4 DAYS Queen Elizabeth National Park Birds Watching & Wildlife Tour

Birds & Wildlife Tour Of Queen Elizabeth National Park 

Overview

Spanning the equator is the vast Queen Elizabeth National Park which boasts an impressive Crater Lake scenery, expansive grasslands, papyrus swamps, tropical forests, huge herds of elephants and Buffalo, Lions, Leopards, and a diverse array of birds. The park contains Uganda’s best game populations (95 mammal species) as well as some of Uganda’s best bird watching, an incredible bird list of 610 species, and an overwhelming record of 296 species in a single day, the highest in Africa!

The boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, which links Lakes George and Edward, is one of the most productive birding excursions on the planet. Depending on the time of arrival, some late afternoon birding might produce; African Morning Dove, Grey-Headed Kingfisher, Black-headed Gonolek, Slender-billed, Yellow-Backed and Lesser-Masked Weavers, Pin-tailed Whydah, and Black-Winged Pratincole. We will spend 3 nights in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Queen Elizabeth supports an impressive range of habitats; its five basic habitat types (forest, grassland, bushy grassland, acacia woodland, and lakeshore/swamp vegetation types) further embrace at least 57 microhabitats, which is reflected in the park’s diversity of birds and mammals.

Day 1: Arrival for the tour – Uganda.
Upon arrival, you will be met by one of our representatives and travel westwards through Uganda’s beautiful green countryside to the Queen Elizabeth National park.  The journey will take 6-7 hours with stopovers at areas of tourist attraction such as the Royal Drum makers’ village and the Equator for an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time. You will continue through the savannah grasslands with lots of banana plantations and several herds of local long-horned Ankole cattle endemic to this part of the country. You will get to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the evening. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge reserved for you.

• Luxury Lodge: Mweya Safari Lodge: Katara Lodge/ Jacana Lodge 
• Mid-range moderate: Bush Lodge (in rooms) / Simba Safari Camp in rooms/ Buffalo Safari Resort/ Enganzi Lodge/ Ihamba Safari Lodge
• Budget facility: Kazinga Channel View Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp in tents/ Bush Lodge in tents  
• Meal Plan: Dinner.

Day 2: Bird watching safari to Ishasha and Kyambura Gorge.
On this day, we have a whole day game and bird watching drive to the Ishasha sector and Kyambura Gorge. You have chances of seeing; the Harlequin and Blue Quails, Small (Common) Buttonquail, African Crake, White-winged Warbler, Martial Eagle, African Skimmer, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Papyrus Gonolek, Amur Falcon, Ovampo Sparrowhawk, Lowland Akalat, Greater and Lesser Flamingo, Black Bee-eater, Caruthers’s Cisticola, Terek Sandpiper, Secretary Bird, and Temminck’s Courser. Mammals found here include African Elephant, Spotted Hyena, Leopard, Lion, Ugandan Kobs, Side-striped Jackal, Baboons, Chimpanzees, Bush and Water Bucks, Warthogs, Giant Forest Hogs, to mention but a few.

• Luxury Lodge: Mweya Safari Lodge: Katara Lodge/ Jacana Lodge   
• Mid-range moderate: Bush Lodge (in rooms) / Simba Safari Camp in rooms/ Buffalo Safari Resort/ Enganzi Lodge/ Ihamba Safari Lodge
• Budget facility: Kazinga Channel View Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp in tents/ Bush Lodge in tents  
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Bird watching safari to Kasenyi Trail and Imaramagambo Forest.
On this day we spend the morning on a game drive to the Kasenyi Trail. We shall carry packed lunch. Later in the afternoon, we drive to Imaramagambo Forest. Specialties here include; the Yellow-bellied and Jameson’s Wattle-eyes, Black Bee-eater, White-Tailed and Red-Tailed Ant-Thrush, Brown and Grey-chested Illadopsis, Shinning Blue Kingfisher, Brown-Eared Woodpeckers, Narina Trogon, Least Honeyguide, Grey Greenbul, and Brown-Chested Alethe. The trail through the forest leads past a bat cave, which is rather impressive, and if we are lucky we may come across a Python that lives in the cave and feasts on the bats.

• Luxury Lodge: Mweya Safari Lodge: Katara Lodge/ Jacana Lodge 
• Mid-range moderate: Bush Lodge (in rooms) / Simba Safari Camp in rooms/ Buffalo Safari Resort/ Enganzi Lodge/ Ihamba Safari Lodge
• Budget facility: Kazinga Channel View Lodge/ Simba Safari Camp in tents/ Bush Lodge in tents  
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Bird watching safari to Kazinga channel, Uganda.
After breakfast, we shall take a boat trip bird watching along the supernatural Kazinga Channel till late morning. Kazinga Channel links Lakes George and Edward and is one of the most productive birding excursions on the planet. During the launch cruise, we expect to meet congregations of African Skimmers, Striated Heron, African Spoonbill, African Crake, Water Thick-knee, Three-banded Plover, Marsh Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey-headed Gull, Plain Martin, Lesser Swamp-Warbler, Collard Pranticoles, Yellow-billed Ox-pecker, and many others. Lunch at the Lodge and afternoon transfer to Kampala for either your flight or overnight at your lodge of booking.

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