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Introduction;
This 18 days, mid range accommodated birding safari will take you through Uganda’s forests, mash swamps, endless Savannah landscapes and throught the most interesting visited places within the country. You will be able to see approximately 1100 bird species that constitutes 50% of the Africa’s bird species and 11% of the world’s bird species count. A significant percentage of the bird species are endemic within Western Uganda, especially in Murchison Falls national park, Bwindi impenetrable forest national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, is excellent as you can often identify over 400 species of birds. You will also be able to trek mountain gorillas and chimpanzees.
Take note:
Note: international flights;
(1) In-bound flight to : Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
(2):Out-bound flight from : Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
COVID 19 RULE And Yellow fever certificate : Every Passenger must come with a vaccination yellow fever certificate and a negative COVID 19PCR test done within 72 hours before arrival to Entebbe International Airport.
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Type of safari: Midrange accommodated safari
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Accommodation level: 3 star midrange accommodation
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Safari duration: 18 days
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Country to visit: Uganda,.
12 days Safari price below :
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Solo, single Traveler pays: $12,239-USDollars
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2 Travelers each pays: $ 8,484-USDollars
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4 to 4 Travelers each pays: $ 7,890USDollars
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4 to7 Travelers each pays: $ 7,555USDollars
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Take note:
Note: international flights;
(1) In-bound flight to : Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
(2):Out-bound flight from : Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
COVID 19 RULE And Yellow fever certificate : Every Passenger must come with a vaccination yellow fever certificate and a negative COVID 19PCR test done within 72 hours before arrival to Entebbe International Airport.
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Type of safari: Midrange Accommodated safari
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Accommodation level: 3 star midrange accommodation
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Safari duration: 12 days
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Country to visit: Uganda,.
12 days Safari price below :
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Solo, single Traveler pays: $4,690-USDollars
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2 Travelers each pays: $ 3,895-USDollars
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4 to 12 Travelers each pays: $ 3465-USDollars
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Note: Single supplement occupancy each person pays: $795- US dollars
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what is single occupancy supplement? Is a traveler who joins a group safari and wish not to share a room with anyone in the group and wants a room for himself or herself. so, he/ she must pay single supplement fee on top of the group safari price.
Safari Highlights
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Botanical gardens Entebbe
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Murchison falls national park
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Budongo forest
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Kibale National park
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Queen Elizabeth national park
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Bwindi Impenetrable national park
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Lake Mburo National park
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Botanical gardens Entebbe
12 days safari price Includes:
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Airport Transfers
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All accommodation mentioned in itinerary
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Safari jeep and fuel
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English speaking Safari birding guide and his allowance
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Meals: as per itinerary
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All Boat rides as mentioned in itinerary
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Equator tour
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All Park entry fees
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Chimpanzee trekking fees
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Gorilla Trekking fees
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Bottled drinking water .
12 days Safari price Excludes:
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Chimpanzee trekking( not included).
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Visa to Uganda
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Personal shopping
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Extra activities
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Tips and gratitudes
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Freshly made Fruit juices, Coffee.
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Alcoholic drinks, Beers, soda, tea.
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Extra meals
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Extra Activities
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Laundry
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Medical insurance
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Travel Insurance
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Inbound flight to Uganda
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Out bound flight from Uganda
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Note: Single supplement occupancy each person pays: $580- (US dollars)
what is single occupancy supplement? Is a traveler who joins a group safari and wish not to share a room with anyone in the group and wants a room for himself or herself. so, he/ she must pay single supplement fee on top of the group safari price.
Safari Highlights
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Jinja tour
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Kampala city tour
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Ndere cultural Entertainment.
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Mabamba Swamp:
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Lake Mburo National Park
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Queen Elizabeth national park.
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Murchison falls national park
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Ziwa rhino sanctuary
12 days safari price Includes:
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Airport Transfers
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All accommodation mentioned in itinerary
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Safari van and fuel
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English speaking Safari guide and his Allowance
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Meals: as per itinerary
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All Boat rides as mentioned in itinerary
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Equator tour
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All Park entry fees
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Rhino trekking .
