Great sightings on birdwatching at Murchison falls national park safari
Birdwatching at Murchison falls safari package overview
Ultimate birdwatching tour with over 450 recorded bird species at Murchison water falls national park combined with chimpanzee trekking. You’ll continue with birdwatching while rhino tracking in Ziwa rhino sanctuary also making it a complete Africa’s big 5 game safari. Birdwatching at Murchison falls experience also features shoebills sightings, pelicans, kingfishers, African fish & bald eagles, sun birds, storks, horn bills, papyrus & riverine bird species among others. A visit to Mabamba swamp at the lake Victoria shores still tracking shoebills.
Arrival and departure: Entebbe
- Day 1- Murchison, birding and boat cruise
- Day 2- Murchison, birding and trek to top falls
- Day 3- Murchison, birding and chimpanzee tracking
- Day 4- Ziwa sanctuary birding and rhino tracking
- Day 5- mabamba & botanical, birding
- Day 6- l. Victoria shores departure
Detailed Birdwatching at Murchison falls itinerary
On arrival, you will head out to Murchison falls national park a destination with vast grasslands, palms, acacia trees, swamps, savannah and its remarkable wild game with over 450 recorded resident bird species such as; the Abyssinian ground hornbill, Denham’s bustard, long-tailed nightjar, black-headed lapwing, long-toed lapwing, black-billed barbet, Senegal thick-knee, yellow-fronted tinker bird, rock pratincole, speckle-fronted weaver, white-browed sparrow, eastern plantain-eater, African grey woodpecker, red throated bee-eater, grey-headed kingfisher, swamp flycatcher, standard-winged nightjar, giant kingfisher, Silverbird, blue-headed Coucal, black-headed gonelek among other hundreds of species making it one of the best birding destinations in Africa. You will have more glance at the park’s forest species while doing chimpanzee tracking in the forested section of the park.
Nile river boat cruises & water falls
Murchison falls game park has the strongest water falls in the world and also the highest number of rothschild’s giraffes in the world, along with numerous elephant herds, lion prides, waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, antelopes, crocodiles, leopards etc. Following a hot lunch, you will then head to the banks of the river Nile for a boat cruise towards the face of the Murchison falls.
While on the boat cruise, you will have more sceneries of various water birds like the shoebills, raptors, geese among others, hippos and a great number of huge nile crocodiles and many more mammals that approach the river banks to quench their thirst like buffaloes, elephants and the scenes are endless. You will also have a boat cruise to the Nile delta as it flows back to the albertine peninsular, an experience that obviously unmatchable as you watch the waters of the river Nile anchor the wild species on this birdwatching at Murchison falls safari.
Accommodation: Paraa safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
You will start off with a walking safaris at Ziwa rhino sanctuary watching out for birds and rhinos towards the swamp areas. Ziwa rhino game park has over 300 bird species of forest, woodland and swamp residence including the shoebill thus you will be granted another chance to see this spectacular bird. Having started with only 6 rhinos in 2006, today Ziwa rhino sanctuary has more than 48 white southern rhinos, rothschild’s giraffes, kobs, leopards, swamps with papyrus endemics like the shoebill, African wild cats, warthogs, reptiles among other species. Moreover, Ziwa rhino sanctuary not having big predators allows you to easily make nature walks to come to nearby engagement with the park’s wild game.
Accommodation: Imperial resort hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 5 Mabamba shoebills swamp & Entebbe botanical gardens
Early in the morning after breakfast, you will set out to the mabamba swamp which is also a Ramsar site to see the endangered shoebills. Mabamba swamp tour for shoebill tracking and birdwatching still on the Murchison falls safari package will come with an opportunity to watch many other swamp/ papyrus endemics bird species. Following the shoebill tracking, you will head to the botanical gardens still along the shores of the lake for a walking tour. Botanical gardens are also common for biking/ cycling safari, monkey feeding, birding safari and 500 plant species including both foreign and indigenous. Later in the evening a nightlife experience in Kampala or around the shores of Lake Victoria will be ready to get you relaxing.
Accommodation: Imperial royale hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 6 Lake Victoria shores & Departure
Your last day of the trip will find you at the shores of Lake Victoria; Africa’s largest lake for a rest as you chill in the cool lake breeze, scenic endless water horizons and numerous green islands and swampy shores that can also be visited by boat cruises, speed boats or canoes. These harbor numerous bird species with kingfisher being common and almost visible all over, Egyptian geese, water ducks, eagles, kites, marabou storks, white egrets and these shores become more interesting in the period June to September when hundreds of immigrant bird species from Europe fly in to settle at the shores of this lake. The length of your Lake Victoria shores tour along these shores will depend on your departure time.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- Park entrance fees
- All activities in the itinerary
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Government taxes
- Driver & guide
- Airport transfer
- Bottled drinking water
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor
- Tipping & gratitude
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Anything not mentioned
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