20 Day 19 Night  Uganda Birding Watching, Wildlife & Primates(Chimpanzees and Gorillas) Safari Tour in Uganda- Mabamba Swamp, Budongo Forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park tour

The ultimate 20-Day 19 Night  Uganda Birding Watching, Wildlife & Primates(Chimpanzees and Gorillas) Safari Tour in Uganda, allows you to tour over 34 important bird-watching sites across Uganda, some of the most accessible habitats on the continent, with over 1075 recorded bird species. If you love the tiny avian world but are also interested in wildlife and primate viewing, this jampacked adventure trip is for you.

The 20-Day 19 Night  Uganda Birding Watching, Wildlife & Primates(Chimpanzees and Gorillas) Safari Tour in Uganda is a jampacked adventure for birding lovers and wildlife travelers alike. The Birding watching takes birders to top birding spots in Uganda. It takes advantage of bird-watching in national parks where watchers can't ignore the wild game presence even if they tried. This 20 Day 19 Night  Uganda Birding Watching, Wildlife & Primates(Chimpanzees and Gorillas) Safari Tour in Uganda- Mabamba Swamp, Budongo Forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable ForestPark, Queen Elizabeth National Park tour also includes walking with chimpanzees and mountain gorillas on a trekking excursion, the most revered tourism experience of visiting Africa.

You set off from Entebbe to find the elusive shoebill and head north to begin exploring the western safari circuit from Murchison Falls National Park down to Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, and spend a few nights in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

Uganda birding safari tours or Uganda birding tour packages take you to the top Uganda birding spots, for over 15 years our Uganda birding guides have been guiding Uganda birding safari tour trips all over Uganda.

We offer quality Uganda bird-watching safari tour packages and the best experience our clients have enjoyed these Uganda bird-watching safari tour trips that we do recommend to you.

We can as well customize for you a short Uganda bird watching safari tour package trip, Medium Uganda bird watching safari tour package trip, Long Uganda bird watching safari tour package trip that can best suit your Africa’s birding watching safari tour interests Based on your budget and timing or you can choose from our proposed Uganda bird watching safari tour packages below: 1 Day Uganda Birding Safari Tour, Mabamba Bay-Swamp Shoebill Trek, 2 Days Uganda Birding Tour – Mabamba Wetland, Botanical Gardens, Uganda wildlife education center, 3 Days Uganda birding Tour - Lake Mburo National Park Birding Safari Tour, 3 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Sipi Falls, Source of the Nile and Sezibwa falls, 3 Days Uganda birding Tour - Kidepo Valley National Park Tour, 4 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Kibale National Park, 5 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth, And Kyambura Chimp Tracking, 5 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Mabamba wetland, Lake Mburo National Park, 7 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Mabamba wetland, Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth National Park, 8 Days Uganda Birding Tour - lake Mburo national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Kibale national park, Mabamba wetland, Bigodi Swamp, 10 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Nabugabo wetland, Murchison falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National park, Lake Mburo National park, 12 Days Uganda birding Tour – Mgahinga Gorilla Park, Mubwindi swamp, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Semuliki National Park, 16 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Mabira forest, Budongo forest, Kibale forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, 20 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Budongo forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park

Uganda is one of leading Africa’s bird-watching safari tour destinations with over 50% of the bird species concentrated and 11% of the birds in the world. Uganda is indeed the pearl of Africa, A country that is blessed with over 1000 bird species including the rare shoebill and the endangered fox weaver. Our Uganda birding safari tour presents you an opportunity to explore Uganda bird species that are habitants of lakes, Rivers, Uganda wetlands, Swamps, and other respective categories.

This 20-Day Uganda Birding Tour - Mabamba Swamp, Budongo Forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park tour, you will be able to see the following Uganda birds; Banded Snake-eagle, African Pied Hornbill, Brown-backed Scrub-robin, Black Bishop, Brown Twinspot, Black-bellied Firefinch, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, White-thighed Hornbill, Yellow-billed Barbet, Spotted Greenbul, Cameroon Sombre Greenbul, Slender-billed Greenbul, Black-capped Apalis, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Green Hylia, Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Forest Flycatcher, Fire-crested Alethe, as well as chimpanzees, many species of butterflies, snakes, impala, eland, kingfisher, waterbuck, zebra, buffalo, crocs and of course the gorillas. To book for this 20-day Uganda Birding Tour - Mabamba Swamp, Budongo Forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park tour.

