Kigali birding hotspots include; Umusambi Village, Lake Nyarutarama, Nyandungu Eco Park, Bugesera and Nyabarongo wetlands and even hotel gardens and city parks, where a quality selection of Rwanda bird diversity can be ticked
Kidepo Valley National Park located in the north-eastern Uganda is a true African wilderness offering untamed wildlife safaris, cultural experiences, immersive walking safaris, wilderness camping in the midst of extraordinary landscapes.
Mabamba wetlands located west of Entebbe is Uganda’s top birding hotspots offering best chances and convenience to encounter the prehistoric Shoebill. The community-run Mabamba wetlands extends over 100 sq km from the shallow marshy bay on the northern shores of Lake Victoria near Entebbe
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP is Uganda’s premier birding destination offering the best access to the biodiversity rich Albertine Rift. The park’s checklist of over 360 species include up to 24 Albertine Endemics, over 70 high montane forest birds and a quality tropical forest specialists.
Semuliki National Park offers the best lowland forest birding experience on any typical Uganda tour, bringing in a unique diversity…
The Royal Mile at Budongo Forest is undoubtedly Uganda’s best birding trail noted for the rare iron-wood canopy-restricted specialists and a rich Guinea-Congo species list on their Eastern range limit.
Uganda is a top birding hotspot with a checklist of over 1080 bird species which includes the country’s 2 endemic birds; the Fox’s Weaver and Karamoja Apalis. Other top bird highlights include the prehistoric Shoebill, Albertine Endemics, lowland forest bird species, and more.
A Rwanda Birding Tour is a rewarding expereince where you explore a plethora of unique habitats including ancient montane rainforests, extensive wetlands, savanna woodlands and grasslands where a checklist of over 750 bird species occur.
The ancient forests of Nyungwe offers the best montane birding where highlights include 29 species of Albertine Rift Endemics and more high altitude specialists.
Akagera National Park is Rwanda’s top birding destination boasting a checklist of up to 500 species across its varied habitats characterized by wetlands, wooded grasslands, savanna plains and lakes
Here are Tips, Answers and Inspiration about Chimpanzee and Mountain Gorilla trekking expereince in Rwanda, including where to trek, best time, what to expect on a trek, where to stay, how to prepare and cost of permits.