Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Early Morning Drive to Mabamba Swamp Bird here until 10am Before Transfering to Murhision Falls Np
Early Morning Drive to Mabamba Swamp Bird here until 10am Before Transfering to Murhision Falls Np
After breakfast, drive northwest through the famous Luwero Triangle to Murchison Falls National Park, arriving Masindi Town in time for lunch. In the afternoon visit the top of the Falls where you can see the Nile’s beauty perfected! Marvel at the Nile, compressing from up to one km squeezed through a 6-metre canyon dropping 150 metres with a thunderous roar, creating a beautiful rainbow. Marvel at ‘The Murchison Falls’ and enjoy the sunset as you drive to the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Mabamba Swamp
- Accommodation:
- Red Chilli Rest Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Early Morning Game Drive Safari Afternoon Boat Cruise to the Bottom of the Falls
Early Morning Game Drive Safari Afternoon Boat Cruise to the Bottom of the Falls
After an early breakfast, if we spent the night on the southern sector of the park, we drive shortly and cross to the northern side for a game safari expect to see the African Elephant, Lion, Cape Buffalo, Roth-Child’s Giraffe, Hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor Reed Buck, Uganda Kob, Hyenaand if you are lucky, the Leopard. After a picnic lunch, in the afternoon we proceed for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls stopping just tens of meters from the ‘Devil’s Cauldron’, marvel at the toothsome Hippos, Crocodiles and over the 17km stretch you may see African Elephant, Waterbuck and Uganda Kob. This is also the zone of many birds, species like Goliath Heron, Egyptian Goose, Red Throated Bee-Eater, Kingfishers, Cormorants and the rare Shoebill Stork. After taking shorts of the photogenic Murchison Falls.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Red Chilli Rest Camp
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning Game Safari and Transfer to Masindi
Morning Game Safari and Transfer to Masindi
We start birding after an early breakfast. Do a game/birding drive which will take us up to the Albert delta point. Special birds to look out for here include Shoebill, Northern Carmine Bee-Eater, Abyssinian Roller And Ground Hornbill, Red-Throated Bee-Eaters, Goliath Heron, Saddle-Billed Stork, White Browed Sparrow Weaver, Silver Bird, Buff-Bellied Warbler, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Senegal Thick-Knee, Osprey, Water Thick-Knee, Black-Headed Lapwing, Long-Toed Lapwing, Little Bittern, Red-Necked Falcon, Blue-Breasted Bee-Eater, Hauglin’s Francolin, Black Billed Wood-Dove, Namaqua Dove, Vinaceous Dove And Grosbeak Weaver, Bar-Breasted Firefinch, Red-Winged Grey Warbler, Spotted Morning-Thrush, White Rumped Seed Eater, Red-Throated Bee-Eater, Beautiful Sunbird, Speckle-Fronted And Golden-Backed Weavers, White Rumped Canary etc. Later in the evening enroute birding to Masindi for overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Masindi Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Birding in Budongo Forest-Royal Mile Full Day
Birding in Budongo Forest-Royal Mile Full Day
Birding and wildlife at the Royal Mile. Today we have a birding excursion to the above two unique sites within the Murchison Falls Conservation Area. We shall start early and head to the Royal Mile. Enroute we shall have some birding stopovers in the nyabyaya farmlands to look out for bird species like the Singing Cisiticola, Cabanis’s Bunting, Dark Capped Yellow Warbler, Grey Headed Olive Back, Brown Twinspot, Black Bellied Fire Finch and more then carry on to the Mile. Birding here is excellent with an open interior and gives us unique bird and butterfly species like the Ituri Batis. Lemon Bellied Crombec, Firest Warbler, Dusky Longtailed Cuckoo, Dwarf, Blue Breasted, Pygmy and Chocolate Backed Kingfisher, Western Black Headed Oriole, Red Headed Malimbe, Blue Throated Roller, White Spotted Greenbul, Rufous Crowned Eremomela, Chectnut Capped and Forest Flycatcher, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush and many more. Later back to Masindi for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Budongo Forest (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Masindi Hotel
Wildlife in Budongo Forest
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Transfer Birding Enroute to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Transfer Birding Enroute to Queen Elizabeth National Park
This day, we start at leisure and our journey takes us through Uganda’s beautiful scenic areas with a clear view of the Mountains of the Moon depending on the cloud. We shall reach in early evenings and a game drive enroute is always rewarding Queen Elizabeth in the second largest national park in Uganda. In terms of diversity this park is having the biggest birding checklist in Uganda and perhaps the whole world with so far 612 species recorded. Special birds of this park include Harlequin Quail, Blue Quail, Red Capped Lark, African Crake, Common Buttonquail, Broad Tailed Warbler, Martial Eagle, African Skimmer, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Amur Falcon. Primates include Olive Baboon, Valvet Monkey and a few more lunch break at Gardens Restaurant in Fort Portal Town.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Engiri Game Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Morning Game Drive Birding and Wildlife Safari Afternoon Boat Trip at Kazinga Channel
Morning Game Drive Birding and Wildlife Safari Afternoon Boat Trip at Kazinga Channel
The likes in this park include; Broad Tailed Warbler, Martial Eagle, African Skimmer, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Amur Falcon, African Skimmer, Striated Heron, African Spoonbill, Water Thick-Knee, Three-banded Plover, Marsh, Green, Wood and Common Sandpiper, Gray-headed Gull, Plain Martin, Lesser Swamp-Warbler, White-Winged Warbler, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, OvamboSparrowhawk, Secretarybird, Caruther’sCisticola, African Skimmers, Black-Headed Gonolek, and many more.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Engiri Game Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Back to Entebbe for Return Flight Back Home
Back to Entebbe for Return Flight Back Home
Birding Enroute back to Entebbe airport gives a chance to see some of common species;such as Palmnut Vulture, Lizzard Buzzard, yellow-billed Kite and afew more. Lunch break at Igongo Cultural center, another stop at Kayabwe Nabusanke for those willing to have glimpse or buy local arts
Approximate travel time 7hours.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
