Uganda Birding in Queen and Bwindi NP 7 Days

Bird watching tour
Launch cruise
Wildlife tour
Gorilla tracking

Day 1: Drive To Queen Elizabeth national park
Have breakfast to drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. The journey will take you half a day to reach in the afternoon and bird around the Mweya Peninsula and the crater region in the afternoon. This afternoon bird search will reward you with birds like croaking Cisticola, Marsh Tchagra, migrant harriers such as Pallid and Montagu’s and many others. It will also reward you with game like monkeys, warthogs, bushpigs and many more. Overnight at Mweya safari lodge.

Day 2: Birding Tour, Launch Cruise
Go for a very early morning search for birds to drive towards Lake Kikorongo and the Kasenyi track in the park. These areas will reward you with game like Common Squacco Heron, Glossy and sacred Ibises, eagles and many more. Retire to the lodge for late breakfast and lunch. After lunch go for a launch cruise on the Kazinga channel to explore the resident and migrant birds. Expect birds like the African morning dove, Mongolian plovers, Eurasian Honey Buzzard, Common Teal and Winged Plover and many more. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.

Day 3: Drive To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Drive through the Ishasha sector to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. While traveling you should look through the wind for game especially tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector. You will reach in the afternoon to bird at the entrance of Buhoma camp area. Overnight Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Bandas.

Day 4 & 5& 6: Bwindi Birding Tour
You will bird for three days in Bwindi, you will first walk along the waterfall trail. This will reward you with birds like white bellied Robin-chat, Kivu ground thrush, and slender billed starling. The next day you will bird along the short trail to Mubwindi swamp to watch out for birds like the African Green broad bill, Montane Oriole, Turacos and many others. On the sixth day you will bird along the long trail to Mubwindi swamp and the afternoon along Ruhija. Dinner and overnight at Institute of tropical forest conservation (ITFC)/ Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Bandas.

Day 7: Drive Back To Kampala
Have breakfast to drive back to Kampala. You will have lunch enroute and proceed to reach in the afternoon. Overnight at hotel Africana/ Sheraton Hotel.

Day Two: Birding Tour, Forest Walk, Chimpanzee & Primates Watching
Go for a forest walk in search of more birds. The walk will reward you with birds like Olive Long-Lived Cuckoos, Dark-Backed and Yellow-Mantled Weaver, Willcock’s Honey Guides, the Superb Black Bee-Eater, and Cassins Honey-Birds. The forest is also a site for the joyful Green Bul, reasonably common and conspicuous here but scarce else where in Uganda. On you walk, you will also get to see primates like the Monkeys, Mangabeys, Chimpanzees, Baboons and Bushbabies. In the afternoon you will visit the Bigodi Swamp, where you will encounter birds like the Yellow-Rumped and Yellow Throated Tinker-Barbet, Black & White Casqued Hornbill, Brown Eared Woodpecker, Snowy-Headed Robin –Chats and others. Overnight at your preferred Lodge.

Day Three: Drive To & Birding in Queen Elizabeth national park
Go for a walk in the Magombe forest if you want, before you drive off to Queen Elizabeth National park. You will reach in the afternoon and go birding on the Kazinga Channel. You will go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel that connects Lakes Edward and George. You will view plenty of game and birds as you go along. Birds to look out for include the African Mourning Dove, Grey-Capped Warbler, the beautiful Black-Headed Gonolek, the Great White Pink–backed Pelicans, the Swamp Flycatcher, the African Fish Eagle, Long Tailed Cormorants and the rare Shoebill. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana Safari Lodge/Budget Institute of Ecology.

Day Four: Birding Safari
Go birding the whole day in the park, taking the morning to bird in the Kasenyi area and the afternoon, in the Maramagambo forest. You will see the Crested Guinea Fowl, African Emerald Cuckoo, the Red-Headed Bluebill, Yellow Bill, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Ross’ Turaco’s, Yellow Throated Leaflove, and many more. Overnight at your preferred Lodge.