Itinerary Summary of 20 Day 19 Night  Uganda Birding Watching, Wildlife & Primates(Chimpanzees and Gorillas) Safari Tour in Uganda- Mabamba Swamp, Budongo Forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park tour

Day 1: Entebbe

Day 2: Mabamba Swamp

Day 3: Budongo Forest

Day 4: Budongo Forest

Day 5: Budongo Forest

Day 6: Budongo- Kaniyo Pabidi

Day 7: Kibaale Forest National Park

Day 8: Kibaale Forest National Park

Day 9: Semuliki National Park

Day 10: Semuliki National Park

Day 11: Semuliki National Park

Day 12: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 13: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 14: Bwindi National Park

Day 15: Bwindi National Park

Day 16: Bwindi National Park

Day 17: Bwindi National Park

Day 18: Bwindi National Park

Day 19: Entebbe

Day 20: Entebbe- Departure

Have a look at the detailed 21-day Uganda birdwatching Program as well.

Day 1: Arrival — Entebbe

Our driver will pick you up from Entebbe International Airport (15 minutes) and check you in at your hotel within Entebbe. You'll meet with your trip specialist for a briefing just before dinner.

Papyrus Guesthouse has a few resident birds twittering in the garden trees, making for a great introduction to Entebbe's birdlife. Occasional appearances come from the Yellow Wagtail, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, lizard buzzard, Great Blue Turaco, Eastern Grey Plantain Eater, White-throated Bee-eater, Crowned Hornbill, and Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill.

You'll stay at Papyrus Guesthouse (Comfortable)

Day 2: Mabamba Swamps — Shoebill tracking

After an early breakfast, your first bird-watching expedition in Uganda will be out on a canoe to the Mabamba Wetlands on the shores of Lake Victoria. Mabamba, a Ramsar-protected wetland, is one of the few remaining swamps in the country in the hands of the local communities. It is an extensive papyrus swamp with a labyrinth of channels and lagoons. It is home to the prehistoric shoebill giant bird, Uganda's most famous avian resident. This charismatic monotypic species is undoubtedly among the most sought-after birds in Africa.

Today, we'll make special efforts to find the shoebills by paddling through the channels by boat. There will, of course, be a good selection of classic East African water birds to observe along the way, like Pink-backed Pelican, Long-tailed Cormorant, Squacco Heron, Yellow-billed Duck, Malachite Kingfisher, Long-toed Plover, Blue-headed Coucal, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, etc.

Bird your way back to Entebbe looking out for birds like the African billed Stork, Grey Kestrel, African Green Pigeon, Great Blue Turaco, Ross's Turaco, Red-headed Lovebird, Swifts, Sunbirds, Weavers, and Finches, among other birds."

You'll stay at Papyrus Guesthouse (Comfortable)

Day 3: Entebbe - Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

After breakfast, you'll set out on your first country road drive from Entebbe north to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a few miles outside Murchison Falls National Park. You'll have lunch after checking in and exploring the ranch on foot to meet the endangered white rhinos and spot the ranch's favorite winged inhabitants.

You'll spend the entire afternoon bird-watching around the 70 square kilometers (7,000 ha) sanctuary. Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is protected by a 2-meter (6.6 ft) electric fence. It is home to at least 40 mammal and reptilian species, including monkeys, antelopes, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, and numerous bird species.

Prominent birds you may spot include the Western Banded Snake-Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, Long-crested Eagle, Crested Francolin, White-crested Turaco, Blue-naped Mousebird, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Woodland Kingfisher, White-headed Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Grey Woodpecker, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Tropical Boubou, Black-headed Gonolek, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird among other birds.

You'll stay at: Amuka Lodge - Full Board

Day 4:Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to Budongo Forest 

After an early breakfast with your packed lunch, your driver will proceed down to Budongo Forest to explore the birds of the Royal Mile, not far from the Murchison Falls National Park's southern entrance.

