MEMORABLE 7 DAY BIRDING
TOUR
| Day 1 |
| Bird the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (U.W.E.C),
Botanical gardens and other areas in Entebbe. UWEC originally
started as an animal orphanage in the 1920s but gradually
grew to be a show place of various flora and fauna. Birding
here will yield sightings of a variety of birds such as
pelicans, ostrich, parrots, crowned cranes, weaver birds
such as the orange weaver, black necked baglafect, the
northern masked weaver and the shoe bill storks. Lunch
break and then proceed to the botanical gardens where
you will most likely be able to enjoy more prolific bird
life. A. Whyte the first curator of Uganda’s Museum
started these gardens as a natural forest for use as research
grounds for the introduction of various ornamental plants
and exotic fruits to Uganda. Birds to look out for here
include the yellow-throated leaf love, the great blue
Turaco, Ross’s Turaco, the black and white casqued
hornbill, the pied hornbill. Yellow backed weaver, orange
weaver, brown-throated weaver, and great reed warbler,
sedge warbler and the fish eagle. Dinner and over night
at the Forest Cottages in Ntinda / Red Chilli. |
| Day 2 |
| After an early breakfast set off for Lake Mburo National
Park with a brief stop at the Equator. The park encompasses
not only Lake Mburo but also four other small lakes. It’s
easy accessibility from Kampala (about 4 hours drive from
Kampala makes it the ideal birder gateway). Birding to
the park begins as you turn off to Nshara gate. Look out
for the Handsome Francolin, Pink baked Pelican, Bee-eaters,
Helmeted Guinea fowl, lilac-breasted roller, red faced
barbet, Rufuos bellied heron, green capped Eremomela,
long tailed Cisticola, the Malachite and Pied King fishers.
Lunch break at Rwonyo. Proceed to the lakeside for a boat
ride. The boat ride may yield sightings of the African
water rail, black bellied bustard, brown chested lapwing,
Rufous naped lark, lilac breasted roller, lesser and greater
swamp warbler, papyrus yellow warbler, papyrus gonolek,
king fishers, herons and the elusive shoebill. Dinner
and over night Mantana Luxury Tented Camp / Rwonyo Rest
Camp. |
| Day 3 |
| After breakfast embark on an early morning nature walk.
Look out for the Bare faced go a way Bird, Lead Coloured
fly catcher, African Drongo, Blue Eared Glossy starling,
the Verreaux’s Eagle Owl and the Yellow billed ox
pecker. |
| Day 4 |
| Get awoken by the sounds of the morning doves and embark
on an early game drive along the zebra track as you look
out for bird species such as the African Wattled plover,
narinas trogon, coqui Francolin, rufous chested swallow,
temmricks courser, deidric cuckoo and the black headed
weaver. Late breakfast and proceed to Queen Elizabeth
with a brief stop in Mbarara for lunch. Enroute you will
go through the unique western rift valley escarpment.
Over 600 bird species recorded so far make Queen Elizabeth
National Park superb birders Paradise. This is one of
the richest and best managed parks in Africa and supports
an astounding density of flora and fauna. Dinner and over
night Mweya Safari Lodge / Ecology Hostel. |
| Day 5 |
| Rise early before the sun and go an early morning game
drive to catch up with early risers. The drive takes you
through the Kasenyi tracks and the Kikorongo crater area.
The drive will enable you sight various bird species like
the martial eagle, rupells griffon vulture and weavers.
Lunch break, then drive to the dock on the channel, which
joins lakes Edward and George. This water way is a birders
paradise and those who experience it consider it the highlight
of their entire African skimmer, pallid harrier, great
snipe, papyrus gonolek, gull billed tern, Madagascar pond
heron, lesser kestrel and the rare shoe bill stork. Also
look out for the elusive leopard, schools of hippos, elephants
and the comical warthog. Dinner and over night Mweya Safari
Lodge / Institute of Ecology Hostel. |
| Day 6 |
| After an early breakfast drive to Maramagambo for a
foot safari through the forest. Bird species to look out
for here include the bat hawks, brown eared woodpecker,
fawn breasted Waxbill, Sulphur breasted bush shrike, and
dark capped yellow warbler, red headed blue bill, African
Finfoot and the Eurasian golden oriole. On a good day
black and white colobus monkeys may also be spotted. Dinner
and overnight Mweya Safari Lodge/ Institute of Ecology
Hostel. |
| Day 7 |
| Drive to Lake Katwe crater area. Enroute to Katwe, you
may be able to see swallows, warblers and wagtails. Depart
Katwe for Kampala with several stops to see bird species
such as the African harrier, bare faced go away bird and
the southern red bishop. |
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