Savanna Birding Safari In Uganda - 11 Days Uganda Birding Tour

DAY 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, meet and proceed to Lindsay Cottages or Cassia Lodge where we shall spend two nights on this trip.

DAY 2: BIRDING TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK 
After breakfast, start birding to Murchison Falls National Park with a lunch stop at Masindi Hotel. After lunch, bird as you continue to Paraa via the top of the falls. Have a short walk around the top of the falls from where you can walk down to the river's edge and see the waters narrow as they are forced through a rocky cleft and plunge down 35 meters in a majestic cascade. Look out for birds like the beautiful White-crested Turaco, Greater blue-eared Starling, Cuckoos, Weavers, Raptors, White- headed Barbet, African Paradise-flycatcher, Red-cheeked Cordon blue, Waxbills, Finches, Sunbirds among other birds. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari or Sambiya River Lodge for two nights. FB

Day 4:    Birding northern Murchison Falls National Park  
on our birding drive we shall look out for the Denham's Bustard, White Fronted Black Chat, Northern Carmine Bee-Eater,  Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, , Swallow tailed Bee-Eater, Spot Flanked and Black-billed Barbet, Spotted Morning Thrush, Northern Red and Black-Winged red Bishops, Speckle fronted Sparrow Weaver, Foxy, Singing and Whistling Cisiticola, White-browed Sparrow Weaver among others.

Day 5: Birding to Fort Portal  
Today we will take one of the longest drives on our trip driving south to Fort Portal. If time allows we may have time for birding along the journey at the Rift Valley escarpment looking out for Vinaceous Dove, Black-billed Barbet, Cliff-chat, Foxy Cisticola, Red-winged Pytilia and Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver. Birding here and en-route should continue to produce species not found elsewhere in East Africa and more akin to West African rainforest: Western Banded Snake-Eagle, White Crested Turaco, Lilac Breasted Roller and many more Species. Dinner and overnight at Mountains of the Moon, Ataco Country Resort or Rwenzori View Guest House. FB.

Day 6: Birding to Queen Elizabeth National Park  
After breakfast, we start birding to Uganda’s 2nd largest National Park following the foothills of the fabled mountains of the moon via Kasese, and crossing the Equator. A game drive en-route to where we stay might be rewarding. Look out for birds like Grey-headed Kingfisher, Lesser Striped Swallows, Zitting Cisiticola, Black Lored and Arrow Marked Babbler, Grey-backed Shrike, White Winged and Yellow Mantled Widowbird and many more. Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge. Full board.

Day 7: Birding Queen Elizabeth National Park  
Today we have a whole day of birding looking out for the Broad Tailed, African Moustached and Grey Capped Warbler, Brown Snake-Eagle; Peregrine Falcon; Gray Kestrel; Red-necked Spurfawl,  Harlequin Quail; African Crake; Pied Avocet; Temminck’s Courser; Senegal and Crowned lapwings; the marsh dwelling Black Coucal; Blue-breasted Bee-eater; Greater Honeyguide; Flappet, Rufous-naped, Red-capped and the scarce White-tailed larks; Plain-backed Pipit; Caspian Plover Croaking, Red-faced, and Stout cisticolas; Whinchat; Marsh Tchagra; Black-lored Babbler; Southern Red Bishop among other species that we shall see for the day

Day 8: Bird to Lake Mburo National Park
We start our birding to Lake Mburo National Park we shall have our lunch enroute at a suitable place of our choice. After lunch continue with the drive to Lake Mburo National Park birding en-route. Much as lake Mburo has had lots of conflicts with the surrounding communities, Birding is a pleasant. The results for birding here are the Red Faced Barbet, Coqui and Crested Francolin, Emeraled Spotted Wood Dove, Spot flanked Barbet, Bare-faced Go-away-bird among other birds. Dinner and Overnight at Arcadia Cottages or Rwonyo Rest Camp for two nights.F/B.

Day 9: Another day of Birding Lake Mburo National Park  
Whole day birding Lake Mburo National Park looking out for the Coqui, Red nicked and Crested Francolin, Black-bellied Bustard, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Brown Parrot, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Blue-napped Mousebird, African Grey Hornbill, Spot-flanked and Red-faced Barbet, Tabora Cisticola, Yellow-breasted Apalis and more. In the afternoon, take a boat cruise to look for the African Finfoot, White Backed and Black Crowned Night Herons, Giant Kingfisher on the lucky days and many more. Before or  after dinner try the African Scops Owl, Swamp Nightjar, Fiery-necked Nightjar, Black-shouldered Nightjar and other birds. Look out for animals like the gorgeous Eland, Zebra, Impala, Buffalo, Reedbuck, Topi, Water buck Bushbuck, Hippos, Oribi, Grey-duiker and others.

Day 10: Birding to Entebbe
After breakfast we depart lake Mburo birding enroute to Entebbe. Look out for birds like Bateleur, Crested and Coqui Francolin,  Lilac-breasted Roller, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Brown Parrot, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Blue-napped Mousebird, African Grey Hornbill, Red Faced and Spot-flanked Barbet, Striped Kingfisher, Golden-backed and Red Headed Weaver among others. Overnight at Cassia Lodge or Lindsay Cottages. F/B

Day 11: Departure
After breakfast, transfer to Entebbe International Airport in time to catch your flight back home, bird again with us. End of our Savannah Birding Safari in Uganda.