7 Days Uganda Birding Tour

Uganda the home of the most wanted after birds and a home of mountain gorillas and wildlife has the finest bird watching destinations that offer memories of joy to birders without regrets. This tour will take you to most of Entebbe bird watching sites, Mabamba wetlands, Lake Mburo and Queen Elizabeth National Park. Discover beautiful wetlands, savanna grasslands, rivers, lakes and a lot in the magical land gifted by nature.

Day 1: Arrival with birding in Entebbe

Hope you flight will be quite early so that you visit most of the hot birding spots in Entebbe town before transferring to your chosen accommodation for meals and overnight stay.Ovenight at Entebbe Botanical gardens, Boma hotel, and sunset motel

Day 2:  Entebbe Birding

Have breakfast before heading out to discover the visited bird watching destinations around Entebbe due to late arrival time. Entebbe botanical gardens and Uganda Wildlife Education Centre are a home to multiple bird species including Palm Nut Vulture, Ross’s and Great Blue Turaco, Grey Woodpecker, Throated and Collard sunbird, Orange, Slender Billed, Black Headed, Yellow Backed and Golden Backed weaver, Klaas’s and Diederik Cuckoo, Ashy Flycatcher, Green Crombec, Gabor Goshawk, Lizzard Buzzard ,Olive Bellied and many others.

Overnight at Entebbe Botanical gardens, Boma hotel, and sunset motel
Day 3: Birding in Mabamba wetland

Wake up, have breakfast and prepare your camera, Binocular and leave for Mabamba wetland  a home to rare shoebill stock , Malachite Kingfisher, African Jacana, African Water Rail, Purple Swamphen, White faced whistling duck, heron, Bee eater, Saddle – billed Stork, Flycatchers and many others. After drive to Lake Mburo National park with multiple stops for lunch and at other birding swamps like Kaaaku. Dinner and overnight stay at Mhihigo lodge, Lake Mburo safari lodge, Rwonyo camp

Day 4: Morning Birding & Game Viewing plus an afternoon Boat Ride
Start the day with a visit to the main park birding s areas especially the swampy valleys of Miriti and Waruku ,Rwonyo camp road side between the jetty as you encounter different wildlife including , beautiful; Zebras, bushbucks, antelopes, giraffes, lions among others. Return back to your lodge for lunch, afternoon boat cruise with an overnight stay in Mbarara town.

Day 5: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park with an afternoon boat cruise

The park is one of the best bird watching areas in Uganda with over 600 bird species. After arrival you will enjoy looking at eye catching hippos, crocodiles, several water birds especially the skimmers etc.Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge, Bush lodge, pumba cottages

Day 6: Bird watching in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Discover more bird species in other park areas like Kasabnyi Area, Mweya Peninsula, Maramagambo forest, Ishasha sector, Katunguru Bridge, Katwe area, Lake Kikorongo as you enjoy viewing the park wildlife as well as impressive savanna plains. , Martial Eagle, African Skimmer, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Black Headed Gonolek, Amur Falcon, Ovambo Sparro whawk, Lowland Akalat are some of the species you will spot among others. Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge, Bush lodge, Pumba cottages

Day 7: Return back to Kampala

Have breakfast, check out of hotel and drive back to Kampala with stops at in Mbarara at igongo cultural museum for lunch and at the Uganda Equator for shopping and photography arriving in the city late evening with a drop off at your hotel or airport for your departure flight.