12 days Safari price Excludes:
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Gorilla Trekking( not included).
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Chimpanzee trekking( not included)
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Visa to Uganda
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Personal shopping
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Extra activities
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Tips and gratitudes
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Freshly made Fruit juices, Coffee.
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Alcoholic drinks, Beers, soda, tea.
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Extra meals
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Extra Activities
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Laundry
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Medical insurance
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Travel Insurance
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Inbound flight to Uganda
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Out bound flight from Uganda
Detailed Itinerary
DAY1: Arrival to Entebbe Airport
Today you will arrive to Entebbe international airport, you will be met, welcomed by xavier safaris guide who will welcome, greet you, after he will drive you to Boma guest house where you will spend the first two nights
Accommodation: Boma guest house
Meals: Dinner only
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Airport pickup.
DAY2: Transfer to Mabamba swamp
This morning after your having hot breakfast your driver guide will take you to Mabamba swamp where you will begin your birding adventure in search for birds on the bucket list like the Shoebill stork, swallows, Great Blue Turaco, Eastern Gray Plantain-eater, African Pied Hornbill, Splendid Glossy Starling, Orange weaver, Slender-billed Weavers, Golden Backed weaver. After lunch we can have optional birding in Entebbe Botanical Gardens, where you will see both forest and swamp water birds. After this activity you return to the guest house for refreshments, lunch or dinner, and a good night sleep.
Accommodation: Boma guest house
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Mabamba Swamp
Day 3: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast, you transfer to Masindi where we shall have lunch. After lunch you will proceed to Murchison falls national park via the top of the falls watching out for the black billed barbet, western nectar, yellow mantled widowbird, Red shouldered Cuckoo shrike, White Headed Barbet, and other savannah special birds include; the White-crested Turaco, Lesser and Greater Honeyguide, Yellow Mantled and Black Winged Bishops, Bronze-tailed Starling, lesser Blue and Great Blue Eared Starlings, Black, Cardinal and Nubian Woodpecker Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding along the drive
Day 4: Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast take a boat trip to the delta area in search for the Shoebill as well other water birds, while at the delta. The great views of this wonderful bird., other birds include; the Red-throated and Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Saddle-billed, Yellow Billed Stork, Hauglins Falcon, Senegal Thick-knee, Rock Pratincole, Giant, Woodland, Grey Headed Kingfishers, Pygmy Kingfishers, also expected mammals include the Cape Buffalo, Elephant, Rothschild’s Giraffe, and many others. After lunch on the after-noon game drive look out for Heuglin’s Francolins Northern Red Faced Barbet, Black Billed Barbet, Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters and Blue-breasted Bee-eaters, Northern Carmine Bee-eaters, the giant. After the Delta birding you will return to the lodge.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding along the drive
Day 4: Murchison Falls – Budongo Kaniyo Pabidi
Today we start early with our picnic lunch and drive through Budongo Kaniyo Pabidi area do birding in the forest, in search for the Puvel’s Illadopsis, after transfer to Pakuba safari lodge for dinner and good night sleep.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Budongo forest
Day 5: Royal Mile and Busingiro
After break fast go birding along the Royal Mile, a truly spectacular road with forest canopy towering far overhead. There is a good system of trails in the forest, birds to look out for include; the Nahan’s Francolin, Forest Flycatcher, Dusy Long Tailed Cuckoo, graceful Cassin’s and Sabine’s Spinetail, Blue-throated Roller, White-thighed Hornbill, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Lemon Bellied Crombec, Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Tit Hylia, Woodland Warbler, Forest Robin, Yellow Billed, Grey Throated, Hairy Breasted and Yellow Spotted Barbet, Black Billed Turaco, Spotted, Plain, Slender Billed, Red Tailed Bristlebill and Black-capped Apalis among others. also Lookout for primates like the Blue, Red Tailed and the black and white Colobus monkey.
