Uganda birdwatching tours offer a rewarding birding experiences as you explore the countries’ rich varied habitats that host over 1080 species checklist including the Shoebill and more.
Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary near Kibale Forest offers excellent activities including; primates watching tours to encounter over 8 species, birding walks and community experiences where you engage in demonstrative coffee expereince, banana gin process…
Lutembe Bay is a Ramsar Site and an Important Bird Area that supports a diversity of over 110 checklist of species that include large congregations of Palearctic Migrants, Lake Victoria Biome species and resident waders.
The extensive Mabamba wetlands are a popular birding hotspot noted for reliable chances to encounter the pre-historic and rare Shoebill along other papyrus restricted bird species.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP with a checklist of over 360 species is Uganda’s premier birding destination offering the best access to the biodiversity rich Albertine Rift. Highlights here include up to 24 Albertine Endemic, 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.
With a checklist of over 1080 species Uganda is a top birding destination. This diversity of birds include the rare Shoebill, regional endemics and habitat specialists.
Uganda’s Top Birding Hotspots include Bwindi Impenetrable Forest known for Albertine Rift Endemics, Mabamba Wetlands known for Shoebill, Kibale Forest, Semliki National Park, Murchison Falls NP, Queen Elizabeth NP, Kidepo Valley NP and more.
Uganda’s birding circuits combine a diversity of bird-rich habitats characterized by montane rainforests, extensive marshes and wetlands, wooded grasslands where a checklist of over 1080 species occur. Bird highlights include; the prehistoric Shoebill, Uganda’s Endemics, Albertine Endemics and more.
Often referred to as a “whale head”, the prehistoric Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) is a major highlight and a must-see to…
Birding in Uganda is a rewarding expereince, unmatched on the continent due to the country’s geographic location at the confluence…