Wide Birding Eco Tours

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Morning Drive to Bwindi NP

Morning Drive to Bwindi NP

Morning Pickup and transfer birding to Bwindi, lunch break in Mbarara City. Bwindi is situated in southwestern Uganda, famous of its habitat of about 408 mountain gorilla’s “half of world’s population!” Including several habituated groups which can be tracked and home of about 350 species of birds including 23 Albertine rift endemics.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February
High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

Accommodation:
Bakiga Lodge
  • Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla tracking (experience an unfathomable connection during a magical hour in the company of mountain gorillas!) and later transfer birding to Buhoma sector through the neck this evening. For those willing to do the trekking, after breakfast, we shall assemble at the park offices for briefing prior to this historic event. Gorilla tracking is a captivating pursuit; It involves walking in the wilderness in search of these great apes. The exhilaration attached to first setting an eye on a wild mountain gorilla is difficult to describe. They’re enormous animals, yet despite their fearsome appearance, gorillas are remarkably peaceable creatures. This morning with Picnic lunch, go hike in search of these Apes! Afternoon Leisurely birding at the community trail until we retire back to our lodge for overnight. Birds here include Handsome Francolin, Blue Headed, Blue Throated, Purple Breasted and Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Red Throated Alethe, Mountain Illadopsis, Collard plus more.

Main Destination:
Ruhija Sector (Bwindi NP)
Accommodation:
Bakiga Lodge
  • Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Birding to Buhoma Via NECK

Birding to Buhoma Via NECK

Morning birding from Ruhijja to Buhoma Sector through the "NECK" provides spectecular biding looking out for Pink-Footed Puffback, Petit’sCukooshrike, White-Bellied Nigrafinch, Cameroon SombreGreenbul, African Broadbill, Buff-Throated Flycatcher, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Yellow Bill, Black-Faced Rufous Warbler, Little Grey Greenbul, Equatorial Akalat, Short-Tailed Warbler, Red-Headed Malimbe, White Browed Crombec and many more. Monkeys like Blue, L'Hoest's, Red-tailed, Black and White Colobus monkeys are never missed here.

Main Destination:
Buhoma Sector (Bwindi NP)
Accommodation:
Buhoma Community Haven Lodge
  • Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Birding at Buhoma Half Day, Later on Drive to Lake Mburo National Park

Birding at Buhoma Half Day, Later on Drive to Lake Mburo National Park

With our packed lunch, we try our luck for Cabanis’sGreenbul, Narrow-Tailed Starling, Grey-Winged Robin Chart, Eliots Woodpecker, Northern Double-Collard Sunbird, Black-Billed Weaver, Bocage’sBushshrike, Pink-Footed Puffback, Petit’sCukooshrike, White-Bellied Nigrafinch, Cameroon SombreGreenbul, African Broadbill, Buff-Throated Flycatcher, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Yellow Bill, Black-Faced Rufous Warbler, Little Grey Greenbul, Equatorial Akalat, Short-Tailed Warbler, Red-Headed Malimbe, White Browed Crombec, Mountain Black Boubou, Jameson’s Anti-Pecker etc. Afternoon Drive and sleep around Lake Mburo National Park.

Main Destination:
Lake Mburo National Park
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June, July and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP

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Accommodation:
Hyena Hill Lodge
  • Budget lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Morning Birding in the Park- Lake Mburo National Park Afternoon Drive to Entebbe for your Flight

Morning Birding in the Park- Lake Mburo National Park Afternoon Drive to Entebbe for your Flight

Morning Birding and Wildlife in the park, A fternoon drive back to Entebbe. Quite long journey but with strategic stopovers to stretch legs and look at birds like African Moustached Warbler, Greater Blue-Eared Starling, Abyssinian Roller, Common Bulbul, Red-Eyed Dove, chances abound for rarity of Short-Toed Snake Eagle and Hartlaubs’s Marsh Widowbird, Turacos Like Great Blue and Ross’s Turacoare rarely missed.

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)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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

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  • This tour is offered by Wide Birding Eco Tours, not SafariBookings.
  • This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on SafariBookings.
  • If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
  • If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.
  • This tour is subject to the terms & conditions of Wide Birding Eco Tours.