ABOUT BIRDING IN UGANDA TRIPS

The perfect formula for Birding in Uganda safaris
While birding with a group of 12 people can be fun in some Jungles and tropical rainforests of Uganda but mostly in the savannahs, group size is something we take very seriously on our strict forest birding safaris and Albertine Rift Birding. We recommend a group of 6, with a consideration that seeing these secretive and skulking birds needs great devotion, swift eyesight and observation of silence.

Birding to satisfy every preference
Each of our birding trips has been crafted to capture the best of a particular destination. Some days of birding require early rises to be in the field, ready for action, at dawn. People of reasonable fitness will have no trouble undertaking any of our tours. When there are optional days that require a difficult hike, birding in Uganda guide(s) will inform you well ahead of time and take preparations needed for this particular day. On many occasions we shall always carry a picnic lunch to maximize on our birding in the forests while those people wishing to relax earlier will always be led back to the lodge.

Guaranteed departures with satisfaction
Uganda’s No.1 birding company – Birding in Uganda offers guaranteed departures on certain tours. This means that even if you are the only one booked the trip proceeds exactly as planned and ends successfully with your own personal Birding in Uganda guide. Even when we do have a minimum required number of birding clients, it is as low as two. To date we have nurtured and we are very proud that we have never disappointed any of our clients by canceling their reservation and in relation to the above, we pride in meeting the needs of birding clients with different ages, levels of experience and passion. We advise savannah and easy birding safaris to those who have limited exposure to hard core or our classic birding safaris, and who would like to spend more time in one area learning about the new families, behaviors, breeding and roosting habits of birds. At extremes our classic and hard core birding safaris can take you to some of the rarities, endemics and most difficult species thus making the hard birds easy where our birding plan is to target those birds mentioned earlier.

Not birding alone though prioritized
Although birding is always first and foremost on our trips, the fact is that Uganda is Africa condensed and thus we offer some of the beauties and abundance of wildlife it has. It is fairly usual for our trips to encounter 13 species primates and over 30 species of mammal in a 17 days birding safari. Furthermore, on our tours there is seldom a dull moment. The characters that make up the Birding in Uganda team are a lot of fun to be around, and people that we meet as clients often leave as good friends and always say ‘once is not enough’.

Africa’s No.1 birding destination
The truth is that there can be few destinations on Earth where you can expect to find 612 species of birds in one park alone – in Uganda Queen Elizabeth National Park is it. 350 species have been recorded in the Bwindi Impenetrable forest the number one birding site according to African Birding Club and Murchison Falls being the 3rd best birding site. These three among the ten parks are among the richest protected areas to be found anywhere on Earth. Tribute for Uganda's birding delights are rarely understated.  Many say, "In terms of its size, Uganda is the richest country for birds in Africa". And this immense volume and diversity occurs incredibly in a space which keen birders can cover in a relatively short visit. 

In relation to the above, Uganda is an ornithologist's paradise as well as a natural habitat for immeasurable plants, from the luxuriant growths of the rain forest to tiny alpine flowers on the mountains. Although a comparatively small country, Uganda has a recorded 1042 different species of birds from great eagles and globally threatened shoebill storks to tiny shimmering, warblers, cisticolas and tiny sunbirds.

Request to our clients
Given that most of you come from different nationalities, professions and (birding) backgrounds, but only together for a common cause at our destinations which is birding. We visit many places where we may be the only foreign visitors; in effect we are envoys from our countries and our hobby, we should always act accordingly. While on tour we encourage people to express their very wide range of opinions from vastly different life experiences, but our guides and clients are never disrespectful to other tour participants or the people we encounter from the different chosen birding sites around Uganda.

Birding with professionals and experienced Bird Guides
Being practically guides with the sense of right and wrong that success of any safari greatly depends upon the character of the Guide/Driver and being involved in the training of Safari Guides in Uganda and Rwanda, courtesy of Uganda Safari Guides Association, we shall take great care in selecting our Guides/Drivers who will be able to provide a cheerful, thoughtful and attentive service to our clients.  All our guides shall be trained and members of the Uganda Safari Guides Association with a deep knowledge of all routes, conditions, cultures of the local people, local attraction with enormous ability to spot animals and birds.

Birding with obsession/passion
Finally, no matter what you do and want, at times we are highly affected with vagaries of nature making the birding slow or boring due to weather conditions. Although your Birding in Uganda guide is sweating or trembling and trying his level best to find you birds, he also strives to maintain a friendly atmosphere so you still have a great time. None the less finding birds is always difficult anywhere in the world and requires good spotting, luck and perseverance. There are always going to be some species seen well and others not at all in a single visit, so it is just about impossible to “mop up” all wanted species. This can be frustrating if you don’t take a more philosophical approach and count on the positive side of all the special, localized and endemic birds that you see on a single birding trip. We seriously take it that this is your holiday and our guides are on duty.