3-Day Uganda Birding Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Bird watching in Mabamba and transfer to Mburo National Park

On the first day, you will be picked by our driver guide from your hotel, brief you about the safari and then drive to Mabamba Bay which is on Lake Victoria accommodating over 300 bird species including the endangered shoebill. You will be able to spot other bird species such as Angola swallow, swamp flycatcher, Gonoleks, olive bellied sunbirds among other species of birds. After this amazing experience, you will embark on your journey to Lake Mburo National Park, arriving in the afternoon hours, check-in to the lodge, have lunch and then in the evening head to the park for another birding experience. You will return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mabamba Swamp

Best Time To Go August to September and December to February (Best for spotting shoebill)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather

Accommodation:

Hyena Hill Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning birding and boat cruise

Arise in the morning for a scrumptious breakfast and head to the jungle to spot you’re your favorite bird species that you were anxious about. You will be welcomed by the sweet melodies of black-bellied bustards, ground hornbills, brown-chested lapwings, Coqui francolins, rufous-bellied herons to mention but a few. You will return to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, you will go for an amazing boat cruise on Lake Mburo to spot some of the water loving birds such as African Finfoot, papyrus Gonolek, saddle billed storks, white winged swamp warbler among others. You will later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Lake Mburo National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to August (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to August and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

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ElephantNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Hyena Hill Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer back to Kampala and birding in Entebbe Botanical garden

On your last day, you will arise in the morning for a delicious breakfast, meet your driver guide and transfer back to Entebbe. You will have a stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe where you will engage in Equator experience, take pictures while standing in the both hemispheres of the Earth, visit some craft shops and if you want you can buy some souvenirs and embark on your journey. Connect to Entebbe for lunch and proceed with your last leg at Entebbe Botanical Garden where you will spot your favorites as well and this will mark the end of your safari. However, this safari can be customized/tailor made to extend it for more days. Glory Summit Tours and Travel is at your service.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.