5 Days Birding Safari
5 Days Birding Safari
The 5 Days Birding Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to more than 606 bird species! This trip offers a genuine rainforest wilderness experience and an excellent opportunity to see some of the rare birds in Uganda! Queen Elizabeth National Park provides birding in different habitats, including forests, savanna grasslands, lakes, and wetlands. This trip combines the comfort of beautiful lodges with the experience of spending a night camping in the wild.
Highlights
- Day 1: Travel to Queen Elizabeth
- Day 2: Morning game drive and bird-watching
- Day 3: Bird in Maramagambo Forest and through Kamirenjojo Trail
- Day 4: Bird in the Ishasha Sector.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, head west of Kampala to Queen Elizabeth National Park very early in the morning. Watch out for the game en route to reach in time for lunch. You will then check in at Mweya Safari Lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will then go birding in the crater area and Mweya peninsula to look out for widespread grassland species such as Marsh Tchagra, croaking Cisticola, migrant harriers such as Pallid and montages, and many others. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Parkview Safari Lodge/Pumba Cottages
Meal plan: Half board
Day 2: Birding in Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast drive towards Lake Kikorongo and the Kasenyi track for more birding in the park. Watch out for birds like the Common Squacco Heron, Glossy, and sacred Ibises in the Kikorongo Area. The Kasenyi track has much to offer for birders. It passes through grass plains which support large numbers of storks in seasons as well as raptors such as brown snaked eagles and martial eagles. Retire for lunch and in the afternoon embark on a launch cruise on the Kazinga channel to watch out for both resident and nonresident species such as the African morning dove and Eurasian Honey Bizzard respectively. The birds surround animal species such as hippopotami and buffaloes. Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Parkview Safari Lodge/Pumba Cottages
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Full-Day Birding in Maramagambo Forest
Have an early breakfast and meet up with your driver. The Entrance road to the forest passes through seasonally moist grassland that supports warblers, Singing Cisticola, Marsh chakra, and black bishop waxbills. You will walk along three trails that are best for birding, i.e. the Kamirenjojo Trail, the Paki Trail, and the Kyasanduka Trail. Watch out for birds like Red-headed Blue Bill, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Black-winged Oriole, Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch, Red-tailed Bristle Bill, and Green Crombec.
Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Parkview Safari Lodge/Pumba Cottages
Meal plan: Full board
Day 4: Birding in the Ishasha Sector
Early in the morning go birding in the Ishasha sector of the park. You will watch out for the Yellow-throated leaf love, Grey woodpecker, African Emerald Cuckoo, Little green bull, black-necked weaver, striking red-headed bluebill, and Collared sunbirds at the waterside thickets. Watch out for crepuscular African Hobby overhead in the evenings, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, African wood Owl, are often Heard in the camp at night.
Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Parkview Safari Lodge/Pumba Cottages
Meal plan: Full board
Day 5: Return to Kampala
After breakfast, meet your driver. Drive back to Kampala, reaching late afternoon to end your tour.
Tour includes
- Bottled drinking water
- Fuel and vehicle
- English speaking guide
- Meals
- Accommodation
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Golden Monkey trekking permit
Exclude
- Alcoholic drinks
- Laundry
- Items of a personal nature
- International airfares
- Travel Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
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