The mythical Royal Mile in Budongo Forest can elicit a birder's knowing smile and satisfied grin once they step into its wooded space. It opens the door to some of Uganda's most pristine forest habitats. Massive mahoganies, ironwoods, and figs contrive to create the kind of sky-high, neck-cramping canopy tiny songbirds favor. The lush underwoods support a multitude of different ecological niches yet still afford good sightlines to spy the species within. This area promises the very best of forest birding.

The birding action begins as soon as you enter the woodland with cracker sightings like the Uganda woodland warbler, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, African forest flycatcher, and the highly localized White-thighed Hornbill.

The charismatic but furtive Chocolate-backed Kingfisher commands the most interest from birders on the Royal Mile; kingfishers rule this trail. Nonetheless, look out for tasty birds like the rare Lemon-bellied Crombecs, Crowned Eagle, Magpie Mannikin, Red-chested Cuckoo, and a spate of sunbirds and greenbuls.

Primates like Blue Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, and Black and white Colobus Monkey may cross your path on the Royal Mile.

You'll then drive to Kibale National Park for the night.

Staying at: Budogo Eco lodge 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Budongo Forest  to Murchison Falls

After breakfast, you'll again head out into the Bundongo Forest to catch what you may have missed yesterday.

Look out for birds like Western Banded Snake-Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, Bateleur, Long-crested Eagle, Crested Francolin, Bruce's Green-Pigeon, White-crested Turaco, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, African Scops-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Square-tailed Nightjar, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Swamp Nightjar, Black-shouldered Nightjar, Blue-naped Mousebird, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Woodland Kingfisher, Green Wood-hoopoe, African Hoopoe, White-headed Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker among other birds.

You'll have lunch and drive to Murchison Falls National Park for the next three hours of bird-watching along the way. You'll pass by the top of the thunderous Murchison Falls for a dramatic moment. Then you'll walk down to the river's edge and see the mighty Nile waters squeeze through a rocky cleft and plunge 35 meters in a majestic cascade.

Around the falls, look out for birds like Raptors, Rock Pratincole, Crested Francolin, White-crested Turaco, White-headed Barbet, Narina Trogon, Red-throated Bee-eater, Silverbird, Red-cheeked Cordon blue, Waxbills, Finches, Sunbirds, Canaries among other birds.

Staying at: Murchison River Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 6: Murchison Falls National Park

After an early breakfast, you'll join your safari driver for a sunrise game drive on the southern tracks to catch the early risers at their best games.

Take advantage of birding in this animal-rich national reserve and see some safari favorites up close. Although it may not have the rhino, the other big five are present in Murchison Falls National Park. Buffalo and elephants are common sightings on the plains. A healthy population of lions patrols the abundant Uganda kob herds. Many antelopes are found here, including Oribi, Jackson's Hartebeest, Defassa Waterbuck, Grey Duiker, and Bushbuck. You'll be back at the camp for lunch and out again later.

After lunch, transfer to Paraa Northern Bank for the boat trip up to the bottom of the fall, where it is possible to view hundreds of hippos, crocodiles, and various bird life.

Look out for birds like Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Black-headed Plover, Rock Pratincole, Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater, Red-throated Bee-eater, Black-billed Barbet, Spotted Morning Thrush, Speckle fronted Weaver, White-browed Sparrow Weaver among other birds. Look out for mammals like the graceful Roth child Giraffe, Jackson's Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, Hippos, Oribi, and when lucky, a leopard and Lion, among others.

Staying at: Murchison River Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 7: Murchison - Hoima

After breakfast transfer to Hoima, driving through the Rift Valley escarpment, where you will have good views of Lake Albert.

Bird around the vicinity and the road, look out for birds like Striped Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Cliff Chat, Spotted Morning Thrush, Northern Crombec, Red-faced Crombec, Rattling Cisticola, Red-winged Grey Warbler, Black-headed Batis, Red-winged Ptyalin, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver, Black-faced Waxbill among other birds.

Staying at: Hoima Cultural Center

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 8: Hoima  - Kibale Forest

After an early breakfast with your packed lunch, your driver will proceed down to Budongo Forest to explore the birds of the Royal Mile, not far from the Murchison Falls National Park's southern entrance.