Day Five: Drive To Bwindi National Park
Have breakfast then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National park. You will pass through the Ishasha sector. Look out for Tree Climbing Lions enroute. You will reach Bwindi in the late afternoon. Bwindi is known to harbour plenty of Albertine Rift endemic bird species and also offers some of the finest montane birding in Africa. In the evening you may go for a community walk and entertainment in Cultural Dances. Overnight at the Gorilla Forest Camp/Gorilla Resort/Volcanoes Exclusive Camp/ Buhoma homestead.

Day Six: Ruhija area Birding Safari
Spend the whole day birding in the Ruhija area. Expect birds like as Green Tinkerbird, Archers Robin Chat, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Northern Olive Thrush, Abyssinian Crimsonwing, the rare and Beautiful Shelley’s Crimsonwing and many more. Overnight at Gorilla Forest Camp/Gorilla Resort/Volcanoes Exclusive Camp/Buhoma homestead.

Day Seven: Bird watching Whole day at Mubwindi trail
You will go birding along the short and long trail to-Mubwindi the whole day. Expect birds like the Grey Chested Illadopsis, the montane Oriole, White Headed Wood Hoopoe, Bar-tailed Trogon, the beautiful Carruthers’ Cisticola and the Great Blue Turacos. Overnight at Gorilla Forest Camp/Gorilla Resort/Volcanoes Exclusive Camp/Buhoma homestead.

Day Eight: Drive To & Bird at Lake Mburo National park
Have breakfast and depart for Lake Mburo National Park, you will bird enroute along the road. Lake Mburo NP is the Best place to see the typical of Southern Savannah species and Acacia associated species. Dominated with tall grass and dotted with Acacia and Eurphobia, the park harbours species such as the Red Headed Love Bird, Black Collared Barbet, Narina Trogon, Lead coloured Flycatcher, Green-capped Eremomela and many more. You will reach in the afternoon to bird around the Rwonyo Camp. Overnight at Mantana Tented Camp/Mihingo Lodge/Rwonyo Camp.

Day Nine: Birding Tour
Go birding in the park to search for birds like African Fin Foot, Hamerkop, White Winged Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, Northern Brown Throated Weaver, Spur Winged Plover, Malachite Kingfisher, the Lesser and Greater Swamp Warbler, African Water Rail, the rare shoebill among others. These are easily seen when you go for a dugout canoe on Lake Mburo. Overnight at Lodge of your choice.

Day Ten: Game Drive And Return Journey
Go for another morning game drive and then drive back to Kampala.
You will reach in the afternoon. Overnight at your preferred hotel in Kampala.

Uganda tours: 14 days Birding Safaris

Day 1: Drive To & Bird at Murchison Falls National Park
Drive to Murchison Falls national park in the morning after breakfast. You will pass through the famous Luwero Triangle, Budongo forest and the western arm of the Great Rift Valley. You will reach the park in the afternoon to drive to the top of the falls where the park derives its name and the Nile its beauty. At the top of the falls you will see how the calm Nile forces its self through a narrow gorge to fall 150 fts down producing a thunderous roar of white water. You will walk down to the landing site to bird while traveling. Look out for birds like Chestnut Crowned Owls, Warblers, Flycatchers and many more. The ferry will then transfer you to Paraa Safari Lodge for the overnight.

Day 2: Birding, Launch Cruise & Wildlife Tour
Have breakfast and prepare for a boat ride at 9; 00 am. The launch cruise takes you down stream to the bottom of the falls where you will see plenty of animals and waterbirds at the shores. Expect birds like the Goliath Herons, Egyptian Geese, the African Skimmer and Pied Kingfisher, Pelicans, and many more. On the ride you should watch out for wildllife like Hippos, Crocodiles, Buffaloes, Elephants and other game. Overnight at Paraa Safari lodge.

