Birding in Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve – Uganda Birding Hotspots
Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve is an exciting birding hotspot lying along the Eastern Uganda Birding Circuit known for its habitat…
Uganda’s birding hotspots include Africa’s top bird-rich habitats that converge here and these include, rainforests, extensive wetlands, lowland forests, wooded grasslands and woodlands.
Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve is an exciting birding hotspot lying along the Eastern Uganda Birding Circuit known for its habitat…
Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Uganda include; Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Mabamba Wetlands, Mabira Forest, Budongo Forest, Kibale Forest Semuliki National Park, Murchison Falls NP, Kidepo Valley NP,
Named after its oversized shoe-like bill, the Shoebill is a prehistoric species native to secluded mashes around Lake Victoria and…
Queen Elizabeth National Park located in the western Uganda is a premier birding hotspot supporting a rich diversity of habitats…
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda’s smallest national park set along the south-west tip of the country covering an area…
Covering an area of 300sqkm, Mabira Forest Reserve is the largest block of moist semi-deciduous forest in central Uganda, located…
Kidepo Valley NP boasts a checklist of over 480 bird species ranking it one of the best birding hotspot in Uganda. The park lies mostly within the Somali – Masai habitat, an Important Bird Area known for good collection of dry country species reaching at kidepo on their western arnge limit.
Entebbe Botanical Gardens established in 1898 lie along the shores of Lake Victoria and offer activities including Birdwatching, Nature Walks, cycling and picnic retreats.
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.
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