The mythical Royal Mile in Budongo Forest can elicit a birder's knowing smile and satisfied grin once they step into its wooded space. It opens the door to some of Uganda's most pristine forest habitats. Massive mahoganies, ironwoods, and figs contrive to create the kind of sky-high, neck-cramping canopy tiny songbirds favor. The lush underwoods support a multitude of different ecological niches yet still afford good sightlines to spy the species within. This area promises the very best of forest birding.

The birding action begins as soon as you enter the woodland with cracker sightings like the Uganda woodland warbler, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, African forest flycatcher, and the highly localized White-thighed Hornbill.

The charismatic but furtive Chocolate-backed Kingfisher commands the most interest from birders on the Royal Mile; kingfishers rule this trail. Nonetheless, look out for tasty birds like the rare Lemon-bellied Crombecs, Crowned Eagle, Magpie Mannikin, Red-chested Cuckoo, and a spate of sunbirds and greenbuls.

Primates like Blue Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, and Black and white Colobus Monkey may cross your path on the Royal Mile.

You'll then drive to Kibale National Park for the night.

Staying at: Primates Lodge 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Kibale Forest National Park

Be up and about by 7:30 am, for this is the day you meet with Uganda's celebrated primates on a chimpanzee trekking excursion that combines so well with bird-watching.

Kibale hosts the highest number of primates and has the biggest population of chimpanzees. More than 370 bird species have been recorded in Kibale, including forest specials like the sought-after African pitta, Cassin's spinetail, blue-headed bee-eater, Nahan's francolin, and Masked apalis.

While on the chimp trail, look out for the Green-breasted Pitta and other birds like the Yellow-billed Barbet, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black-billed Turaco, Narina Trogon, Blue-shouldered Robin-chat, Sabine's Spinetail, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Narrow-tailed Staring among other birds.

In the afternoon, you go bird-watching on the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary trail. On this community project, experienced guides take you on a four-hour trail where you can spot nearly 200 bird species recorded in the area. Also, on the trail, you'll bump into primates like the Red Colobus, Black and white Colobus, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, Red-tailed Monkey, and L'Hoest's Monkey, among others.

Staying at: Turaco Treetops

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Kihingami Wetland - Semuliki National Park

The Uganda bird-watching safari driver will transfer you to Kihingami Wetland, 12 km from Fort Portal, to take a wild nature walk. Kihingami is home to the White-spotted flufftail, a shy species.

Other birds you'll see include Red-headed bluebill, Black and white shrike flycatcher, and Red-bellied paradise flycatcher.

Proceed to the Semliki Valley National Park for an afternoon nature walk. Birds you'll spot include the White thighed hornbill, Black casqued wattled hornbill, White-crested hornbill, and Dwarf hornbill.

Staying at: Semuliki Safari Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11: Semuliki National Park

The Semliki Valley has an impressive bird-watching checklist, which includes many birding specials like Abyssinian ground hornbill, African crake, African pygmy goose, Black-billed barbet, Blue-breasted bee-eater, Black-chinned quail finch, Black coucal, Broad-billed roller, Double-toothed barbet, Green wood-hoopoe, Leaf-love, Marsh tchagra, Moustached grass-warbler, Pennant-winged nightjar, Piapiac, Red-necked falcon, Red-throated bee-eater, Shoebill, and Standard-winged nightjar.

After breakfast, you'll join your walking guide to explore the region's bird-rich habitats and catch some specials.

Other attractions you can check out in the afternoon include the hot springs at Sempaya and a Pygmy village.

Staying at: Semuliki Safari Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 12: Semuliki - Queen Elizabeth National Park

You are in no hurry to get up early on this day. However, the winged forest musicians may not let you have a dull, lazy morning. You'll be heading to Uganda's most celebrated savannah wilderness, Queen Elizabeth National Park, about a 3-hour drive from Semuliki. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the largest national park in Uganda. It ranks highest concerning overall diversity, with a bird species list exceeding 600.

