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UGANDA BIRDING
Day 1: Airport transfer to check
in at the hotel. Afternoon birding in The botanical gardens and the
Heritage Park trail. Expect to spot Great Black headed Gull, Little
ringed Plover, European turtle dove, Crowned Hornbill,Slender billed
Gulls, Angola Swallow, Rock pratincoles, Diederik Cuckoo And the like.
Overnight Windsor Lake Victoria.
Day 2: Travel to Murchison Falls
National Park with an afternoon en Route bird watching tour to the top
of the falls. Birding through the Budongo Forest and along the Sambiya
River forest Valley introduces you to Silverbird, Steel Blue Whydah,
Viteline masked weaver, Rock pratincoles,Palmnut Vulture,Over Night
Sambya River Lodge.
Day 3: Morning launch cruise
aboard the "Shoebill boat" to the delta Area for a half day
bird watching cruise in the swamps. Bird species here Include the rare
Shoebill stork, saddle Bille & Abdim's Stork . Also look out for
Pied Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, nesting Red Throated bee eaters
and the African skimmer. Return for lunch then take an evening drive
though the park to arrive late evening for Dinner and overnight at Paraa
Safari Lodge.
Day 4: Morning transfer to Pabidi
Forest. Birds here include the Black collared Lovebird, Brown Illadopsis,
Jameson's Wattle eye, Brown Twin spot and others. Later after lunch,
take another boat cruise to the Delta. Water birds residing in the rich
swamps here include Grey Headed Kingfisher, Great white egret, African
Darter, Spoon bills, Black crane, and the Lilly trotter. Drive to the
Inns of Uganda/Nile Safari Camp for Overnight.
Day 5: Depart for a forest walk
in Budongo forest,Picnic Lunch after the forest walk and drive to Kibale
arriving late afternoon for an evening Bird walk highlighting the Scaly
Francolin, Black bellied seed cracker, Marsh Tchagra, Narina Trogons
and many more along the edges of the Kibale Forest National Park. Meals
and overnight at Ndali Lodge.
Day 6: Full day in Kibale and
Bigodi swamp which will probably yield spotting of Abyssinian ground
Thrush, Papyrus Gonolek, Snowy Robin chat,the Endemic Kabale Thrush
Grey - capped Robin chat, White spotted Flufftail... Meals and overnight
Ndali Lodge.
Day 7: Depart for Queen Elizabeth
arriving for afternoon Kazinga Channel Launch cruise. You will most
likely spot, African Skimmer, White Pelican,White faced whistling duck,
African Fish Eagle, Cormorants and many more Fresh water Birds. Birding
the Mweya Lodge Grounds is as well rewarding, Overnight at Mweya Safari
Lodge.
Day 8: Birding en route to Bwindi
along the Maramagambo Forest Margins, where again many forest species
can be spotted together with arrange of Western Uganda raptors before
arriving Bwindi Impenetrable Park for an evening bird walk along the
Munyaga River. This walk is recommended for the spotting of Blue fly
catcher, Ludher's bush shrike, Long crested eagle, Black roughwing swallow,Great
blue turaco and many other species. Meals and overnight at Bwindi Tented
Camp.
Day 9/10: Bird watching in the
forest including the visits to the Ruhija Sector of Bwindi and the swamps
allows spotting of Shelley's Crimson wing,Green tinker bird, Mountain
Illadopsis, Handsome Francolin, yellow billed barbet, carruther's Cisticola
Dusky crimsonwing.... Meals and overnight at Bwindi Camp.
GORILLA TREKKING OPTION SUPPLEMENT OF $300PP - current
Price for Mountain Gorilla Permits Booked with Uganda Wild Life Authority.
Option Drive for half day trip
to the source of River Nile in Jinja for final birding or Rafting on
the river or Airport transfer to outbound flight.
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