5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour is the best birding safari  which will give you an opportunity 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 Ishasha sector, Maramagambo forest, Kasenyi plains, Mweya peninsular and Kazinga channel where you will be able to see a wide range of bird species including endemic birds, migratory birds including martial eagle, chapins flycatcher, white winged warbler, African broadbill, papyrus gonolek, African skimmer among others.

Highlights of the 5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

Detailed itinerary

Day 1 of the 5 days Queen Elizabeth national park birding tour

Arrival and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park birding tour, depending on your arrival time on the first day of the 5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour our driver guide will pick you up from Entebbe airport, brief you about the safari and then start the journey to Queen Elizabeth national park in western park of Uganda. On the way you will have a stopover at the Equator for photographs and souvenirs and then proceed with another stopover in Mbarara town for lunch. After lunch you will continue the journey to the park with great views of tea plantations, crater lakes, local people, beautiful landscape on the way. Upon arrival you will go for an evening game drive in the park where you will have great views of animals and different bird species such as martial eagles, sacred ibis, common squaco heron, pygmy kingfisher, African mourning dove among others. After the game drive you will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Full day bird watching in Ishasha sector

After breakfast on the second day of the 5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour, you will carry your lunch box and  meet up with your driver guide to transfer to 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, black billed bustard among others and also see some animals grazing in the savannah vegetation.

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 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 eagle, hooded vulture, palm nut vulture, bateleur, lappet faced vulture, long created eagle among others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.

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

Day 4: Full day birding in Maramagambo forest

Full day birding in Maramagambo, after an early breakfast you will carry you 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 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, white naped pigeon among others. You will also have great views of primates like black and white colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, red tailed monkeys among others. After bird watching in Maramagambo forest you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

Day 5: Departure to Kampala

On the last day of the 5 days 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 en-route lunch and continue the journey to Kampala. Upon arrival you will be dropped at Entebbe international airport for your departure flight or drop off at any place of convenience.

End of the 5 Days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife & Birding Tour

5 days Queen Elizabeth tour includes

5 days Queen Elizabeth tour excludes

What to carry for your birding tour in Queen Elizabeth national park