Accommodation: Miika Eco Resort Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Royal mile
Day 6: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park.
Leave Hoima town and head to Kibale forest National Park, you will drive, through Hoima town, Kagadi town, Kyenjojo town and Fort Portal town where you will have lunch. Arrive late evening for a nocturnal walk in the Kibale forest lookout for Galagos, Pottos and Bush babies.
Accommodation: Primate lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding along the way.
Day 7: Kibale Forest & Bigodi Swamp
After breakfast, drive to Kibale forest starting point to embark on a morning forest walk in search of chimpanzee. As we trail, we may also encounter others of the 13 primates species in this forest which include among others, Gray Cheeked Mangabeys, Red-tailed Monkey, Olive Baboon, Black and White Colobus, etc. Afternoon take a nature walk in the Bigodi swamp sanctuary; return to the for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Primate lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in kibale forest and Bigodi swamp.
Day 8: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, you will check out of Primate lodge and your driver guide will drive you to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive takes us via the slopes of the Rwenzori block mountain or via the natural crater lakes regions south wards to the rift valley. You will take an afternoon launch boat cruise on Kazinga Channel, a place believed to host the largest concentration of Hippopotamus in Africa. with a spectacular bird viewing opportunity. look out for water birds that roost in between the Edward and George lakes and some migrating species like the Wagtails, African Skimmer, Gulls and Terns.
Accommodation: bush lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in along the way and along Kazinga channel.
Day 9: Queen Elizabeth National Park-Birding.
Today we immensely explore Queen Elizabeth National Park. Birds on this drive are numerous and may include among others the Wahlberg’s, Brown Snake, Short Toed Snake and Martial Eagle, Red-necked Spurfowl, Black-rumped and Common Buttonquails, African Crake, Hollub’s Golden and Lesser Masked Weavers, Black Coucal, Black Lored and Arrow Marked Babbler, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Copper, Scarlet Chested and Red-chested, Broad Tailed and African Moustached Warbler. After lunch you will proceed to Maramagambo Forest.
Accommodation: Bush lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Queen Elizabeth national park and Maramagambo forest.
Day 10: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
After an early breakfast, your driver guide will drive you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest birding enroute though the Ishasha sector which provides chances of viewing the tree climbing lions and other game, lookout for grassland birds including the White Winged Tit, Black Cuckoo, Ovambo Sparrow Hawk, pipits, Larks, African Cuckoo Hawk, e.t.c. Continue to Buhoma Dinner Overnight Mahogany Springs Lodge Buhoma community Camp
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Queen Elizabeth national park and Maramagambo forest.
Day 11: Birding in Buhoma sector Bwindi National Park
After breakfast go out birding looking out for the Black-billed and Rwenzori Turaco, Western Green Tinkerbird, Olive, Elliot’s and Fine-banded Woodpecker, African Green-Broadbill, Mountain, Yellow whiskered and Yellow-streaked Greenbul, African Hill Babbler, Mountain Illadopsis, Grey Cuckoo Shrike Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-throated Apalis, Collared Apalis, Stripe-breasted Tit, Rwenzori Batis, Montane Sooty Boubou, Blue-headed Sunbird, Regal Sunbird. Back to the lodge for Dinner and Overnight
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Bwindi-Buhoma sector.
DAY 12: Gorilla trekking- Buhoma sector
Early this morning today is Gorilla tracking best day ever day! you will have breakfast your/driver guide will drive you to Bwindi-Buhoma gorilla briefing point the same point of your departure with your ranger to search for one of the world’s most interesting and endangered animal, the Mountain Gorilla! You will spend one hour with one of our closest relatives. An experience you will never forget. Trekking takes between 3 – 7 hours or more depending on the location where the gorillas are at that moment.
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Gorilla trekking.
