Birding Safaris in Uganda
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The landscapes in Uganda are diverse, and over 1000 bird species can be found there! Birding Safaris in Uganda takes visitors to the best birding sites in Uganda during a 22-day safari. Among the habitats to be seen are forests, lowland jungles, swamps, canals and lakes, mountains and savannahs.
You can see over 400 bird species and the large Uganda Safari animals (lion, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hippo, leopard) that inhabit the savannahs and 16 primate species, including gorillas and chimpanzees!
Here are some places where you can see birds: Mabamba Swamp, Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Mabira Forest, The Nile in Jinja, Kaniyo Pabidi (Budongo Forest), Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Bigodi Swamps, Semuliki National Park, Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kazinga Channel, Bwindi National Park, Mubwindi Swamp, Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Mburo National Park.
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Activities In This Adventure Traveling African Safari
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Day 1
Entebbe
When you land at Entebbe International Airport, our staff will welcome you and take you to the Uganda Safari Lodge.
ACCOMODATION: Airport Guest House (BB)
Day 2
Entebbe – Mabamba – Entebbe
We serve breakfast in the morning, followed by a safari on the shores of Lake Victoria, a large and accessible wetland. In the afternoon, you will visit the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe to see many beautiful bird species. Seeing the Shoebill Stork from here is a great experience.
ACCOMODATION: Airport Guest House (BB)
Day 3
Entebbe – Mabira Forest – Jinja – Kampala
Day 4
Kampala – Murchison Falls National Park
During the morning, you will be driven to Uganda Murchison Falls National Park and later in the afternoon, we will take you to Kaniyo Pabidi (Budongo Forest) for bird watching to spend the night when we reach Uganda Safari lodges located inside the park.
There are few places in Uganda as beautiful as Murchison Falls. Murchison Falls, where the entire Nile is forced through a narrow gorge and falls 60 meters, is arguably the most famous Nile attraction. You will likely see elephants, giraffes, lions, hippos, crocs, buffalos, and maybe even leopards.
ACCOMODATION: Pakuba Safari Lodge (HB)
Day 5
Murchison Falls National Park
Early in the morning, you will experience an African safari adventure game drive with some of the large Uganda Safari animals of Africa. On the afternoon of our trip, we cruise up the River Nile to the bottom of the falls with Safari Uganda. It is easy to take photos of the birds from the boat.
ACCOMODATION: Pakuba Safari Lodge (HB)
Day 6
Murchison Falls National Park
The safari safari in Uganda tour will include an early morning boat ride on River Nile and an afternoon game drive at the Falls.
ACCOMODATION: Pakuba Safari Lodge (HB)
Day 7
Murchison Falls National Park- Hoima
After an early morning transfer, you will be taken to Budongo forest for bird watching activities through the jungle, with an afternoon drive to Hoima town for our stay in Uganda Safari Lodges. There are also many butterflies and chimpanzees in Budongo Forest.
ACCOMODATION: Hoima Cultural Lodge (BB)
Day 8
Hoima – Kibale Forest
Kibale Forest is our next destination after breakfast. You can take a walk through the forest around the Uganda Safari lodges in the afternoon. You can also take a night walk through the forest to see Uganda Safari animals at night, such as bush babies (both activities are optional).
Kibale Forest is a spectacular jungle with 13 primate species, including chimps, baboons, black and white colobus, red colobus, grey-cheeked mangabeys, and L’Hoest monkeys.
ACCOMODATION: Kibale Guest Cottages (BB) or Kibale Forest Camp (BB)
Day 9
Kibale Forest
Day 10
Kibale Forest
Day 11
Kibale Forest – Semuliki National Park
During the visit to Semuliki National Park, you will also visit the Sempaya Hot Springs and make a walk through the jungle to observe birds. Semuliki is a unique place and the only lowland jungle in East Africa, part of the Congo ecosystem.
ACCOMODATION: Rwenzori View Guesthouse (BB)
Day 12
Semuliki National Park – Semliki Wildlife Reserve – Fort Portal
Day 13
Fort Portal – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 14
Queen Elizabeth National Park
After the morning game drive, you will sail on the Kazinga Channel with Safari Uganda in the afternoon. The Safari in Uganda boat is an ideal platform to take photos of the birds. There are many hippos in the Kazinga Channel, making it a highlight of Uganda Safari Adventure.
ACCOMODATION: Kasenyi Safari Camp (BB)
Day 15
Queen Elizabeth National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable
Following a Birding tour through the park, you will continue to the Maramagambo Forest, followed by a transfer to Buhoma, Bwindi, later in the afternoon. There is a wide variety of monkey species in the jungle of Bwindi Impenetrable. There are only two places on Earth where you can view mountain gorillas, and Bwindi is one of them!
