Wildlife and Birding Safari 25 Days

Early morning start with breakfast, after proceed birding enroute to Mabamba in search for the Shoebill other birds expected to encounter include swallows, Great Blue Turaco, Eastern Gray Plantain-eater, Green Crombec, African Pied Hornbill, Splendid Glossy Starling, Orange weaver, Slender-billed Weavers, Golden Backed weaver. After lunch we can have optional birding in Entebbe Botanical Gardens, where we’ll see both forest and lakeshore birds

Today we start early with our picnic lunch and drive through Budongo Kaniyo Pabid area do birding in the forest, in search for the Puvel’s Illadopsis, after transfer to Masindi for our dinner and over night stay at Masindi Hotel

After break fast go birding along the Royal Mile, a truly spectacular road with forest canopy towering far overhead. There is a good system of trails in the forest, birds to look out for include; the Nahan’s Francolin, Forest Flycatcher, Dusy Long Tailed Cuckoo, graceful Cassin’s and Sabine’s Spinetail, Blue-throated Roller, White-thighed Hornbill, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Lemon Bellied Crombec, Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Tit Hylia, Woodland Warbler, Forest Robin, Yellow Billed, Grey Throated, Hairy Breasted and Yellow Spotted Barbet, Black Billed Turaco, Spotted, Plain, Slender Billed, Red Tailed Bristlebill and Black-capped Apalis among others. also Lookout for primates like the Blue, Red Tailed and the black and white Colobus monkey, luckly the chimps dinner and over night stay at Masindi Hotel

After breakfast, drive to Kibale forest starting point to embark on a morning forest walk in search of chimpanzee. As we trail, we may also encounter others of the 13 primates species in this forest which include among others, Gray Cheeked Mangabeys, Redtailed Monkey, Olive Baboon, Black and White Colobus, Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge/ Primate lodge/ Rwenzori View Guesthouse/ Kanyanchu community Banda’s.

Early morning start with breakfast then drive to Bihingamy wetland near Sebitoli section of Kibale National Park. The biome here consists of a swamp surrounded by scrubby secondary forest and cultivated land scape and as well tea plantations. Expect bird spp to seehere include; the Equatorial Akalat, Green-backed Twinspot, Cabanis’s and Joyful Greenbul, Blue-shouldered Robin Chat, Hairy Breasted barbet Olive-green Camaroptera, Blue throated Rollar, White Collard Olive Back, Red Headed Blue Bill, Dusky Tit, Lesser Honeyguide, Dusky and, Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Luhdher’s Bush Shrike,. African Emerlad Cuckoo, Petit’s Cuckooshrike, Red-capped Robin Chat and Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush, Scaly Illadopsis, White-spotted Flufftail, and many more bird species then we proceed to Fort Portal where we have our lunch after this transfer to Semliki birding enroute.Dinner and over night stay at Semuliki wildlife Lodge

After breakfast you will drive to the second biggest protected area in Uganda – Queen Elizabeth National Park.Uganda’s most-visited Park, is now home to 96 species of mammal and over 612 species of birdsoccupies an estimated 1,978 square kilometres. Birding here exposes us to a variety of savannah birds including the Brown Snake Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, Martial Eagle, Amur Falcon, Pipits, Broad Tailed and Grey Capped Warbler, Golden Breasted Bunting, Harlequin Quail, Blue Quail, Small (Common) Buttonquail, Black Coucal, African Crake, African Moustached, Terek Sandpiper, Sulpher Breasted Bushshrike, Temminck’s Courser, Morning Dove, Senegal Lapwing, Red capped Lark, Flappet lark, Lesser masked Weever and many more bird species. We stay at Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba, Mweya Hostel or Mweya Safari Lodge.

After breakfast go for a game drive and birding in this vast grassland biome the whole morning. In the afternoon you you go for a lunch trip on the Kazinga Channel this wide, 32-kilometre long natural channel that links Lake Edward and Lake George, and a dominant feature of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The channel attracts a varied range of animals and birds, with one of the worlds largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles. On the boat some of the birds to identify include; the Three-banded Plover, Grey Plover, African Skimmer, Terek Sandpiper, African Spoonbill, Lesser Black Backed and Gray-headed Gull, Striated Heron, Marsh, Green, and Wood Sandpiper, Lesser Swamp-Warbler, most of which are winter visitors.

Today we take a life time adventure to maramagambo Forest Birds en-route to the forest include among others the Red-capped Robin Chat, Olive-green Camaroptera, Red-necked Spurfowl, Black-rumped Buttonquails, Brown Snake Eagle, Scaly Illadopsis, Short Toed African Crake, Hollub’s Golden and Lesser Masked Weavers, Black Coucal, Black Lored and Arrow Marked Babbler,  Copper, Broad Tailed and African Moustached Warbler. After lunch we shall go for Chimpanzee walk in Kyambura Gorge later drive back to the lodge for Dinner and Overnight; Mweya Safari Lodge/ The Bush Lodge

