On arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be received by a representative of Nungi Safaris to start your 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour and there after transfer to your hotel in Entebbe.

Depending on your time of arrival, you have an opportunity to bird Botanical gardens in case you have a morning flight. Otherwise, you check into your hotel and prepare to start your 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour tomorrow. Dinner will be served to you on this day at your hotel. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Dinner

After an early breakfast we drive to Mabamba Swamp Wetland in Kasanje which is located on the fringes of Lake Victoria – 2nd biggest fresh water body in the world. The drive can take about an hour or more depending on the birding engagement en route which leads to several stopovers.

In Mabamba swamp, you will take a motorized canoe with the area site guide in search of the incredible Shoebill which is often seen standing in the mashes waiting to hunt or flying in the air above the papyrus plants. There are also other variety of water birds like; African Jacana, White-winged Terns, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Heron, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Pied Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Winding Cisticola, Red-billed Fire-finch, White-faced whistling duck, Long-toed Lapwing, African Pied Wagtail, Saddle billed Stork, Cape wagtail, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Yellow-billed Duck Long-toed plover, African Fish Eagle and African Marsh Harrier, Swamp Flycatcher etc. 

Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Mabira forest is the biggest forest reserve closest to Kampala city. It boosts of 315 bird species record with 74 of the 144 species of the Guinea–Congo Forests that occur in Uganda. The forest is home to a variety of birds and primates. Some of the bird species to look out for while on the 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour include; Jameson’s and Chestnut Wattle-eyes, Red-tailed Bristle bil, Yellow-throated Tinker bird, Yellow-billed Barbet, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Black and White Casqued Hornbill, White-bellied Kingfisher, African Dwarf Kingfisher, Grey Parrot, Speckled Tinker bird, African Pied Hornbill, Forest Wood hoopoe, Blue-throated Roller among others. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After an early breakfast at your hotel, your bird guide will pick you and you start your birding journey to Uganda’s largest and oldest National Park – Murchison falls national park with some stops in key areas along the way. On the way to Murchison falls national park, our first major stop over will be at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary which is an excellent birding area and home to Rhinos in Uganda. After briefing from the ranger guide, you will start the Rhino trek. This may require short drive before the trek depending on where the Rhinos are located at the moment. The Rhino trek can take about 1 hour in total from the walk and sighting them as they nap or feed.

We hope to sight some birds even as we track Rhinos, look out for the white-crested Turaco which is often seen here. After the Rhino trekking experience, we will leave for lunch before proceeding to our lodge for overnight. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We have an early morning breakfast and then go birding on a safari game drive. We will look out; Secretary Bird, Northern Carmine and Red-throated Bee-eaters, Giant, Pied, Stripped, Chestnut-bellied, Blue-breasted, Woodland and the African Pygmy Kingfishers, African Rock Martin; Lesser Stripped, Ethiopian, Angola, Red-rumped and Rufous-chested Swallow, Nightingale, Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, White-fronted Black Chat, Sooty Chat. Common Bulbul, Cameroon Sombre and Yellow-throated Greenbul, the Black, White-breasted, and Red-shouldered Cuckoo Shrikes, the Black and Penduline Tits, Black-lored, and Brown Babblers, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, and many more. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today morning after breakfast, we take a boat tour birding the Victoria Nile towards the Delta in search of the many water birds that enjoy this habitat along the Nile. Some of the birds we aim for in this area on our 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour include; the Shoebill, Great White and Pink-backed Pelicans, African Water Rail, Allen’s Gallinule, Black Crake, African Crake, Grey-crowned Crane, Southern Pochard, The Egyptian, African Pygmy, and the Spur-winged Goose, Saddle-billed stork, Open-billed stork, Yellow-billed stor and Marabou stork. More birds include; the Little and Dwarf Bitterns, Night Heron, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Purple Heron, Green Backed Heron, Little Grebe, Common Squacco Heron, Great White Egret, Great and Long-tailed Cormorants, African and Eurasian Spoonbills, the Lesser Flamingo, Lesser Jacana, African Finfoot, Painted Snipe, Wattled Plover. After boat cruise, we leave for Budongo forest birding our way to the hotel. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today morning we bird the busingiro sector of Budongo forest right after an early breakfast. Some of the bird species we search for on our 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour include; African Dwarf Kingfisher, chestnut capped flycatcher, western black headed oriole, Sabine’s spine tail, white breasted negro finch, Yellow crested woodpecker, Yellow footed flycatcher, Lemon bellied crombec and Piping hornbill etc. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today we continue with our 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour in the rich Budongo forest. Part of the forest is located in Murchison falls national park at Kaniyo Pabidi and the other part is located outside of the national park as a forest reserve known as Budongo forest. This forest is home to various primates including Chimpanzees and several tree species. For our safari our interest is the many bird species we will look out for in this forest.

