Your 3 day Uganda birding safari you allows you an opportunity chance to visit Lake Mburo National Park -famously known as the smallest beautiful safari park in Uganda close to Kampala Capital City. This park is among the perfect top sites to visit for birding safaris in Uganda. This tour offers you a double safari experience since you as well as encounter lots of intriguing wildlife species. Lake Mburo National Park is fabulous jungle that favors the survival of many colorful bird species. It is paramount to note that birding in this park is done on the wetland region, Rolling Hills, on the shores of Lake Mburo, Acacia tree among other areas. The park is a great host to over 313 different birdlife species recorded in the above areas of the park. Here below we take you through the 3 days Uganda birding safari in case you are a bird lover planning to explore Uganda this season;
Safari Highlight
- Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
- Full board accommodation
- Best for Small groups of about 6 people
- Sole travelers can join as well
- The Safari can start any day
- Age Limit of 5 years and above.
- The safari can be customized to fit in other activities.
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
After your early breakfast, meet and greet with your driver guide and join a transfer journey to Lake Mburo National Park. Expect a wonderful stop over at the Uganda Equator which is the first attraction close to the park. This points acts as your beginning spot point of this Savannah birding safari experience. As you enjoy taking photos and stretch little bit. Here you have a chance to spot some birds like the Willy-Necked Stork, Ruffaous Bellied Heron, Lilac breasted Roller among others. Upon reaching the park, check in at your lodge in the park for lunch, dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation option: Rwakobo Rock or Lake Mburo Safari Lodge
Day 2: Bird experience in Lake Mburo national Park
On this day, wake up early morning, get ready with your packed breakfast and join your booked ranger guide for a walking safari through the park. This takes you through different birding trails that exposes you to diversity of birdlife in the park. After the magical experiences, return to the lodge for a late hot breakfast plus a short nap. In the noon, head out for a game drive safari that gives you more chances of more beautiful bird species that you could have missed out on a guided walk in the morning. After the unbeatable birding experience, return to the lodge to enjoy lunch. You take a short relax and join a breath taking boat cruise on Lake Mburo sight more bird species.
On your birding episodes in the various areas, you spot different colorful bird species like Black Shouldered, Green capped Eremomera, Giant Kingfisher, Coqui Francolin, Red Faced Barbet, the Lesser Blue Eared Starling, Red Billed wood Hope,bare faced Go-away bird, Black Crown Night Herons among others. After this full day birding experience in the magical Lake Mburo National Park take a drive back to the lodge for dinner and sleep overnight stay.
Day 3: Morning game drive and Departure back to Kampala
On this day, take the pleasure to delight in a leisure breakfast at the lodge, have a late check out, and then finally join another drive through the park which allows you more chances for the birding watching adventures as you head out of the park. At this hour of the day, expect to encounter the Papyrus gonolek birdlife species. Enjoying lunch enroute on your way back to Kampala, you arrival in the late afternoon, your drive takes you at your hotel of residence in Kampala or at Entebbe international Airport to catch up with your scheduled Flight back home
End of the Safari