Day 13: Birding En-route to Ruhija
After breakfast then transfer to Ruhija while birding enroute. Some of the bird spp we expect to encounter include the Western Bronze Naped Pigoen, White Starred Robin, Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher, Grey-Green Bush-Shrike, Black Faced Rufous Warbler, Mountain Wagtail, Tropical Boubou, Mountain Buzzard and Barred and Dusky Long Tailed Cuckoo, White Headed Wood Hopoe, Ayre’s Hawk Eagle, Ludhur’s and Lagden’s Bush-Shrike, Chestnut Throated Apalis, White Eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Stripe Breasted Tit, Augar Buzzard Streaky Seed-Eater and many more. Dinner and over night stay.at Gorilla Mist Camp / Trekker’s tuban
Accommodation: Kiho gorilla safari lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding through Ruhija.
Day 14: Whole day Birding to Mubwindi Swamp
After breakfast we go for a whole day birding in Mubwindi swamp. Mubwindi swamp is ranked as Africa’s No.1 birding spot by the African Bird Club. This is the birding spot where we find the Grauer’s Rush Warbler, African Green Broadbill and most Albertine Rift Endemics which include the Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Handsome Francolin, Blue Headed Sunbird, Purple Breasted Sunbird Blue Throated Brown Sunbird, Red Throated Alethe, Mountain Illadopsis, Collard and Mountain Masked Apalis, Blue Throated Sunbird, Yellow Eyed Black Flycatcher etc. and other high altitude bird we may see include; the White Tailed Crested Flycatcher, Stripe Breasted Tit, Abyssinian Hill Babbler, Bar Tailed and Narina Tragon, and other. late evening return to the lodge for dinner and over night stay.
Accommodation: Kiho gorilla safari lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Mubwindi Swamp
Day 15: Birding in Lake Mburo national park,
Today after breakfast check out of Kiho gorilla safari lodge and transfer to lake Mburo national park birding along the way using the Kabala route we shall stop at different interesting spots. Have a lunch stop over at Igongo Cultural center, after lunch proceed to Lake Mburo. While in Lake Mburo national park look out for mammals like the Eland, Topi, Zebra, Impala etc, In the evening go for a boat ride along lake Mburo where we hardly miss the African Finfoot, Giant Kingfisher. White Backed and Black Crowned Night Heron, At night we shall go for night drive is such for the Black Shouldered Nightjar, Fiery Necked Nightjar, nocturnal mammals like Bush Babies.
Accommodation: Kiho gorilla safari lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding along the drive and at Lake Mburo national park
Day 16: Morning birding, Transfer to Entebbe
Early start of the day after breakfast with our picnic lunch go for a safari nature walk guided by a ranger in search for special savannah birds like the Green Capped Eremomel, Green wood hopoe, Yellow Bellied Apalis, red headed weever, Blue cheeked bee-eater, Tabora Cisticola, Lesser masked weever, Green Backed Woodpecker, sulphur breasted bush-shrike, Red Faced Barbet, Buff Bellied Warbler, Red Headed Weaver, afternoon transfer to Rubango Forest in search for special forest birds. After this your driver guide will drive you to Entebbe.
Accommodation: Boma guest house
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Lake Mburo national park
Day 17: morning birding in Botanical gardens Entebbe.
This early morning you will have hot breakfast and later your driver guide will drive you to the botanical gardens located in entebbe to search for birds like Pink-backed Pelican, Yellow-billed Stork, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Yellow White-eye, Purple-banded Sunbird, African Jacana, Lesser Jacana, Yellow-billed Duck, Glossy Ibis. After the birding activity you will return to the guest house to relax by the swimming pool and treat your self to some cold refreshments
Accommodation: Boma guest house
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Birding in Botanical gardens
DAY18: Flight back home
This morning you will wake up depending on your departure flight time, have breakfast, checkout of the guest house and your driver guide will be at the guest house waiting to drive you to the airport to catch your flight back home. Note; kindly make sure you have paid all your bills before checking out of the guest house. Thank you for choosing and traveling with Xavier safaris
Accommodation: Flight back home
Meals: Breakfast
Drinks: bottled drinking water
Activity: Airport transfer
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