After an early breakfast and with packed lunch we will leave for the royal mile – a stretch of 1 mile that the King of Bunyoro enjoyed to spend time at. Here we shall enjoy a full day’s birding along the forest road and ending at the forest Bridge depending on the activity of the bird species. Together with the site guide and your bird guide, you will look out for some of these exotic bird species; Ituri Batis, Nahan’s francolin, Chocolate backed Kingfisher, Brown twin spot, White spotted fluff tail, Jameson’s wattle eye, white breasted negro finch, Grey headed sunbird, Red headed bluebill, green sunbird, little green sunbird and the list goes on. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Leave early for Kibale forest National Park after a morning of bird watching. We aim to arrive at our lodge later that afternoon for evening birding around the lodge. Kibale forest is home to 13 primate species with the highlight being the chimpanzees which are easily seen while on chimp trekking. You have an option of chimp trekking while on these 25 days 24 night best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We will have an early breakfast and leave the lodge with our packed lunch so that we have maximum time in the forest. Our morning focus while birding will be to search for the elusive Green breasted pitta. This a sought-after bird can also be rather difficult to sight in the forest but with guidance of the site guide and rangers we hope to increase our chances of sighting the Green Breasted Pitta.

In the meantime as we search for the Green breasted Pitta we shall continue birding and equally search for many other bird species which include Western bronze-napped Pigeon, Great blue Turaco, Yellow-throated Nicator, White-headed Wood hoopoe, Red Headed malimbe, Yellow-spotted barbet, Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Grey-winged Robin, Blue shouldered Robin Chat, Yellow-spotted Barbet, White-naped Pigeon, Green-breasted Pitta, Red-chested Flufftail, African Pitta, Joyful Greenbul, Cabanis Greenbul, Grey-throated Flycatcher, Masked Apalis, Nahan’s Francolin, Tiny Sunbird, White-collared Oliveback and many more. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This morning has an opportunity to trek the chimpanzees deep in Kibale forest for an experience of a life time while on these 25 days 24 night best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. In addition, you will cite several butterflies, plants and many other primates. You will be transferred to the briefing area where you are divided into different groups and given a ranger guide to lead you in the forest as you search for these creatures.

In the afternoon, we bird Bigodi wetland for species we might have missed in the forest. This is a community initiative conserving the buffer zone to the forest, proceeds go to different community programs. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today after breakfast we bird our way to Semuliki national park for an experience searching for central African species found only here in East Africa. We shall have several stopovers birding nearby forest patches and swampy areas for different bird species as we drive to Semuliki forest. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We shall spend two full days birding in Semuliki forest national park for central African species of Congo’s Ituri forest. Semuliki forest national park is a continuation of Congo’s ituri forest and some of the species we will look out for while on the 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour include the; Congo Serpent Eagle, Grey-throated Rail, Nkulengu Rail, Long-tailed Hawk, Spot-breasted Ibis, Yellow-throated Nicator, Northern Red-chested Owlet, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Black-collared Lovebird, White-bellied Kingfisher, Red-rumped Tinkerbird, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Zenker’s Honeyguide, White-throated Blue Swallow, Bate’s Nightjar, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Orange-tufted Sunbird, Black-winged Oriole,  Lemon-bellied Crombec, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Icterine Greenbul, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Crested and Blue-billed Malimbes, Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike, Pale-fronted Negrofinch, Piping, Red-billedWhite-crested, Black-casqued, Wattled and White-thighed Hornbills.

While at the Semuliki forest national park, you have an opportunity of visiting both the ‘female’ and ‘male’ hot springs found within the national park. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today after an early breakfast we start trip to Queen Elizabeth national park birding along the way as we come to close of these 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. You will have stopovers for both birding and photography moments of the beautiful scenery in this part of the country. You will drive past several crater lakes, homesteads, farms and later with the Rwenzori mountains ahead as you drive.

The road through this crater lakes regions is not tarred therefore sometimes it is very difficult during the rainy season. In case it rains right before your set off, your guide may advise a different route on a more stable road. Because you will be having several stopovers for pictures and birding, you can expect to arrive at your lodge later that afternoon. Have some rest and prepare to start the next day very early for a whole day’s birding. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We start early for a whole day birding in the national park leading to Maramagambo Forest. Bird species we expect to sight while at queen Elizabeth national park on your 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour include Whinchat, Common Redstart, White-fronted Black Chat, Sooty Chat, Cameroon Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-throated Greenbul, the Black, White-breasted, and Red-shouldered Cuckoo Shrikes. The Black and Penduline Tits, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, White-tailed and Red-tailed Ant-thrushes, Brown Illadopsis, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Brown-eared Woodpeckers, Least Honeyguide, Grey Greenbul, Brown-chested Alethe, and many others. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park, we have stopovers birding until we arrive at our lodge later that afternoon. We will drive through Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park where you have chances of sighting the tree climbing lions. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Mountain Gorilla trekking – a once in life opportunity and highly recommended.