The park has a mosaic of habitats, from the moist forest at Maramagambo to the wild savannah excellent for Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Hyenas, Uganda Kobs, Baboons, Giant Hogs, and Warthog, among others. As you drive to your safari camp, look out for birds like White-spotted Flufftail, Yellow-billed Barbet, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black-billed Turaco, Kingfishers, Lesser Striped Swallow, Cisiticolas, Shrikes, Starlings, Widowbirds, among other birds.

Staying at: Katara Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 13: Queen Elizabeth National Park

You'll have an early bird-watching and game drive expedition on the Kasenyi tracks to see one of the big early risers on the grassland. In the early hours, there are good sightings of the lions hunting, leopards, elephants, and buffalo. After lunch, you'll then proceed to Mweya Jetty, reaching in time for a launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel.

There is prolific birdlife around the Kazinga Channel to keep your eyes in action for more than two hours on a boat safari. Prominent birds on the channel include the African Shoebill, Yellow Billed Stork, Great White & Pink-Backed Pelicans, Open-Billed Stork, Saddle Bill Stork, Great and Long Tailed Cormorants, Darters, Black Crake, and Jacana.

Hippos, elephants, and crocodiles are common sightings on the banks of the Kazinga Channel.

Staying at: Katara Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 14: Ishasha Sector

You'll start the day with a sunrise wildlife viewing game drive through the southern tracks of the park to Ishasha Sector.

At Nyamusingiri, around the Maramagambo, look for birds like Black Bee Eater, Shining Blue Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Speckled Tinkerbird, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Snowy-capped Robin-Chat, Buff-throated Apalis, Honeyguide Greenbul, Red-colored Widowbird among other birds.

Tree-climbing lions are a specialty of the Ishasha sector. You'll also see giant forest hogs; buffalo are beautiful as they are often reddish brown due to interbreeding with forest buffalo from the rainforests. Many interesting antelope species, such as Uganda kob, topi, and bushbuck, will cross your tracks.

Staying at: Ishasha Wilderness Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 15: Ishasha - Buhoma (Northern Bwindi)

You'll be up early for a morning bird-watching and wildlife-viewing experience with a drive towards Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. You will check in at a forest lodge in Buhoma Sector, the north gate entrance, and headquarters to the gorilla park.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest should be on every Uganda bird-watching itinerary. The gorilla sanctuary offers some of Africa's best montane-forest (mountain-forest) bird watching. Experts estimate about 350 bird species, with 14 not found elsewhere in Uganda. The forest is home to 23 bird species unique to the Albertine Rift (90% of all Albertine Rift endemics), including Neumann's warbler and blue-headed sunbird.

After checking into your forest cottage, you can have a simple walk around the forest to see the frequent specials like Raptors, Bee Eaters, Kingfishers, Barbets, Tinkerbirds, Woodpeckers, Apalises, Honeyguide Greenbul, Swallows, Larks, Cisiticolas, Pipits, Chats, Shrikes, Starlings, Widowbirds among other birds.

Staying at: Mahogany Springs Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 16: Buhoma-Nkuringo Trail Across Bwindi

You'll get on the trail at about 8:30 am after a short briefing with your walking safari guide at the lodge. You must hit the trails in the misty early morning hours so that the intense afternoon sunrays find you under the jungle canopy. You travel with a local guide and two gun-bearing rangers for security. Go light; just your backpack with lunch, a camera, and walking. It takes about 4-5 hours to walk the trail.

The trail offers some of Africa's best montane-forest (mountain-forest) bird watching. Two trails meet somewhere in the rainforest and snake down to Buhoma town; you'll have to select one. The longer one takes about six hours and strays along the Kashasha River and over several ridges. The shorter one starts at Kashasha River, down Nteko Valley, and wanders along Ivy River. You must drive about 15 kilometers to Nteko village to start the Ivy River Trail. However, both trails deliver the same jolt of adventure for avid birders.

Look out for Bwindi's specials, including:

• African broadbill
• Black bee-eater
• Black-billed turaco
• Black-faced rufous warbler
• Black-faced Warbler
• Blue-headed sunbird
• Cinnamon-chested bee-eater
• Grauer's broadbill
• Handsome francolin
• Many-coloured bush-shrike
• Mountain masked apalis
• Neumann’s warbler
• Olive-breasted greenbul
• Purple-breasted sunbird
• Regal sunbird
• Ruwenzori Apalis
• Shelley's Crimsonwing
• Western green tinkerbird
• Yellow-streaked greenbul, On the other side, you'll meet up with your driver, who will drive you to your forest cottage above the mighty Bwindi Jungle. Staying at: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge, Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 17: Rushaga Sector, Buniga/Nombe Forests

It is an early birding start for the Rushaga sector of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will follow the waterfall trail, a prime birding spot in a gorgeous swathe of tropical rainforest.