ACCOMODATION: Buhoma Community Rest Camp (BB)
Day 16
Bwindi Impenetrable
Day 17
Bwindi Impenetrable
Day 18
Bwindi Impenetrable
Birding views will be possible in Ruhija, where there are many Albertine endemics.
ACCOMODATION: Gorilla Mist Camp (BB)
Day 19
Bwindi Impenetrable – Lake Bunyonyi
Bird watching in Mubwindi Swamp will be followed by a visit to Lake Bunyonyi, the deepest and most beautiful lake in Uganda. On one of the islands, you will spend a night in a beautiful Uganda Safari lodge. Among the possible activities are a nature walk, a birding walk, canoeing, swimming, or visiting the Uganda local community (all optional).
ACCOMODATION: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort (BB)
Day 20
Lake Bunyoni
Day 21
Lake Bunyonyi – Lake Mburo National Park
Day 22
Lake Mburo National Park – Entebbe
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Services Included In This Safari
Airport transfers
Accommodations with meals mentioned
Bottled drinking water
Private 4×4 custom built safari vehicle with knowledgeable driver/guide and fuel
Entrance fees to the included National Parks
Activities mentioned as included
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Services Excluded from This Safari
Flights
Visa
All optional activities
Insurances
Meals not mentioned and beverages
Tips and personal expenses such as laundry and communication
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Transport
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Transport is provided in are Toyota 4wd Land-cruiser, Mini-Van with pop-up roof for excellent game viewing.
IN addition to this private 4×4 custom built safari vehicle you will be accompanied by a highly experienced driver, which allow to you see the best of what the Uganda wildlife has to offer.
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When you book your Uganda Safari Vacations tour with Sight View Safaris – to any of our destinations – Sight View Safaris will donate 50% of its profits got from the tour and support the projects of its charity organization that supports Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Single H.I.V Infected and Affected Mothers, Left out Youth, Abandoned Elderly people standing on their 2 own feet by attaining vocational skills and formal education, so as to improve on the standards of living, so with this strategy, you transform indirectly the poor dependents people to inter-dependent, making this world safe for the next generation.
Responsible African Safari
Responsible African Safari In Uganda
Uganda is rich in natural and cultural resources. However, many of its citizens live in abject poverty, with electricity and running water still in short supply in many parts of the country. The promotion of responsible tourism in Uganda is one method of reaching the country's largely rural population and assisting them in conserving their lands and the wildlife that coexists with them. Gorillas, like everyone else, require our assistance - whether it's to protect them from something as minor as a common cold or something as monumental as oil drilling.
Being in Uganda can feel like such a privilege at times... It's difficult not to feel overwhelmed when you're surrounded by spectacular volcanic landscapes, wildlife that many of us grew up dreaming of seeing with our own eyes, and some of the continent's most friendly, welcoming people who make you feel like a VIP wherever you go. Uganda does everything in its power to accommodate visitors, and as visitors, we owe it to ourselves to try to reciprocate this generosity in some way.
Even though the country is extraordinarily rich in terms of biodiversity and culture, it remains economically impoverished. In Uganda, more than 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas, with the vast majority of them employed as subsistence farmers. Throughout the years, the country has been battered by military coups, murderous dictators, HIV epidemics, and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a guerilla army led by Joseph Kony that waged a nearly two-decade-long insurgency in the country's northern regions. However, even though these events are no longer taking place, their consequences continue to be felt in poverty rates, illiteracy, lack of access to education, inadequate infrastructure, and orphaned children. Even though Uganda appears to fit the "poor but happy" narrative that so many travelers adore, complete with beaming faces, energetic dances, and excitable children, it's worth doing some research on the country's history, speaking with your tour guide, and learning more about the realities of daily Ugandan life before being sucked in quite so quickly by those winning smiles.
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Some Frequently Asked Questions
Travelling to Uganda
From Europe and America, you can travel to Entebbe in Uganda both by the African towns of Addis Ababa, Kigali or Nairobi or through the Middle East, passing through Dubai or Doha.
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Visa requirements and fees
Most utmost visitants will be required to obtain a visa for Safari to Uganda. You managed to obtain a visa on landing in Uganda, however this is no longer the situation. You presently need to ask for an electronic visa online before your journey. Go to https://visas.immigration.go.ug/ to demand. A single-entry visa costs US$50, and a six-month multiple entry visa costs US$100.7
If you’re travelling to Rwanda and Kenya on the same trip, then apply for the 90-day multiple-entry East African Tourist Visa, which includes all three countries and charges US$100.
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