Otherwise for those not interested in trekking gorillas, you have a full day bird watching. Look out for; Stuhlmann’s Starling, Narrow-tailed Starling, Waller’s Starling, Montane Oriole, African Golden Oriole, Strange Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Dusky Crimsoning, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Magpie Mannikin, Yellow-crowned Canary, Thick-billed Seedeater, Streaky Seedeater, African Green Broadbill, Oriole Finch, Mountain Buzzard, Ayre’s Hawk Eagle, Handsome Francolin, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Wood Owl. More species; Bar-tailed Trogon, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, (Western) Bronze-naped Pigeon, Red-chested Owlet, Tullberg’s Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Western Green Tinkerbird, African Green Broadbill, Lagdens Bush-Shrike, Petit’s Cuckoo-Shrike, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Toro Olive-Greenbul, Ansorge’s Greenbul, White-bellied Robin Chat, Olive Thrush, White-tailed Ant-Thrush, Grauer’s Rush-warbler, Neumann’s Warbler and Red-faced Woodland Warbler. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Early morning makes your way towards ‘the neck’ of the forest linking Buhoma to Ruhija. We look out for; Yellow-billed Waxbill, Black Saw-wing, Chubbs’ Cisticola, Grey Apalis, Petit’s Cuckoo Shrike, Black Bee-eaters, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaters, Cuckoo Shrike, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, Little Grey Greenbuls, Chestnut-throated Apalis, Red-throated Martin, Yellow White-eye, Yellow-bellied Kite, Speckled-rumped Tinkerbirds. African Stonechat, Grey Cuckoo Shrike, Stripe-breasted Tit, Montane-masked Apalis, Red-faced Woodland, Montane Yellow Warbler, Regal Sunbird, Northern Double-collared Sunbird, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Crested Guinea Fowl, Lead-colored Flycatcher, Black-necked Weaver, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Yellow-spotted Barbet, African Harrier Hawk while on the 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today prepare to bird the entire day in Ruhija sector of Bwindi impenetrable national park – Bwindi swamp trail. Birds in Ruhija are generally easy to see but the area is also considerably steep with lots of hiking as you search for the birds. You will carry a picnic lunch on this trail to Bwindi swamp that promises some of the most difficult of all rift endemic species, we will look out for the beautiful Regal Sunbird, Archer’s Robin-Chat, Grauer’s Rush warbler, African green broadbill, Caruther’s cisticola, Handsome francolin, African Hill babbler, Banded Prinia, Shelley’s Crimsoning, Dohertys Bushrike, Collared Apalis and others while on the 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. Return to the hotel later that evening, hopefully you will sight some of the Rwenzori night jars on the forest roads as you drive back. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Transfer to Kisoro early morning after breakfast birding along the way; Papyrus areas at Lake Bunyonyi out flow and Echuya forest for some Albertine rift endemics that we might have missed in Bwindi impenetrable forest. Birds in Echuya forest include; Dwarf Honeyguide, Red-throated Alethe, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Collared Apalis, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Rwenzori Batis, Strip-breasted Tit, Regal Sunbird, Strange Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Strange Weaver etc. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Mgahinga gorilla national park is home to over 180 bird species recorded including some Albertine rift endemics which you will look out for while on the 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. This national park with beautiful vegetation will reward you with more than birding. You shall traverse a variety of montane habitats along the excellent Gorge trail as you bird your way in the bird. This is the smallest national park in Uganda and was predominately protected to conserve the mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. Some of the bird species we look out for on this 25 days 24 night best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour include the Rwenzori Turaco, Dwarf Honeyguide, Kivu Ground Thrush, Rwenzori Double-collared, Regal and the Purple-breasted Sunbirds, Archer`s Robin chat, cinnamon Bracken and Mountain Yellow Warblers, the Dusky and much Sought after Shelley’s Crimson-wing and many more. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, we bird to Lake Mburo National Park. We shall have several birding stopovers at forest patches, swampy areas and water patches before finally arriving in Lake Mburo national park. We will then take an evening bird walk with an armed ranger guide to explore the various bird species in this park. We will also have opportunities for sighting a variety of mammals like, Warthogs, Zebras, Eland, Uganda Kob, Bush buck and many others while on the 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. Accommodation & Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today marks the end of your 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour. After an early breakfast, we exit lake Mburo national park to Entebbe international airport via the Equator monument. We hope you had an amazing 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour time bird watching Uganda in the various national parks and forest. We look forward to hosting you again for another region in Uganda. Meal plan inclusive – Breakfast & Lunch

What to bring for your 25 days 24 nights best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour

• Long trouser and long-sleeved tops
• Insect repellent
• Garden gloves (for gorilla trekking)
• Sun hut
• Rain jacket
• Waterproof hiking shoes
• Day pack to carry lunch and water
• Binoculars
• Camera

These 25 days 24 night best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour includes:

• Ground transport
• Park entrances
• Birding fees
• Boat trips
• Bottled water in the safari vehicle
• Full board accommodation for 24 nights
• Service of an English-speaking driver guide
• All mentioned activities except for the optional ones

These 25 days 24 night best of Uganda ultimate bird watching safari photo tour & Uganda gorilla trekking safari tour excludes:

• Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
• Tips to porters and driver/ guide
• Insurance