Birding in Queen and Bwindi NP 7 Days
- Bird watching tour
- Launch cruise
- Wildlife tour
- Gorilla tracking
Day 1: Drive To Queen Elizabeth national park
Have breakfast to drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. The journey will take you half a day to reach in the afternoon and bird around the Mweya Peninsula and the crater region in the afternoon. This afternoon bird search will reward you with birds like croaking Cisticola, Marsh Tchagra, migrant harriers such as Pallid and Montagu’s and many others. It will also reward you with game like monkeys, warthogs, bushpigs and many more. Overnight at Mweya safari lodge.
Day 2: Birding Tour, Launch Cruise
Go for a very early morning search for birds to drive towards Lake Kikorongo and the Kasenyi track in the park. These areas will reward you with game like Common Squacco Heron, Glossy and sacred Ibises, eagles and many more. Retire to the lodge for late breakfast and lunch. After lunch go for a launch cruise on the Kazinga channel to explore the resident and migrant birds. Expect birds like the African morning dove, Mongolian plovers, Eurasian Honey Buzzard, Common Teal and Winged Plover and many more. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 3: Drive To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Drive through the Ishasha sector to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. While traveling you should look through the wind for game especially tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector. You will reach in the afternoon to bird at the entrance of Buhoma camp area. Overnight Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Bandas.
Day 4 & 5& 6: Bwindi Birding Tour
You will bird for three days in Bwindi, you will first walk along the waterfall trail. This will reward you with birds like white bellied Robin-chat, Kivu ground thrush, and slender billed starling. The next day you will bird along the short trail to Mubwindi swamp to watch out for birds like the African Green broad bill, Montane Oriole, Turacos and many others. On the sixth day you will bird along the long trail to Mubwindi swamp and the afternoon along Ruhija. Dinner and overnight at Institute of tropical forest conservation (ITFC)/ Gorilla forest camp/ Buhoma community Bandas.
Day 7: Drive Back To Kampala
Have breakfast to drive back to Kampala. You will have lunch enroute and proceed to reach in the afternoon. Overnight at hotel Africana/ Sheraton Hotel.
End this Safari