5 Day Birding & Savannah Adventure
5Days Birding & Savannah Adventure: Shoebill Spotting at Mabamba Swamp and Lake Mburo Safari
Uganda
5 Days
About L.Mburo & Mabamba
5 Days L.Mburo & Mabamba birding and savannah Safari gives a chance to explore Uganda’s bird life. Uganda is known for its variety of bird species that can be spotted in almost all tourist destinations. Uganda’s famous bird species population is one of the highest in Africa with more than 1010 bird species.
Enjoy a memorable encounter of some rare species like the shoebill stork at the Mabamba bay, cap it up with a visit to the rich zebra, Impala, Cape buffalo, and Giraffe concentration in Lake Mburo National Park which also dubs as a birder’s paradise with more than 350 bird species.
Safari Highlights
- Day1: Arrival and transfer to Hotel/ birding in Botanical gardens & U.W.E.C.
- Day 2: Transfer to Mabamba wetlands.
- Day3: Transfer to Lake Mburo-Game drive
- Day4: Nature walk-Boat cruise
- Day5: Departure
About the Itinerary
Day -1 Arrival- Airport pickup/ birding and nature walk in Botanical gardens and U.W.E.C.
- Airport by your assigned Wild Breeze Safaris drive-guide and transferred to your Hotel for relaxation and briefing about the entire journey.
- Depending on your time of arrival, you may opt to take a walk to the Entebbe Botanical gardens home to several birds and some primates.
- If time allows, you will go for a birding experience in the Uganda Wildlife Educational Centre (UWEC) formally known as the Zoo.
- This magnificent place has attracted over 170 species of wild birds. Among them, 10 species of Weavers such as the rare Northern Masked Weaver, Golden Backed, African paradise, Baglafect Northern Brown Throated, Grosbeak, Black Necked and many others.
- 5 species of flycatchers, Red bellied, Crested shrike flycatcher, Lead colored and Swamp flycatcher.
- Raptors such as the Gabar Goshawk, small banded snake Eagle, Shikra, African Goshawk, African Fish Eagle, African Hobby and many more species.
- You will get an additional spice up of several captive animals and reptiles.
- Meal plan: Lunch & Dinner.
- Accommodation: 2 Friends Entebbe Beach
Day 2-Transfer to Mabamba wetlands-Birding.
After an early morning breakfast meet the guide for a briefing and afterward head to Mabamba wetlands. This is going to be a whole day’s activity. Mabamba wetlands are known for the biggest population of the famous Shoebill. Watch other birds like the African Jacana, Yellow Billed Duck, Pygmy Goose, White Faced Whistling Duck; Grey and Black Headed Heron Moorhen, long Toed Plover, African water Rail among others.
In case you missed an opportunity to visit the U.W.E.C the previous day, you can make time off in the afternoon and utilize it to go birding in that marvelous place.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Accommodation: 2 Friends Entebbe Beach
Day 3-Transfer to Lake Mburo - Game drive
After breakfast, your guide will pick you from your hotel and drive towards Lake Mburo in Western Uganda. You will have a brief stopover at the Eqautor for photo moments. As you enter Lake Mburo National park, expect to see birds like the Bare faced Go-away, African Grey Hornbill, Green wood, Hoope, Emerald spotted wood Dove, Greater Blue Eared Starling among others.
You will have lunch at your lodge. Later, you will go for an afternoon game drive in the swampy Valleys of Warukiri and Miriti the key birding spots. You will return for dinner and overnight at your Lodge.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Accommodation: Muhingo Lodge/ Hyena Hill Lodge
Day 4 - Nature walks and Boat cruise.
- Early after breakfast, you will head out for a safari on foot.
- Lake Mburo is the only park where safari on foot can be done. With an armed ranger visit Rubanga Forest on foot.
- This is a good spot for birders, but arrangement must be done prior to the trip. Expect to see the rare Red-faced Barbet, harrier hawk, shoebill stork, the narina trogn, green pigeon, the double toothed barbet and the grey backed cameroptera.
- Return to your Lodge for Lunch and in the afternoon you will go for a boat cruise.
- The lake and the salt lick areas are the bird viewing platforms.
- View some wildlife too as they come by the water banks to quench their thirst, later dinner and overnight at your Lodge.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
- Accommodation: Muhingo Lodge/ Hyena Hill Lodge
Day 5 - Departure
- Early in the morning after breakfast.
- Check out of your Lodge and drive back to Kampala/Entebbe.
- Stopover at the equator for some water experiments and Lunch.
- Arrive in the afternoon and head out to the African craft village for rare souvenirs.
- The driver-guide will later drop you at the airport to catch your flight back home.
- Meal plan: Breakfast & Lunch
All expenses of personal nature, laundry, and tips
Visas
Any optional activity
All drinks apart from those served during breakfast
Meals and drinks not mentioned
International flights
Entry visas for Uganda
Driver gratuity (recommended)
Beverages, tips, souvenirs & all items of a personal nature.
Any deviation from the suggest program.
All extras NOT mentioned in the inclusive section.
Any personal insurance covers.
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