After breakfast go out birding looking out for the Equatorial Akalat, African Green-Broadbill, Black-billed and Rwenzori Turaco, Western Green Tinkerbird, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Olive Woodpecker, Fine-banded Woodpecker, Elliot’s Woodpecker, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush,, Green-backed Twinspot, Mountain, Yellow whiskered and Yellow-streaked Greenbul, African Hill Babbler, Mountain Illadopsis, Chestnut-throated Apalis, Collared Apalis, Grey Cuckoo Shrike, Stripe-breasted Tit, Luhdher’s Bush Shrike, Rwenzori Batis, Montane Sooty Boubou, Lesser Honeyguide, Blue-shouldered Robin Chat Blue-headed Sunbird, Regal Sunbird. White-spotted Flufftail Back to the lodge for Dinner and Overnight Mahogany Springs Lodge Buhoma community Camp

After breakfast then transfer to Ruhija while birding enroute. Some of the bird spp we expect to encounter include the Black Faced Rufous Warbler, Petit’s Cuckooshrike, White Starred Robin, Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher, Grey-Green Bush-Shrike, Mountain Buzzard, Mountain Wagtail, African Emerlad Cuckoo, Stripe Breasted Tit, Western Bronze Naped Pigoen, Spotted Woodpecker, Dusky Long Tailed Cuckoo, Red Headed Blue Bill, White Headed Wood Hopoe, Ayre’s Hawk Eagle, Banded Prinia, Ludhur’sBush-Shrike, Lagden’s Bush-Shrike, Chestnut Throated Apalis, White Eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Augar Buzzard Streaky Seed-Eater and many more. Dinner and over night stay.at Gorilla Mist Camp / Trekker’s tuban

After brakfast we go for a whole day birding in Mubwindi swamp. Mubwindi swamp is ranked as Africa’s No.1 birding spot by the African Bird Club. This is the birding spot where we find the Grauer’s Rush Warbler, African Green Broadbill, Handsome Francolin, Blue Headed Sunbird, Purple Breasted Sunbird Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Red Throated Alethe, Mountain Illadopsis, Collard and Mountain Masked Apalis, Blue Throated Sunbird, Yellow Eyed Black Flycatcher etc. and other high altitude bird we may see include; the White Tailed Crested Flycatcher, Stripe Breasted Tit, Abyssinian Hill Babbler, Bar Tailed and Narina Tragon, and other. late evening return back to our lodge for dinner and over night stay.

After brakfast to day we have two options, either we go for Gorilla trekking Or we do anther whole day birding in the fortest or the swamp.Expected birds to see include the African Green Broadbill and most Albertine Rift Endemics which inlude the Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Purple Breasted Sunbird, Blue Headed Sunbird, Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Handsome Francolin, white headed hoope, Yellow billed barbet, white browed crombec, Bar Tailed and Narina Tragon, Red faced woodland warbler, Olive pigeon, arch’s robin, white tailed Antthrash, Dusky long-tailed cuckoo and other. late evening return back to our lodge for dinner and over night stay.

This morning you may take a village / cultural walk at Buhoma to interact and see how the local community go about their day’s life style then drive out to Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is one of the deepest Lakes in Africa offering a more relaxing atmosphere. It is nestled amidst beautifully terraced hills and has glassy still waters that have made it a home to crayfish, a delicacy to many”. Dinner and Overnight at Birdnest Lodge.

Today after breakfast check out and tranfer to lake Mburo national park birding enroute, using the Kabala route, we shall stop at different interesting spots.as well a lunch stop over at Igongo Cultural center, after proceed to Lake Mburo. While in Lake Mburo national park look out for mammals like the Eland, Topi, Zebra, Impala etc, In the evening go for a boat ride along lake Mburo where we hardly miss the African Finfoot, Giant Kingfisher. White Backed and Black Crowned Night Heron, At night we shall go for night drive is such for the Black Shouldered Nightjar, northern Tanzania Fiery Necked Nightjar, nocturnal mammals and Bush Babies. Dinner and over night stay.at Mihingo Lodge or Arcadia Cottages.

Early start of the day after breakfast go for a safari nature walk guided by a ranger in search for special savannah birds spp like the Green Capped Eremomel, Green wood hopoe, Yellow Bellied Apalis, red headed weever, Blue cheeked bee-eater, Tabora Cisticola, Lesser masked weever, Green Backed Woodpecker, sulpher breested bush-shrike, Red Faced Barbet, Buff Bellied Warbler, Red Headed Weaver, afternoon tranfer to Rubango Forest biome in search for the forest birds spp. After this experience return to the lodge for dinner and over night stay.

After an early breakfast drive to Mabira Forest birding enroute. with a stop at the equator for photos or souvenir shopping. Arrive in Mabira late eveining if time allows go for bird watching, birds you may encounter include; the Forest Wood-Hoopoe, Black-Billed Turaco, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Ruffaous Flycatcher Thrush, Tit Hylia, Green-tailed and Red Tailed Bristlebill, Blue-breasted kingfisher, Dinner and overnight Stay in the Rainforest Lodge

After breakfast go for the early morning bird watching in search for birds like the African Pied Hornbill, Yellow Whiskered, Slender Billed, Little Grey and Toro Olive Greenbul, Fire-crested Alethe , Forest Robin, Blue-shouldered and Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Grey Throated, Yellow Spotted and Yellow billed Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Afternoon return the lodge for lunch then in the evening go to the swamp , birds expected here include the Shining-blue Kingfishers, Dwarf kingfisher, Green Crombec, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, White-spotted Flufftail, Olive Bellied Sunbird, Black-throated Apalis, African and Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Blue Throated Roller, Velvet-mantled Drongo, and more bird species. Dinner and overnight Stay in the Rainforest Lodg