Here you can observe the Yellow-eyed black flycatcher, Banded Prinia, Regal sunbird, and Short-tailed warbler, all of which are Albertine rift valley endemics.

If the calm sunlight of the evening, check out the Nombe or Buniga pocket forest trails. The locations are incredible bird-watching sights for Bwindi specialties like the Purple-breasted sunbird, Stripe-breasted tit, Rwenzori double-collared sunbird, and Doherty’s bush shrike.

Staying at: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 18: Gorilla Trekking/Walking Trail

You must be up by 7:00 am if you will be joining the gorilla trekking excursion. Have breakfast, and get your lunch pack, drinking water, and hiking gear. Your private driver will have you at the briefing point before 7:30 am. Gorilla trekking starts at about 8:00 am from the visitor center, irrespective of the weather and group size.

You will probably take the better part of the day in the jungle—more time tracking the mountain gorillas than watching them. You have about one hour to observe the dark-fared giant beasts staying 10 meters away from them. But sometimes they come closer, and you must follow the rules of the jungle.

The time you spend with the great apes will greatly compensate for all the jungle hiking that challenges your health and fitness. I recommend you work out for a few days before you come because the jungle is humid with thick air, and uneven terrain on steep slopes, and it can get muddy

You'll be out of there by about 2:00 pm; have lunch somewhere in the jungle and get back to your cottage for the evening. Take advantage of the walk in the rainforest to look out for some special birds, but note that your guide will be more interested in finding the gorillas.

On the flipside, you may not be interested in the Mountain Gorillas. In that case, you can opt for another bird-watching experience on the circular trail inside Bwindi or the Batwa trail in Buniga Forest.

Staying at: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), and Dinner.

Day 19: Bwindi - Echuya Forest - Lake Mburo

After breakfast, you'll drive down the mountains to reach the Kabale-Mbarara as the sun rises on Lake Bunyonyi. Your next destination is Lake Mburo National Park, but you'll briefly stop at Echuya Forest Reserve just outside Kabala.

There are about 100 bird species recorded in this 34-square-kilometer forest reserve. A large proportion of the birds live only in montane forests. The swamp is likely to support a larger population of Bradypterus graueri than the nearby Mubwindi swamp, one of only a few known localities for this species in Uganda. You may see birds restricted to the Afrotropical Highlands biome, including such rare species as Francolinus nobilis, Batis diops, Ploceus alienus, and Cryptospiza jacksoni.

Arrive at your lake on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park at sunset after a detour to a cultural museum outside Mbarara town for a cultural history class.

Accommodation Rwakobo Rock Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (Packed), Dinner

Day 20: Lake Mburo National Park

Bird-watching pros have recorded more than 310 bird species in Lake Mburo National Park, a small 360-sq-km savannah wildlife reserve halfway en route to Kampala from Bwindi.

The park is the best place in Uganda to watch the acacia-dwelling birds. It also has many forest species in the Rubanga Forest. The swamps, in which six papyrus specials are resident, including the spectacular papyrus gonolek and the blue-headed coucal, are unmissable for birding nerds. The park's southern species are at the northern limit of their range, including the black-collared barbet and bare-faced go-away bird. Migratory birds come around November to April.

On a game drive, walking safari, and boat launch on Lake Mburo, you should catch at least this entire birds list and more;

• African finfoot
• African scops owl
• Bare-faced go-away bird
• Blue-breasted kingfisher
• Blue-headed coucal
• Brown-chested lapwing
• Carruthers’s cisticola
• Greater painted-snipe
• Hairy-breasted barbet
• Mosque swallow
• Papyrus gonolek
• Papyrus yellow warbler
• Red-faced barbet (NE)
• Shoebill
• Southern ground hornbill
• Tabora cisticola
• White-winged swamp warbler
• Yellow-rumped tinkerbird, Accommodation Rwakobo Rock Lodge, Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (Packed), Dinner

Day 20: Lake Mburo - Entebbe

Let's say you must catch a late-night flight back home at Entebbe Airport. In that case, you must get up early and hit the highway to be in Entebbe by lunch, go shopping, and freshen up for your long international flight.

