7 Day Bird watching Safari in Uganda - Home to over 1000 species of Birds

After a delightful lunch we are off for a boat ride around the edge of the lake discovering the various birds around the lake.  The lake is actually connected to a cluster of 14 lakes which extends beyond the park and has been declared protected wetlands.

The boat will move slowly around the lake giving you ample time to find various water birds, the Shoebill amongst them, also the African Fish Eagle, Marabou Stork,  Pied Kingfisher, different kinds of Egrets and Herons.  Besides you will see Hippos, Crocodiles, Buffaloes coming to water, waterbuck and Bushbuck.  If you look into the thickets surrounding the lake you will find other birds such as Ross's Turaco and Narina Trogon.  The African Finfoot can also be found here.  You will have a delightful afternoon of discovery.

Dinner and rest at Lodging

Day 4:  After breakfast we depart for the Mweya Peninsula of Queen Elizabeth National Park there we check in to our Lodging.  Up-Market will be Mweya and budget the Institute of Ecology.  Lunch at your facility, birds will actually join you as you have lunch at Mweya overlooking the Kazinga Channel. 

Then it is off to Kazinga channel for a 3 hour launch trip, a multitude of birds along the channel, including wildlife.  This is always a highlight to a Queen Elizabeth Park Safari. Most likely you have never seen such a multitude of birds in your life.  Birds such as African Skimmer, Striated Heron, African Spoonbill, Water Thick-knee, Three-banded Plover, Marsh, Green, Wood and Common Sandpiper, Gray-headed Gull, Plain Martin, Lesser Swamp-Warbler and Yellow-billed Oxpecker and many others.

Return to the lodge for dinner and a good night's rest.

Day 5:  Enjoy a morning breakfast and off to Maragambo Forest for birding. Lots of monkeys along the trails, one might even spot a chimpanzee or leopard.

We will also visit the famous bat cave with its python in residence and you might see Palm Nut Vultur.  There are several walk available and depending on your stamina we can spend most of the day here taking different walks and even if you took the same loop over and over, each time you would spot different birds.  Three of forest trails afford prime birding seeing such rare birds as Scaly-Breasted Illaopsis, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat and Chestnut Wattle-Eye, Dark Capped Yellow Warbler, Fawn Breasted Waxbill, Black Headed Batis, Brubru and Sulphur Breasted Bush Shrike and many others. There is also an abundance of butterflies found here.

We return to the lodging and enjoy the late afternoon at Mweya Lodge, enjoying the birds found here and maybe a dip into the pool, a cold drink, even a nap.

Dinner at the lodging of your choice and rest.

Day 6:  Breakfast and w are off for the Kyambura Gorge and Kyambura Wildlife Reserve.  This is your opportunity who see Chimpanzees up close.  Here they have been habituated which simply means that they are accustomed to humans.  There you can also find Black and White Colobus, Vervet Monkeys, and Olive Baboons.  If you want to include the Chimpanzees in your safari, let us know that you want to add it on, since there are permits that need to be purchased.  Chimpanzee tracking (trekking) is at 8 am  daily.

The gorge is a forest that is surrounded by the QEP savannah and you will find Black Bee Eaters and the Blue Breasted Kingfisher, Black and African Black Emerald Cuckoos, Speckled Tinker bird, green Hylia, White-spotted Fluftail ,  and lots of others.

There are also crater lakes near at the Kyambura Wildlife Reserve and a visit to Flamingo Lake, where we also will see the little Grebe and many Ducks along the way and of course you will countless of other birds.

We return to Mweya Peninsula in the afternoon for lunch.

In the late afternoon we are off for evening game drive, your first one at Queen Elizabeth Park.  Not only will see you be sighting many birds but lions, elephants, buffalo, scenic wonders, savannah, lakes and hopefully as you return back to the Lodge a great sunset.  We will be taking the Kasenyi track and then move on to the Kikorongo Lake area where you can find Rupell's Griffon Vulture, Martial Eagle, Weavers, Common Squacco Heron, Glossy and Sacred Ibises to name a few, many more to be found. In the Kikorongo Swamp area is a good chance to see the Shoebill Stork.

Day 7:  Morning breakfast and check out, depart for Kampala with lunch at Masaka, Lakeview Hotel...and a stop at the equator, returning for dinner at Kampala.

Lodging Facilities to choose in or near the National Parks of Uganda

Ugandan Birding Safaris:  Uganda, the best place in Africa if not the best place in the world to see more birds in a small country that gives you 1040 species of birds.  A country the size of Oregon State in the US is home of more species of birds than anywhere in East Africa-Uganda is the premier Birding destination - plus you receive the bonus of its fabulous scenery, wildlife and Primates

Uganda Safaris:  Uganda is one of the best places in Africa to go on Safaris.  A small country and yet bio-diverse in nature, almost twice the species of birds found in the USA yet Uganda is the size of Oregon. Game parks, lodging from budget to luxury, jungle, open savannahs, mountains, volcanoes...simply awesome and off the beaten tourist track. One day, three day and 5 day or longer safaris with Kabiza Wilderness Safaris.