16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari

16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari is a classical Birding tour Package to Uganda, home to 10% of the world’s bird species population. Although most tours to Uganda are popular for primate trekkenig especially mountain gorilla trekking, Uganda is also home to various bird species (50% of the total species in Africa). About 1070 different bird species have been recorded in Uganda – residing in various ecosystems including wetlands, savannas, and tropical rainforests. This 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari is designed to allow you explore Uganda’s diverse avian species that can be found in various birding sites across the country.

This 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari provides the opportunity to visit Botanical Gardens and Mabamba Swamp, Budongo Forest, Semliki National Park among others. During your Uganda Birding safari or Birdwatching tour, you are likely to encounter several birdspecies including the rare, endemic and migratory species. On this 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari, you will spot different avian species in Uganda including; African finfoot, African hobby, African skimmer, Ayres’s hawk-eagle, Black bee-eater, Black-rumped buttonquail, Broad-billed roller, Caspian plover, shoebill stork, sunbird, Grey parrot, Eurasian hoopoe, and starling among others.

This 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari will also allow you to spot the Uganda endemic species (birds of Uganda/Birdlife in Uganda). The Albertine endemic bird species that you are likely to spot include; Handsome francolin, Red-faced woodland warbler, Yellow-eyed black flycatcher, chapin’s flycatcher, Rwenzori batis, Ruwenzori turaco, Shelley’s crimson-wing, dwarf honeyguide, Dusky crimson-wing, and African green broadbill among others. Book this 16 Days Uganda Birding safari tour and discover the abundant birdlife in Uganda.

16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari

  1. Arrival at Entebbe Airport
  2. Birding in Botanical Gardens and Mabamba Swamp.
  3. Transfer to Budongo Forest
  4. Birding in Kibale National Park.
  5. Transfer to Semliki National Park.
  6. Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
  7. Game drive in the park and Ishasha sector.
  8. Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
  9. Ruhija in southern Bwindi
  10. Lake Mburo National Park

Activities and adventures on this Tour 

  1. Road Transfers on 4*4 customized safari vehicles
  2. Bird watching in Botanical Gardens
  3. Bird-watching and Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo
  4. Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park
  5. Adventures in Semuliki National Park
  6. Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  7. Boat trips in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  8. Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  9. Batwa Cultural Experience
  10. Game drives in Lake Mburo National Park

Detailed 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari

Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Botanical Gardens and Mabamba Swamp
Day 3 and 4: Budongo Forest
Day 5 and Day 6 of the 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari: Kibale National Park
Day 7 and 8 of 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari: Semliki National Park
Day 9 of the 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 10: Game drive in the park and Ishasha sector – Uganda Birding Safari
Day 11 of the 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari: Bwindi Forest – Uganda Birding Safari
Day 12, 13, and 14 of the 16 Days Best Uganda Birding Safari: Ruhija in southern Bwindi – Uganda Birding Safari
Day 15: Lake Mburo National Park – Uganda Birding safari

Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

The safari package includes

  • Park Entrance fees
  • 4×4 Land Cruiser or Safari Van for ground travel
  • Service of professional English-speaking guide
  • Boat ride
  • Game viewing
  • Bottled water on tour

The safari package excludes

  • Tips
  • Laundry
  • Visa fees
  • Optional Activities
  • Air tickets
  • Shopping
  • Cigarettes
  • Telephone bills