BIRDING WITH COUNTRY SAFARIS

12 day Birding Tour

DAY ONE
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, transfer to your Hotel.

DAY TWO
Morning drive to Mabamba swamp for the Shoebill Stork and other water birds after which drive to Lake Mburo Lunch and birding enroute e.g. at Kaaku swamp for the Rufous-bellied Heron, harrier hawk, green pigeon, narina trogn, grey-backed cameroptera, double-toothed barbet, Lesser Jacana, Lesser Moorhen and a variety of water birds.

DAY THREE
Morning birding and mammal watching, bird the grassland for the Brown-chested Plover (this is there between June and December), Red-faced Barbet here we shall have the chance to see the Zebra, Eland, Topis, Impalas and some other game, afternoon go for a boat ride in search for the African Fin foot .

DAY FOUR
Travel to Ruhizha, Bwindi national park birding the “Neck” for Black bee-eaters, Bronze Napped Pigeon, Blue-headed Coucal, Pied Wagtail, Flycatchers, Crested Guinea Fowl, Black-faced Rufous Warbler and many colored Bush shrikes.
Trek to Mubwindi swamp for the Green Broadbill, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Purple-breasted, Blue headed and Regal Sunbirds.

DAY FIVE
An early morning trek into the forest led by experienced trackers for Mountain Gorillas. Bird Buhoma for Handsome Francolin, Rufous-chested Fluff tail, Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Red-chested Owlet, Neumann’s Warbler and many other birds.

DAYSIX
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park birding enroute, arriving for an afternoon boat ride on Kazinga channel for a variety of water birds, Caspian Plovers flamingos, terns and gulls, Schools of Hippos, Crocodiles

DAY SEVEN
Morning game drive through the Kasenyi track and Kob mating grounds in search for savanna birds like the Temminck’s Courser, Martial Eagle, Rupell’s Griffon Vulture e.t.c,

DAY EIGHT
Drive to Fort portal birding enroute, afternoon bird around the crater lakes.
Morning chimp tracking and birding Kibale Forest for the African and Green-breasted Pittas and a variety of forest species afternoon swamp walk for papyrus endemics.

DAY NINE
After breakfast drive to Murchison Falls NP via Masindi, pass by the top of the falls for the lesser flamingo, Pintail, saddle-billed stork, Teal, Fish eagle, Black kite, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Rock Prantincoles, Jacana, Bat Hawk and a variety of Night Jars.
Afternoon cross with a ferry for a game drive to the Delta for the Shoebill stork and other water birds, boat ride to the bottom of the falls where we shall see a variety water birds.

DAY TEN
Early morning drive to Masindi via Kaniyo pabidi birding for Puvell’s Illadopsis, Royal mile for Cassin’s Hawk Eagle, Nahan’s Francolin, Chocolate-backed and Dwarf Kingfishers, Brown-backed Scrub Robin afternoon visit Busingiro.

DAY ELEVEN
Bird the escarpment for Foxy Cisticola, Cliff charts Western Violet-backed Sunbird afternoon bird the main road Ituri Batis, White-spotted Greenbull, Forest Robin, Narina Trogon and the pond for the Shining Blue King fisher.

DAY TWELVE
Drive to Entebbe for your flight birding enroute for the White- crested Turaco, end of trip.