Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport Pick up and transfer from Entebbe international airport to the hotel. If you arrive early enough, you will relax around and later in the afternoon go birding at Entebbe Botanical gardens. This is home to a variety of bird life that includes; Lizard Buzzard, Woodland, African Pygmy and Pied Kingfisher, Black-headed, Vieilot’s Black, Yellow-backed, Golden-breasted, Spectacled and Orange Weavers, African Paradise, Red-bellied Paradise, Northern-black and African Dusky Flycatchers, Olive-bellied, Green-headed, Scarlet-chested, Marico, Red-chested and Superb Sunbirds among others. Meal plan: -Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) -Drinking water

Accommodation (Subject to room availability) -Papyrus Guest house / Malakai Eco resort (budget) -Acacia Lodge (Midrange) -Kampala Serena hotel (luxury)

Day 2: Birding in Mabamba After breakfast drive to mabamba bay which is one of Uganda’s key birding areas. This site has over 200 recorded bird species. We spend the whole day birding while gazing at various bird species. Bird species that may include; the African and Lesser Jacana, White-breasted, Blue-breast and Little Bee-eaters, Purple Swamphen, Lesser Moorhen, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers, Black-headed, Grey and Purple Heron, Long-toed Lapwing, Yellow-billied and White-backed Duck, African Marsh Harrier, Weyns’s Weaver, Blue Swallow and Red-headed among others. After that we proceed on to Lake Mburo National Park, with stopovers at the Equator, for the water experiment and a quick look at the craft shops. Meal plan: -Breakfast -Lunch & dinner -Drinking water Accommodation: (Subject to room availability) – Rwonyo campsite (budget) – Arcadia cottages (Midrange) – Mihingo Lodge/Mantana luxury tented (luxury)

Day 3: Morning game drive in Lake Mburo NP. Early morning birding at Lake Mburo in the various trails of the park. This park is one of the smallest national parks in Uganda and protects about 330 bird species and a variety of mammal species that includes; the Topis, Impalas, Buffaloes, Oribis, Cliffspringers, Elands, Zebras, Warthogs and Baboons among other mammals. Visitors without doubt to encounter several species of birds. For instance; the rare Shoebill Stork, Papyrus yellow and White-winged Warbler, African Finfoot, Saddle-billed Stork, Brown-chested, African Wattled and Senegal Lapwing, Red-faced, Trilling, Long-tailed(Tabora), and Caruther’s Cisticola, Greater Snipe, Spot-franked, Red-faced and Crested Barbet, Short-toed and Brown Snake-Eagle, Yellow-breasted Apalis, White-winged Black Tit, Broad-billed and Lilac-breasted Roller, Crested and Coqui Francolin among others. Later after Lunch, we go for an afternoon boat cruise ride to meet water birds then return to the lodge. Meal plan: -Breakfast -Lunch & dinner -Drinking water Accommodation: (Subject to room availability) – Rwonyo campsite (budget) – Arcadia cottages (Midrange) – Mihingo Lodge/Mantana luxury tented (luxury)

Day 4: Nature walk – Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The day begins as we go for a nature walk on the shores of the lake in the park, searching for the early risers like the Hynas, Advaark, Leopards and other animals in the park. We come back to the lodge after that, have breakfast and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park, passing through the rolling hills of Mbarara and the beautiful tea plantations of Bushenyi. We arrive to the park in the evening and check in to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Bird Watching in Queen Elizabeth National Park – Boat cruise. After an early morning breakfast, we start birding towards the Kasenyi plains in search for birdlife that includes; White-winged, African Reed, Greater and Lesser Swamp Warbler, Black-chested and Brown Snake-Eagle, Temminck’s Courser, Collared Pratincole, African Marsh, Montegu’s and Pallid Harrier, Lesser-striped, Red-rumped, Mosque, Barn and Angola Swallow, Rufous-naped, Red-capped and Flappet Lark, Sulpher-breasted Bush-shrike, Brown-crowned and Marsh Tchagra. Head back to lodge for lunch and then later in the afternoon go for a boat ride on Kazinga channel where you shall have a chance to see numerous bird life including: The African skimmer, White-winged, Gull-billed and Whiskered Tern, Grey-headed Gull, Woodland, Malachite and Pied Kingfisher, Common, Green, Wood and Curlew Sandpiper among others. On the Chanel we also expect to encounter some other wildlife like the Buffaloes, Elephants, hippos and crocodiles. Meal plan: -Breakfast -Lunch & dinner -Drinking water

Accommodation (Subject to room availability) -Enganzi Lodge / Park View Lodge (Midrange) -Mweya safari lodge / Katara Lodge (Luxury Lodge)

Day 6: Transfer to Kibale National Park After breakfast, we will go birding towards Kasenyi in search for what we might have missed the previous day. Then transfer to Kibale forest national park the famous home of the famous primates’ home. The park also has a rich endowment of bird species. For instance, over 320 bird species roam this ancient forest. This tropical rain forest is a key point for birders and chimp trackers. Furthermore, you encounter different bird species for instance; the African pied wagtail, great blue turacoo, and pin tailed weaver. Meal plan: -Breakfast -Lunch & dinner -Drinking water

Accommodation (Subject to room availability) -Chimpanzee guest house (budget) -Primates lodge (midrange) -Crater Safari Lodge (Luxury) -Kyaninga lodge (super luxury)

Day 7: Birding in Kibale National Park – Bigodi Eco Swamp. The day begins early with an early morning breakfast and we enter the forest searching for the Green-breasted Pitta while it still displays. Kibale national park is home to a community of more than 1000 individuals of Chimpanzees and Chimp trekking is the most popular activity here.

We go back to the lodge for lunch and later go bird watching at Bigodi swamp which is close to the forest. The swamp is home to more than 200 bird species and these include; the Great Blue Turaco, Cameroon Sombre, Yellow-whiskered, Cabanis,s, Little and Joyfull Greenbul, Brown-eared, Specle-breasted, and Cadinal Woodpeckers, White-spotted Flufftail, Red-chested, Diedreric and Klaas’s Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Barbet, Lesser Honeyguide, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Western Nicator, White-tailed Ant-thrush, Dark-capped and White-winged Warbler, Red-chested, Scarlet-chested, Green-throated, Green-headed and Collared Sunbird, Purple-headed Starling and Bocage’s Bush-shrike among others Meal plan: -Breakfast -Lunch & dinner -Drinking water

Accommodation (Subject to room availability) -Chimpanzee guest house (budget) -Primates lodge (midrange) -Crater Safari Lodge (Luxury) -Kyaninga lodge (super luxury)

Day 8: Kibale National Park – Entebbe After breakfast, we start birding as we transfer to Entebbe, with a lunch stopover in Fort portal town or Mitiyana town and later proceed on the airport for your flight home. Meal plan: -Breakfast -Lunch -Drinking water Accommodation: (Not provided)