Tour Itinerary: Day 1: Arrival for Murchison Falls National Park and Budongo Forest Birding Tour Avian Safari's bird guide will pick you from the airport to your hotel, depending on the time of arrival, we bird Entebbe botanical gardens. Overnight at Laico Lake Victoria Hotel | Entebbe Traveller's Inn Day 2: Uganda Bird watching Tour to Murchison Falls National Park After breakfast, we bird to Uganda’s largest National Park. We stop in Masindi for lunch then proceed to the top of the spectacular falls. Overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge | Red Chilli Rest camp Day 3: Whole day Birding on a Game drive - Bird Uganda Tour We have an early morning breakfast then go birding on a game drive, we take the best trucks and to the delta, we bird. We carry packed lunch with us so we will waste no moment if we are to see a bigger number of savanna birds along with other wildlife. Among the many species you should expect include; The Secretary Bird, The Giant, Pied, Malachite, Stripped, Chestnut-bellied, Blue-breasted, Woodland and the African Pygmy Kingfishers, House Martin, African Rock Martin, Lesser Stripped Swallow, Ethiopian Swallow, Angola Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Rufous-chested Swallow, Nightingale, Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, Common Redstart, White-fronted Black Chat, Sooty Chat, Isabelline Wheatear, Common Bulbul, Cameroon Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-throated Greenbul, the Black, White-breasted, and Red-shouldered Cuckoo Shrikes, the Black and Penduline Tits, the Arrow-marked, Black-lored and Brown Babblers, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Black Scimitarbill, Green Wood Hoopoe, a number of Buzzards, Barbets, Rollers, Harriers, Vultures, Eagles, Bee-eaters, Warblers, and so forth. Overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge | Red Chilli Rest Camp Day 4: Nature Walk and Launch Cruise birding Safari in Uganda Wake up early, bird on foot with a game ranger for the early and late morning active birds. We get back to the hotel for lunch then take a launchcruise to the bottom of the falls. Here, your list should include; The Shoebill Stork, Little Grebe, Great White and the Pink-backed Pelicans, Red-knobbed Coot, African Water Rail, Allen’s Gallinule, Black Crake, African Crake, Black-crowned Crane, Southern Pochard, The Egyptian, African Pygmy, and the Spur-winged Gooses, Storks like; the Saddle-billed, Open-billed, Abdim’s, White, Yellow-billed, Marabou, and the Woolly-necked, the Little and Dwarf Bitterns, Night Heron, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Purple Heron, Green Backed Heron, Common Squacco Heron, Great White Egret, Cormorants, the African and Eurasian Spoonbills, the Lesser Flamingo, Lesser Jacana, African Finfoot, Painted Snipe, Wattled Plover the list is very long. Overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge | Red Chilli Rest camp (FB) Day 5: Game drive and Transfer to Budongo Forest - Uganda Birding Safari Day 6: Uganda Birding Tour in Budongo Forest Reserve Here is a Prolific Birdlife with two species not found elsewhere in East Africa: 10 of the 22 species of the Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome and 93 of the 144 species Guinea–Congo Forests biome that occur in Uganda have been recorded at this site. Rare species to catch here will include the Puvel’s Illadopsis, Nahan’s Francolin, and the Chocolate–Backed Kingfisher, White-headed Saw-wing, White Wagtail, Black-eared Ground-Thrush, Little Crake, Yellow-billed Barbet, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Chin-spot Batis, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Lemon-bellied Crombec, African Moustached Warbler, Green-backed Eremomela, Yellow-throated Greenbul, African Citril, African Golden-breasted Bunting, Black-crowned Waxbill, Bronze Mannikin, Black-billed Bluebill, Black-winged Red Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Spectacled Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver, Compact Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Red-headed Weaver, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Purple Starling, Purple-headed Starling, Splendid Starling, Northern Puffback, Black-headed Gonolek, Tropical Boubou, Isabelline Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Western Violet-backed Sunbird and many more. Overnight at Masindi Hotel | New Court View Hotel Day 7: Birding to Entebbe - Bird Watching Tour Uganda We bird whole way to Entebbed for the last night on your Uganda bird watching tour. Overnight at Laico Lake Victoria Hotel | Entebbe Traveller's Inn Day 8: Departure - End or Murchison Falls National Park and Budongo Forest birding Tour Notes: Please note: The given prices are based on shared occupancy in standard accommodation. 
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