5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour is the best birding safari, which will allow you to see different bird species in the park because Queen Elizabeth National Park is known for harboring over 600 bird species. During your birding tour, you will be able to explore different areas in the park such as the Ishasha sector, Maramagambo forest, Kasenyi plains, Mweya peninsular and Kazinga channel, where you will be able to see a wide range of bird species,s including endemic birds, migratory birds, and ds including martial eaglchapin’sins flycatcher, white-winged warbler, African broadbill, papyrus gonolek, African skimmer, among others.

Highlights of the 5-Day Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

• Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Bird watching in the Ishasha sector
• Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
• Full-day birding in Maramagambo forest
• Departure to Kampala

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 of the 55-dayQueen Elizabeth National Park birding tour

Day 2: Full-day bird watching in the Ishasha sector

After breakfast on the second day of the 5-Day Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour, you will carry your lunch box and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the Ishasha sector in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park for a full-day bird watching tour. During bird watching, you will be able to view different bird species like bateleur, martial eagle, helmeted guinea fowl, double-toothed barbet, broad-billed roller, and black-billed bustard, among others, and also see some animals grazing in the savannah vegetation.

Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Gama Lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Morning game drive, after an early breakfast on the third day of the 5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour,r your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to go for a morning game drive in Kasenyi plains. During the game drive, you will have great views of animals and birds like brown snake eagles, hooded vultures, palm nut vultures, bateleurs, lappet-faced vulturelong-crestedted eagles, among others. After the game drive,e you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.

Boat cruise, after lunch, ch you will drive to the landing site near the luxury Mweya safari lodge for an interesting boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. During the boat ride, you will have an opportunity to view aquatic bird species likethe swamp nightjar, African mourning dove, black-headed gonolek, yellow-backed weaver, swamp flycatcher, Nubian woodpecker, grey-headed kingfisher, and pygmy kingfisher, among others. You will also view large concentrations of hippos and Nile crocodiles in the water, view elephants, buffaloes, and antelopes along thwater’ser shores. After the boat cruise, you will return to the lodge for an evening of relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Gama Lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Full-day birding in Maramagambo forest

Full-day birding in Maramagambo, after an early breakfast, you will carry your lunch box and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Maramagambo forest, which is located in the western arm of the East African Rift Valley across the Kichwamba escarpment in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Upon arrival, you will be grouped and allocated an experienced bird guide who will lead you into the forest during bird watching. During the birding safari, you will follow different trails where you will be able to view bird species like dark-capped yellow warbler, fawn-breasted waxbill, sulphur-breasted bush shrike, snowy-headed robin chat, Rwenzori turaco, and white-naped pigeon, among others. You will also have great views of primates like black and white colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, and red-tailed monkeys. After bird watching in Maramagamboforests,t you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Gama Lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Departure to Kampala

On the last day of th5-dayys Queen Elizabeth National Park birding tour, you will have a relaxed breakfast. Check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kampala. On the way, you will have an en-route lunch and continue the journey to Kampala. Upon arrival, you will be dropped off at Entebbe International Airport for your departure flight or dropped off at any place of convenience.

Tour includes

• Park entrance fees
• Boat cruise fee
• Birding in the Maramagambo forest and Ishasha sector
• Professional English-speaking driver guide
• All mentioned activities
• Accommodation
• Ground transfers
• Vehicle and fuel
• Bottled water

Tour excludes

• International air flight tickets
• Visas
• Optional activities not included in the itinerary
• Personal Insurance
• Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, and tips, among others.

What to carry for your birding tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park

• Camera
• A pair of binoculars
• A field bag
• A water bottle
• A light jacket
• An insect repellent and sunscreen
• A hat and boot

Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a Local tour operator based in Uganda with its head offices in Entebbe. Moreover, Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a business for a Ugandan native. We specialize in life-changing experiences and sustainable tours and holidays to all East African countries. Also, we are members of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators andare register with the Uganda Tourism Board. We have a good and long working relationship with the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Making it easy to book your gorilla permits and gorilla trekking safari. Safari Vacations and Travel Services is also high in TripAdvisor reviews.

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