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12 Days Uganda Birding Safari is intended to bring you to the country’s best birding spots. This 12 Days Uganda Birding Safari tour kicks off the moment you touch down at the Entebbe International Airport. Our company representative will be at the airport to welcome you, help load the bags into our comfortable 4×4 safari car, then lead you on a journey to the hotel in Entebbe, as you lean back and watch your new world go by.
Uganda is arguably the most attractive country in Africa to bird watchers not only to because of the unusually number of species recorded within its borders, but also because Birding Safaris Uganda offers easy access to several bird-rich habitats that are difficult to reach elsewhere. Uganda’s remarkable avian diversity-1,008 species recorded in an area similar to that of Great Britain can be attributed to its location at a transitional point between the East African savanna, the West African rainforest and the semi-desert of the north.
Key Species
Shoebill, Papyrus gonolek, Malachite Sunbird, Purple-breasted sunbird, Regal sunbird, Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, Rwenzori Turcaco, Black billed turaco, White crested turaco, Archer’s Robin Chat, Cape Robin, White-starred Robin, Puvels Illadopsis, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, African Green Broadbill, Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Batis, Collared Apalis, Dusky Crimsonwing, Yellow-billed Barbet, Bar-tailed Trogon, Lagden’s Bush-Shrike, Waller’s Starling, Dwarf Honey-Guide, Oriole Finch, Doherty’s Bush-Shrike, Red-headed Malimbe, Grey-headed Sparrow, Dusky Twinspot, Green-bakced Twinspot, Think-billed and Streaky Seedeaters, Rwenzori Nightjar, Cassin’s Hawk Eagle, Toro-Olive Greenbul, Black Bee-eaters, white faced Go-away birds, African Finfoot.
Plan on arriving this evening where we will be met on arrival and transferred to the lovely Sophie’s Hotel.
This morning we will visit Mubwindi Swamp where we may have a chance to see the superb and sought after African Green Broadbill, plus many Albertine Rift endemics and other excellent birds including Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Caruthers’s Cisticola, Purple-breasted, Blue-headed and Regal Sunbirds, Narina Trogon, Tullberg’s Woodpecker, Grey Cuckoo-Shrike, African Hill-Babbler, Black Cuckoo, Chubb’s Cisticola and the gorgeous Doherty’s Bushshrike. In the late afternoon we bird around the camp for Dusky Twinspot, Luhder’s Bushshrike and Rwenzori Batis to mention but a few. Overnight at Trekker’s Tavern Cottages.
Today we transfer to Buhoma and along the way we will bird the “neck” an excellent birding area in its own right and one we will thoroughly explore. Mist lingers along the higher stretches, and the dense forest is covered in a profusion of epiphytes and mosses that create a rather damp atmosphere. This is an excellent locality for Black Bee-eater, as well as Cassin’s Hawk Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Handsome Francolin, Red-throated Wryneck, Archer’s Robin Chat, Collared Apalis, Bronze Sunbird, Scarce Swift, Black Saw-wing, Cassin’s Grey and White-eyed Slaty Flycatchers, Brown-crowned Tchagra, African Green Broadbill, Toro Olive Greenbul, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Doherty’s, Many-coloured and Lühder’s Bush-Shrikes, Ruwenzori Batis, Stripe-breasted Tit, Yellow Bishop, Collared Apalis, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Stripe-breasted Tit, White-naped Raven, Strange and Baglafecht Weaver, Dusky Crimson-Wing, Yellow Bishop, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Black-and-White Mannikin, the rare Dusky Twinspot and Streaky Seedeater. Other memorable species could include Black-billed Turaco, Elliott’s Woodpecker, African Emerald Cuckoo, Blue-throated Roller, Shelley’s Greenbul, White-tailed Ant Thrush, White-browed Crombec, Yellow-eyed and Chapin’s Flycatchers, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, Northern Double-collared and Blue-headed Sunbirds, Bar-tailed Trogon, African Broadbill and White-headed Wood-hoopoe. Two nights at Engagi Lodge
This morning we will bird Buhoma main trail in search of Olive-Long-tailed Cuckoo, Red-chested Owlet, Neumann’s Warbler, Pale-breasted Illadopsis, White-tailed Flycatcher, White-bellied Robin-chat, Equatorial Akalat, Woodhouse’s Antpecker and many others. Overnight at Engagi Lodge.
Today we will drive to Queen Elizabeth National park birding en-route, via Ishasha sector of the park for a game drive in search for tree climbing Lions and birding for a variety of savanna birds, here we have another chance for the Shoebill in case we missed it in the swamp earlier. Overnight at Savannah Resort.
Today we drive to Fort Portal birding en-route. Uganda is rich in different bird species, the richest in Africa indeed. 1060 have been so far recorded, a remarkable density in a country as small as Uganda. This walk will give you an introduction into the variety of bird-life in a western Ugandan setting. Learn from a specialized guide how to identify the different birds, their calls and their habits.
Overnight at Primate Lodge cottages
Today we transfer back to Kampala birding Kibaale forest on the western part of Fort Portal where we may have a chance to see the Luhder’s and Many-coloured Bush-shrikes, Cassin’s Grey flycatcher, African Black Duck, White-napped and Afep Pigeons, African Cuckoo Hawk, Blue-throated Roller, a variety of Starlings, Joyful Greenbul and many others. Finally we will transfer to Entebbe for our return international flights.