On the other hand, you may have booked a night in Entebbe. Therefore, leave a little later in the morning because you are in no hurry. Drive easy as you leave the park, or go bird-watching later in the afternoon at the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe. Whichever you choose, we'll prepare you a decent place to freshen and repack or spend a night.

Optional Accommodation Papyrus Guesthouse

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (Packed)

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• 2 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour - Kibale Forest National Park
• 2 Days 1 Night Murchison Falls National Park Tour
• 2 Days 1 Night Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari Tour
• 2 Days Uganda Tour - Lake Mburo National Park
• 3 Days Golden Monkey and Gorilla Tracking Tour – Mgahinga National Park
• 3 Days Uganda Safari Tour - Sipi Falls
• 3 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari Tour
• 3 Days Chimpanzee Trekking - Kibale National Park
• 3 Days Gorilla Trekking - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• 3 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Lake Mburo National Park Birding Tour
• 3 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Mountain Elgon National Park
• 3 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Sipi Falls
• 3 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari Tour
• 3 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Kibale National Park (Kanyanchu Tourism Center) and Amabere g’ Nyinamwiru caves
• 4 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Kibale National Park
• 4 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Kibale National Park Chimpanzee tracking
• 4 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee Tracking - Bwindi and Kibale
• 5 Days White Water Rafting and Gorilla Tracking In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park
• 5 Days Kidepo National Park Safari Tour
• 6 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee Tracking Tour - Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• 6 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - River Nile White Rafting, Murchison Falls National Park
• 7 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari - Lake Mburo, Lake Bunyonyi, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• 9 Days Uganda Tour - Hiking Mountain Rwenzori National Park
• 9 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Lake Bunyonyi, Queen Elizabeth National Park Tour, Bwindi Forest National Park, Kibale 
• 10 Days Exploring Uganda Primates Safari Tour
• 10 Days Chimpanzee and Gorilla Tracking Tour - Queen Elizabeth, Kibale Forest, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• 10 Days Uganda Tour - Hiking Rwenzori and Queen Elizabeth National Park
• 10-Day Uganda Wildlife Tour - Pearl of Africa, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Amabere Ganyinamwiru, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kazinga channel boat cruise.
• 12 Days Chimpanzee and Gorilla Tracking Tour - Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Lake Mburo, Lake Bunyonyi, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• 14 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour - Lake Mburo national park, Lake Bunyonyi, Kibale forest National park, Bwindi forest park, Murchison falls national park, and Queen Elizabeth National Park
• 15 Days South Sudan & Uganda Wildlife Safari Tour, Mundari Cattle Camp tour, Murchison Falls National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, and Juba City

Top Uganda Birding Tours

• 1 Day Uganda Birding Safari Tour, Mabamba Bay-Swamp Shoebill Trek
•  2 Days Uganda Birding Tour – Mabamba Wetland, Botanical Gardens, Uganda 
• 3 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Lake Mburo National Park Birding Safari Tour
• 3 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Sipi Falls, Source of the Nile and Sezibwa Falls
• 3 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Kidepo Valley National Park Tour
• 4 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Kibale National Park
• 5 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth, And Kyambura Chimp Tracking
• 5 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Mabamba wetland, Lake Mburo National Park
• 7 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Mabamba wetland, Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth National Park
• 8 Days Uganda Birding Tour - lake Mburo national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Kibale national park, Mabamba wetland, Bigodi Swamp
• 10 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Nabugabo wetland, Murchison falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National park, Lake Mburo National park
• 12 Days Uganda birding Tour – Mgahinga Gorilla Park, Mubwindi Swamp, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Semuliki National Park
• 16 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Mabira forest, Budongo forest, Kibale forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
• 20 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Budongo Forest, Semuliki National Park, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park