BIRDING WITH COUNTRY SAFARIS

9 day Birding Tour

Option 2:

DAY ONE
Arrive at Entebbe international Airport and transfer to your Hotel, depending on time you can bird Entebbe area.

DAY TWO
Bird the botanical gardens for Orange weaver, Slender-billed weaver, Northern brown-throated weaver, a variety of sunbirds, Herons and many other birds afternoon transfer to Lutembe beach take a hand paddled boat for a variety of water birds.

DAY THREE
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, Lesser Jacana, Lesser Moorhen and a variety of water birds 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 Bwindi national park birding enroute, drive straight to Ruhizha birding the “Neck” for Black Bee-eaters, crowned eagle, Great blue turaco, Bronze Napped Pigeon, Many colored Bush shrike.
Trek to Mubwindi swamp for the Green Broadbill, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Purple-breasted, Blue headed and Regal Sunbirds evening drive to Buhoma.

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

DAY SIX
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National park birding enroute, arriving for an afternoon boat ride on Kazinga Channel believed to host the largest concentration of Hippos in Africa, a variety of migrant birds for example Corncrake, Blue Swallow and Chapin’s Flycatcher, and 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, and mammals like the lions, Elephants, Buffalo, Hyena, Giant Forest Hogs, and other game afternoon game drive to the Crater region.

DAY EIGHT
Morning chimp tracking and birding Kibale Forest for the African and Green-breasted Pittas, Yellow spotted nicator, Yellow rumped tinkerbird, little greenbul, Crowned eagle, black bee-eater and a variety of forest species.

DAY NINE
An early morning drive to Mabira Forest, bird for sunbirds, Weavers, Apalis, Forest Wood Hoopoe, Nahans Francolin, papyrus Gonolek and a variety of other forest species. Depending on your flight, afternoon transfer to the airport for you Flight.