and standard wing
nightjars, as close as two metres away.
Bird species: White-spotted Flufftail, Red-tailed Bristlebill,
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush and Blue-breasted Kingfisher White-crested
Turaco, Eastern Grey Plantain Eater, Mouse birds, Kingfishers
and Bee-Eaters
Overnight at the Reserve
Day 14: Semliki Valley - Entebbe
Take an early morning game drive and then depart for Kampala,
eating lunch en route. Arrive in Entebbe in the evening in time
for your flight
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