Day 3: Birding Tour , And Game Viewing Safari
Breakfast then off to the northern game viewing circuit to go through the thorn acacia. This will reward you with birds like Speckle-fronted Weaver, White Bellied Barbet, Swamp Flycatcher, Blue Breasted Bee-eater. You will spend the whole day there looking for birds. Enjoy a picnic lunch while birding. Overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge.

Day 4: Drive To & Bird At Kibale Forest National Park
Have breakfast and then drive to Kibale Forest National Park to arrive in the early afternoon. You will bird at the entrance of the park or in the Kanyankyu area. Overnight at Ndali Lodge/Primate Lodge/Kanyanchu Tourist Centre.

Day 5: Guided Nature Walk and Birding Safaris
Go for a guided nature walk in the Kanyankyu area to look for birds like the Masked Apalis, African go-shwak, Grey Parrots the Majestic Crowned Eagle.. You will have lunch and then transfer to Bigodi Wetland through the Magombe Swamp for water birds of the park. Expect birds like the Mosque Swallow, Papyrus Canary, Papyrus Gonolek, Brown headed Tchagra and others. Overnight at Ndali lodge/Primate Lodge/ Kanyanchu Tourist Centre.

Day 6: Drive To & Bird Watch At Queen Elizabeth National Park
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Magombe swamp and bird enroute. You will arrive in time for lunch and then bird in the Crater Lakes region and the Mweya Peninsula in the afternoon. Marsh Tchagra, Croaking Cisticola, migrant harriers such as Pallid and Montagu’s are the birds you should expect. Overnight at Mweya safari lodge/Jacana Lodge/Budget In

Day 7: Birding, Boat Ride And Game Viewing
Go for dawn birding in the Kasenyi track and the Kikorongo forest area. You will be rewarded with birds like Common Squacco Heron, Glossy and sacred Ibises, as brown snaked eagle, martial eagle and many more. You will retire from the game drive to the lodge for lunch and then in the afternoon go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel. This boat trip will reward you with game and plenty of waterbirds, both residents and migrants. Expect kingfishers, African eagles, pelicans, honey buzzards, African morning dove and others. Overnight at Mweya Safari.

Day 8: Drive To bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park
Transfer o Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will go through the Ishasha sector to reach the park in the afternoon Watch out for tree climbing lions enroute. You may bird around the park entrance or go for community walk in Buhoma where you will be entertained in some of the traditional dances of the country. Overnight Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Bandas.

Day 9 & 10& 11: Bwindi Birding Safaris
You will bird for three days in Bwindi, you will first walk along the waterfall trail. This will reward you with birds like white bellied Robin-chat, Kivu ground thrush, and slender billed starling. The next day you will bird along the short trail to Mubwindi swamp to watch out for birds like the African Green broad bill, Montane Oriole, Turacos and many others. On the sixth day you will bird along the long trail to Mubwindi swamp and the afternoon along Ruhija. Dinner and overnight at Institute of tropical forest conservation (ITFC)/ Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Bandas.

Day 12: Drive To & Bird at Lake Mburo National Park
Have breakfast and drive towards Lake Mburo NP. You will reach in the afternoon to bird around the entrance of Rwonyo camp the whole sundown. Expect birds like black bellied bustard, mosque swallow Bird and Rupell’s long-tailed. Overnight at Rwonyo Rest Camp/ Mantana Tented camp.

Day 13: Bird Watching
You will drive on the Kigambira loop searching for birds and then in the afternoon you will go for dugout canoe on the lakes to explore the shores of the lake in search for water birds in the park. Green-capped Eremomela, Austral migrant, black cuckoo-shrike Tawny, African Hawk, Batelour are some of the birds watch out for in the park. Overnight at Rwonyo Rest Camp/ Mantana Tented camp.

Day 14: Drive Back To Kampala
Have breakfast and drive back to Kampala. Overnight at Sheraton Hotel Kampala/ Serena Hotel.