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Duration
11 Days 10 Nights
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Tour Type
Adventure
Couple
Escorted Tour
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Uganda

11 DAY BIRDING AND GORILLA SAFARI IN UGANDA.

Experience the ultimate 11-day Birding and Gorilla Safari in Uganda. Spot rare and endemic bird species in top birding destinations, trek endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, explore Queen Elizabeth National Park, and enjoy Uganda’s diverse wildlife and scenic beauty.

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Experience the ultimate 11-day Birding and Gorilla Safari in Uganda. Spot rare and endemic bird species in top birding destinations, trek endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, explore Queen Elizabeth National Park, and enjoy Uganda’s diverse wildlife and scenic beauty.

We pick you from the airport and take you to your hotel in Entebbe, night in Entebbe.
6:30am after your breakfast, we begin our birding safari by visiting mabamba swamp, mabamba is well known for a rare bird known as shoe billed stock, saddle billed stock, jacanas, kingfi shers including the beautiful malachite, you will take a canoe to go deep into the swamp to spot these beautiful birds, later on we head south stopping for a coff ee break at the equator crossing and taking pictures and then head on straight to lake mburo national Park home of giraff es, zebras, elands, buff aloes etc, check into your lodge close to the national parks and afterwards stretch as you Walk around with your guide to spot birds such as fl y catchers, barbets, African fi sh eagle, bastards and others,night at hyena hill lodge(proposed accommodations.
Early breakfast and at 6:30am go for an early morning game drive and birding with in the park here expect many birds to spot and animals , after lunch drive and transfer to lake bunyonyi, night at itambira Island seeds of hope( proposed accommodations).
Breakfast and canoe around with your guide at the shores of the islands which is a breeding area for the grey crowned cranes which is a national bird appearing on Uganda fl ag and a national emblem, other birds include the crowned hornbill, cattle eggrets, pied kingfi shers,African fi sh eagle and others, after lunch transfer to bwindi impenetrable national Park.( Here we propose spending two nights in the accommodation as it's well known for gorillas, batwa people experience and a spot for endemic species of birds).
Gorilla tracking day, and evening relaxing at your Lodge, night in bwindi.
Early morning birding in the bwindi impenetrable national Park to spot birds such as bar tailed tragon, narino tragon, western tinka Bird, mountain oriel, Rwenzori turracco and many others, after transfer to ishasha sector home of tree climbing lions, night at topi Lodge ( proposed accommodations).
Early breakfast and go in for a game drive and birding in the Savannah, here you have chances of spotting the tree climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth, topi, Uganda kobs, big herds of elephants and buff aloes and others after transfer to the northern sector of queen Elizabeth in the kasenyi sector for an afternoon boat ride on kazinga channel to see thousands of hippos, monitor lizards, crocodiles and many fl ocks of birds such as the commorants, giant Kingfi shers, hammeekops, yellow billed stock, African fi sh eagle, night at irungu lodge, ( proposed accommodation).
leave your lodge at 6:30am after your breakfast and go for an early morning game drive in the kasenyi savannah plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park, to see more wildlife that you could have missed in the previous game drives later transfer to lake nkuruba nature reserve near kibale national Park.
Leave your hotel at 6am and go for birding and a nature walk in kibale national Park, walk in this tropical rainforest and expect the following birds green breasted pitta (endemic to the park), double toothed barbet, red chested cuckoo, African emeralds cuckoo, black kites, tambourine dove and many others, later go for a traditional lunch at Tinka's homestead and have a test on uganda's local foods later go for an evening community and swamp walk in bigodi village and connect with the local people doing several activities such as banana gin distillation, basket weaving, coffee preparing experience. In the evening return to your lodge for dinner and night at nkuruba nature reserve ( proposed accommodation).
Breakfast and transfer to Entebbe, night in Entebbe.
Departure day and be transferred by a hotel shuttle at 4:am to the airport. End of the safari

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