Butterfly and Birds Safari

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

Overnight at The Boma Guest House ( Bed and Breakfast).

Breakfast at leisure, and then we proceed for a drive to Mabira forest. We will stop for some bird/butterfly breaks as soon as the habitat starts offering the opportunity, alongside the road. 

Dinner and overnight at The Rain Forest Lodge (Full Board).

After breakfast, we will start looking for opportunities for photographing chances as we wait for the right moment after the sun comes out to try to photograph the butterflies as well. Lunch at the lodge and then later, we head out again if we so wish. We will be looking out for birds like African Dwarf Kingfisher, Barbets and Tinkerbirds, Green-tailed Bristlebill, Apalises, Wattle-eyes, Finches among many others and when LUCKY, Nahans’s Francolin and Tit Hylia. Butterflies like Soldier Pansy, Common Diadem, Blue Sailor, Common Leopard, among others. 

Dinner and overnight at The Rain Forest Lodge( Full Board).

Second day in Mabira forest and so same routine, but maybe a different site of the forest. Lunch at the lodge and then later, transfer back towards Kampala. 

Dinner and overnight at Capitol Hill (Full Board).

After breakfast, drive to Mpanga forest to look for different species of both birds and butterflies. 

Dinner and overnight at Capitol Hill (Full Board).

After breakfast, drive south to Kibale in the Toro Kingdom with stops where we find butterfly photography opportunities. 

Dinner and overnight at Kalya Courts( Full Board).

After breakfast with our packed lunch, we proceed for the drive to Semliki National Park, driving along the Rwenzori Mountain lower range,s getting there in good time to start another bird/butterfly photographic day. With a hide, there is a spot where one is likely to get top-end photographs of Orange-cheeked Waxbill among other finches, and Waxbills among other birds. Other special species in the forest include African Dwarf Kingfisher, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Hornbills, Tinkerbirds, Greenbuls, Negritas, aka Blackfinches, among others 

Dinner and overnight at Kalya Courts (Full Board).

Day two in Semliki National Park, so same routine. After breakfast with our packed lunch, we proceed for the drive to Semliki National Park, driving along the Rwenzori Mountain lower ranges, getting there in good time to start another butterfly photographic day.  Butterflies here include Forest Mothe of Pearl, Common Yellow Glider, Large Yellow, Yellow Caper White, Jodutta Glider, etc.

Or! Depending on how we see the situation in Semliki, we will choose between going back to Semliki or heading to Kibale National Park, which is one of the rainforests in Uganda, famous for its primates. It is home to 13 primate species,s making it the number one protected area with the biggest primate numbers on the African continent. 

Dinner and overnight at Kalya Courts (Full Board).

After breakfast, we start on the drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, where we will break our journey by stopping at any photographic opportunity. 

Dinner and overnight at Enganzi Game Lodge(Full Board).

After breakfast, we start our drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest with stops along the Ishasha road whenever a bird/butterfly photographic opportunity comes up. Look out for species like Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Greenbuls, Chubb’s Cisticola, Grey-capped Warbler, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Flycatchers, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Sunbirds, Weavers, among others, tend to present themselves. 

Dinner and overnight at Mahogany Springs Lodge ( Full Board).

After breakfast, we will start looking for opportunities for photographs as we walk along the main trail that used to be a road through the forest to the southern part of Bwindi. Look out for butterfly species like Small Stiped Swordtail, Albatross White, Bright Bush Blue , Pea Blue, Large White-spots Skipper, Friar, Green-Banded Swallowtail, etc. Lunch at the lodge and then later, we could head out again if we so wish.

Look out for bird species like Yellow-throated Greenbul, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, African Blue-flycatcher, White-tailed Blue-flycatcher, a couple of Sunbirds, Bocage’s Bush-shrike, a couple of Weavers, Red-headed Bluebill, Firefinches, Mannikins, Canaries, Seedeaters, and African Golden-breasted Bunting among others tend to feed from. 

Dinner and overnight at Mahogany Springs  ( Full Board).

Second day in Bwindi Impenetrable forest and so same routine, looking for opportunities for photographs as we walk along the main trail that used to be a road through the forest to the southern part of Bwindi.  Lunch at the lodge and then later, we could head out again if we so wish. 

Dinner and overnight at Mahogany Springs ( Full Board).

After breakfast, we start the drive to Rwakobo Rock to break the journey back to Entebbe, looking out for butterfly photography opportunities. 

Dinner and Overnight at Rwakobo Rock ( Full Board).

Breakfast and then start on the return journey back to Entebbe, where you will freshen up, pack your bags, lunch and then transfer to Entebbe International Airport in time for your return flight.