North East Birding & Rhino Tracking in Uganda

Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, meet & greet by your driver guide, and proceed to the accommodation about 7 minutes away.

Overnight at Airport Link Guest House (Bed & Breakfast)

Early breakfast and then with packed lunch proceed to Mabamba Wetlands where you will be driven in a motorized boat through the swamp, looking for the mighty Shoebill and other birds like Pink-backed Pelican, Long-tailed Cormorant, Squacco  Heron, Yellow-billed Duck, Malachite Kingfisher, Long-toed Plover, Blue-headed Coucal, Blue-breasted Bee-eater etc.  Bird your way back to Entebbe looking out for birds like African open-billed Stork, Grey Kestrel, African Green Pigeon, Great Blue Turaco, Ross’s Turaco, Red-headed Lovebird, Swifts, Sunbirds, Weavers, Finches, among others. 

Overnight at Airport Link  Guest House. (Full Board)

After breakfast, proceed for the drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary getting there in the early afternoon in time for lunch. In the afternoon, head out for the Rhino walk getting back to the lodge in time for a hot shower and dinner. 

Dinner and overnight at Amuka Lodge (Full Board).

Today you will bird the sanctuary looking out for birds like Black-crowned Night-Heron, Shoebill, Ducks, Raptors, African Green Pigeon, Cuckoos, African Scops-Owl, Nightjars, Greater Honeyguide, Woodpeckers, Cuckoo-shrikes, Chats, Crombecs, Green-backed Eremomela, Cisticola, Tits, Sunbirds, Shrikes, Orioles, Starlings, Weavers, Finches among others. 

Dinner and overnight at Amuka Lodge(Full Board).

Breakfast and then head out for morning birding, coming back in time for lunch before birding your way to Masindi. Look out for birds like African open-billed Stork, Grey Kestrel, White crested Turaco, African Green Pigeon, Great Blue Turaco, Ross’s Turaco, Red-headed Lovebird, Swifts, Sunbirds, Weavers, Finche,s among others. 

Dinner and Overnight at Masindi Hotel (Full Board).

After an early breakfast, we will proceed to bird the Royal Mile, looking out for birds like African Crowned Eagle, Heuglin’s Francolin, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Dwarf Kingfisher, White-thighed Hornbill, Speckled Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Little Grey Greenbul, Cameroon Sombre Greenbul, Spotted Greenbul, Fire-crested Alethe, Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, Whistling Cisticola, Black-throated Apalis, Forest Flycatcher, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Western Black-headed Oriole, Purple-headed Starling, among others.

In the afternoon, we head back to the Lodge in time for Lunch.

Dinner and overnight at Masindi Hotel (Full Board).

After breakfast with your lunch and luggage, bird to Murchison Falls via Kanio Pabidi via the top of the falls. Here the Nile waters force through a narrow gap creating a magnificent view of the falls from the top. Look out for birds like Raptors, Rock Pratincole, Crested Francolin, White-headed Barbet, Narina Trogon, Red-throated Bee-eater, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Silverbird, Red-cheeked Cordon blue, Waxbills, Finches, Sunbirds, Canaries among others. 

Dinner and Overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge. (Full Board)

Today you will go for a game drive getting back in time for lunch. After lunch, transfer to Paraa northern bank for the boat trip up to the bottom of the Falls, and it is possible to view hundreds of hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of bird life. Look out for birds like Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Black-headed Plover, Rock Pratincole, Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater, Red-throated Bee-eater, Black-billed Barbet, Spotted Morning Thrush, Speckle fronted Weaver, White-browed Sparrow Weaver and more. Look out for mammals like the graceful Roth child Giraffe, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, Hippos, Oribi and when lucky a leopard and Lion among others. 

Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge (Full Board).

After breakfast, proceed for the drive to Kidepo Valley National Park, birding en route. Look out for birds like Clapperton’s Francolin, Woodland Kingfisher, Spot-flanked Barbet, Swallows, Cisticolas, Sunbirds, and Shrikes. 

Dinner and overnight at  Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Full Board).

After breakfast, we’ll look for a rich diversity of birds and other African wildlife, in addition to looking for some localized specials such as Yellow-necked Spurfowl, White-bellied Bustard, Rose-ringed Parakeet, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Rufous-crowned Roller, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Red-billed Hornbill, Jackson’s Hornbill, d’Arnaud’s Barbet, Singing Bush Lark, Cliff Chat, Red-pate Cisticola, Karamoja Apalis, Hunter’s Sunbird, Yellow-billed Shrike, White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, White-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Eastern Paradise-Whydah among others.

Look out for mammals like the graceful Giraffe, Uganda Kob, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, and when lucky a Lion among others 

Dinner and Overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Full Board).

A full day of birding and game drives in Uganda’s most remote and beautiful National Park. We’ll look for a rich diversity of birds and other African wildlife, in addition to looking for birds like Clapperton’s Francolin, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Rufous-crowned Roller, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Black-breasted Barbet, Pink-breasted Lark, Cliff Chat, Red-pate Cisticola, Yellow-billed Shrike, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Superb Starling, among others. 

Dinner and Overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Full Board).

Today, we embark on a long journey to Entebbe; however, if you do not want the long drive, there are flights from Kidepo to Entebbe. 

Overnight at Airport Link Guest House (Full Board).

Transfer to Entebbe International Airport in time for your flight.