8 Days Birding in Uganda

Day 1:
On arrival at the airport, our company representative will meet you and transfer you to your Hotel to check in. Depending on the time of arrival you may go for a brief birding at the botanical gardens. These gardens were established in 1901 and lie on the shores of Africa’s greatest Lake Victoria. Expect birds like Slender-billed Weaver Yellow-backed Weaver, Brown-throated Weaver, Grey-headed Gull, Long-tailed Cormorant, Golden-backed Weaver, Common Squacco Heron, Yellow-billed Duck, Pied Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Broad-billed Roller, Black-headed Gonolek, Swamp Flycatcher, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Splendid Starling, Orange Weaver, Verreaux's Eagle-owl, Red-chested Sunbird, Ross's Turraco, Pied Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Open-billed Stork, ,Grey-caped Warbler and many more.
Dinner and overnight at Imperial Resort Hotel, Botanical Beach Hotel or Boma Guest house

Day 2:
Have breakfast and transfer along the Lincoln Trail. This trail was established by the local bird guides in 2002 where over 170 bird species have been recorded. Lincoln trail is recommended by most birders as one of the best birding sites nearest to Kampala and Entebbe. Here watch birds like Red-headed Lovebird, Brown Twin-spot, White-headed Barbet, Black-headed Bush-shrike, Yellow bill, Double-toothed Barbet, Richard's Pipit, Tambourine Dove, Little Ringed Plover, Verreaux's Eagle-owl, and Klaus’s Cuckoo, among others.
Dinner and overnight at Imperial Resort Hotel, Sheraton Hotel or Boma Guest House

Day 3:
After an early breakfast transfer to Mabamba Swamp 50km west of Kampala. If you spent the night in Kampala you will have a stop at the papyrus swamp to spot birds like Papyrus Gonolek, Blue-headed Coucal, White-winged Warbler, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Lesser Jacana, African pygmy goose, Yellow billed Egret, Goliath Herons and many more. After this break you will proceed to Mabamba swamp, where you will go for dugout canoe ride on the swamp to checkout birds like the rare shoe bill, African Water Rail, White-faced Whistling-duck, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Cape Wagtail, Swamp Flycatcher, Winding Cisticolas, African fish eagle and many more.
Dinner and over night at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Botanical Beach Hotel, or Boma Guest House

Day 4:
Have an early breakfast and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park. You will have lunch enroute to reach the park in the afternoon. Check in at your lodge and if time permits you can go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel to search for water birds. Queen Elizabeth National park is blessed with variety of bird species with over 600 species recorded. While on the Kazinga channel you should lookout for birds like the long tailed cormorants, Great white and pink-backed pelicans, African jacanas, African fish eagle, Malachite kingfishers, White winged terns, Sand pipers-Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Little Stint, and many more.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge or Institute of Ecology

Day 5
Have an early breakfast and go birding on the Kasenyi track to search for birds like the African Harrier-Hawk, Martial eagles, Grey Kestrel, African Wattled plovers, Harlequin Quail and many more. In the afternoon you will be transferred to the Kyambura Gorge for more birding.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari lodge, Institute of Ecology

Day 6:
After breakfast transfer to Mweya peninsula in the morning to search for birds like the Pin-tailed Whydah, Red-chested Sunbird, and Black headed Gonolek, Grey capped warbler and many more. You will then drive to Lake Mburo National Park in mid afternoon, with stop-overs to see birds like Crowned Plover, Bare-faced Go away bird, Southern Red Bishop, Wattled Lapwing, Variable Sunbird, African Harrier, several lark species and many others. You will reach in the evening to check at your lodge park. Dinner and overnight at Mantana luxury tented camp or Rwonyo Camp

Day 7:
Have an early cup of tea and transfer for birding in the park early in the morning you look out for birds like the Red necked Spur fowls, Black bellied bustard, African Wattled plovers, Helmeted Guinea fowl, White tailed and pennant winged nightjars, Rufous-napped Lark, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl and many more. In the afternoon you will go for a dugout canoe ride on Lake Mburo in search for water birds such as the African Darter, African water rail, Spur-winged plovers, Malachite Kingfishers, and many more.
Dinner and overnight at Mantana Tented camp, Rwonyo Camp

Day 8:
after breakfast you will drive back to Kampala have lunch enroute to reach in the early afternoon if timed permits you can go for a brief tour around the city and later to transfer to the air port for your flight depending on the time.