8 days Uganda birding safari tours

Overview of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

The 8 days Uganda birding safari tours or 8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park is a wholly bird watching safari to Mabamba wetland, Semuliki National Park and Kibale forest national Park. Throughout the 8 days birding tour in Uganda, a knowledgeable and professional birding driver guide will take you through the Uganda birding safari offering all the guidance on spotting the numerous bird species.

On early arrival at Entebbe international airport, you meet your knowledgeable Uganda birding safaris driver guide who ensures your transfer to a hotel or lodge in Entebbe for a meal and refreshment. In the evening you are driven to Entebbe Botanical Gardens for bird watching in the evening. The next morning, you go for whole day birding in Mabamba wetland before being driven to Semuliki national park the next day arriving in the evening. You spend the next 2 days, birding in Semuliki national park then after be transferred to Kibale forest national park. At Kibale forest national park you go for bird watching at the park and adjacent Bigodi wetland before returning for departure on day 8 at Entebbe international airport.

Highlights of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Day 1: On early arrival at Entebbe international airport, a Uganda birding safari guide welcomes you transfers you to a hotel and later on go for bird watching at Entebbe Botanical gardens in the evening.

Day 2: Following breakfast, you are driven via Entebbe for a whole day Uganda birding safari at Mabamba wetland and Mpanga forest.

Day 3: After breakfast, you are driven to Semuliki National Park west of Uganda with a stop at the equator line just about 80km from Kampala.

Day 4: Early morning after breakfast, you get into the park for a whole day bird watching tour in Semuliki National park.

Day 5: This day you take the Kirumiya trail, for a whole day birding safari within Semuliki National Park.

Day 6: Driving from Semuliki national park after breakfast, you go birding towards Kibale forest national park.

Day 7: In the morning after breakfast you go birding in Kibale forest national park then take an evening birding excursion in Bigodi wetland.

Day 8: Early morning after breakfast your driver guide picks you up for a drive back for a departure flight to Entebbe international airport.

Day by day detailed itinerary of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Day 1 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

On early/morning arrival at Entebbe international airport a knowledgeable Uganda birding safari guide picks you up and drives you to a booked hotel or lodge in Entebbe. After check in and refreshment, you go for a short Uganda birding tour to Entebbe Botanical Gardens in the evening where you sight a representation of the bird species in Uganda then after return to your lodge or hotel in the evening. Here are possible sightings of bird species like the Pink-backed Pelican, Malachite Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Stork, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Yellow White-eye, Purple-banded Sunbird, African Jacana, Lesser Jacana and many more. Accommodation options: Protea Hotel (Luxury), 2 Friends Beach Hotel/Boma Hotel (Mid-range)

Day 2 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

From your hotel in the morning, the journey to Mabamba wetland starts in the morning taking you 26km from Entebbe with a drive time of about 1h 12min. The perfect route to take is the Kasenje route which includes a ferry crossing, the 23 minutes spent on the ferry offers the best time for water bird sightings. Home to several bird species, this is one of the nearby spots from Kampala where you can sight the elusive shoebill stork. Other bird species to tick off your list in Mabamba include the Swamp Flycatcher, African Water Rail, African Purple Swamp-hen, Common Moorhen, African Jacana, Lesser Jacana, Winding Cisticola and many more. You have lunch at Nkima forest lodge after 2-3 hours on the boat then drive to Nkima forest in search of the forest bird species in the evening. You then return to a lodge or one of the hotels in Uganda Kampala where you spend a night.

Day 3 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Following early breakfast, using a 4x4 safari vehicle your birding driver guide takes you on a road drive to Semuliki national park for birding the next day. The first stop is made at the equator line in Kayabwe about 80km from Kampala for about 30minutes then continue to the “The True Birders Haven” hosting over 400 bird species. Arriving in the evening, you check in, have dinner and rest at an accommodation in Semuliki National Park as you prepare for birding in Uganda’s Semuliki the next day.

Day 4 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Early morning, you start the drive to Semuliki national park early morning after breakfast. You go looking out for some other bird species including some of the continent’s most spectacular and sought-after birds. Some of which include the White-throated Swallow, Long-tailed Hawk, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Red-throated Alethe, Congo Serpent Eagle, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill, the Nkulengu Rail among others. The birding safari in Uganda on this day ends with a drive back to your lodging facility for dinner and an overnight.

Day 5 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

After early morning breakfast at your hotel/lodge along with your packed lunch, you embark on a whole day birding safari tour along the Kirumiya trail of Semuliki national park. Here you expect to spot species like the African Piculet, Nkulengu Rail, Fire-crested Alethe, Lyre-tailed, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Yellow-throated Nicator, Long-tailed Hawk, Capuchin Babbler, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Black-collard Lovebird, Leaf-love, Orange-tufted Sunbird, Red-billed Helmet-Shrike among many more. In the evening after a moment on a Uganda bird watching safari, you are returned to your lodging facility for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 6 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

You continue with the birding tour in Uganda with a drive to Kibale forest national park. This is more of a birding drive than the usual road drive. The slow drive with your birding safari guide offers you an opportunity to sight several bird species along the way. Arriving in the evening, you check in, and spend the night at a booked accommodation in Kibale forest national park. Accommodation options include: Crater Safari Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Camp (Mid-range)

Day 7 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Early morning after breakfast, the day begins with an early morning breakfast then after get into Kibale forest in search of the forest bird species especially the Green-breasted Pitta. You are returned to the lodge for lunch and later on go bird watching at Bigodi wetland adjacent to Kibale forest national park. With more than 200 bird species in the swamp, the Great Blue Turaco, Yellow-billed Barbet, White-spotted Flufftail, Lesser Honeyguide, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Western Nicator, White-tailed Ant-thrush, Dark-capped and White-winged Warbler are among the many sightings. You return to your lodging facility for the last night on your birding tour Uganda. Accommodation options include: Crater Safari Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Camp (Mid-range)

Day 8 of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Following your last breakfast on this 8 days birding safari in Uganda, you then start the drive to Entebbe international airport for a departure flight. This amazing road trip past the different landscapes with beautiful sightings marks the end of your 8 days birding tour in Uganda with a drop off for departure at Entebbe international airport.

End of the 8 days Uganda birding safari tours/8 days Uganda birding tour Mabamba wetland, Semuliki & Kibale National Park

Besides being a good birding destination, Kibale forest national park is also the best chimp trekking location in the world therefore a popular destination for Uganda wildlife safari tourists who would love to track primates. Alongside chimpanzee tracking, many tourists join their Uganda safaris to these parks with Uganda gorilla trekking safari tours to Bwindi impenetrable national park or gorilla safari Uganda to Mgahinga gorilla national park.  

Do you have an idea of how many bird species survive in Uganda alongside the endemic Fox’s Weaver? A birding safari in Uganda is all you need to have a chance of seeing some of these beautiful thousands of species.

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