4 Days Birding in Murchison Falls National Park

This is a 4 days birding safari in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda's largest national park.

TRIP ITINERARY

Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Today after breakfast in your Kampala hotel, drive along the Kampala - Gulu highway. With the help of your knowledgeable safari go birding enroute to the park. Possible sightings may include: Cliff Chat, Yellow-fronted Tinker bird, Grey headed Bush Shrike, Singing Cisticola, African Moustached Warbler, Namaqua Dove, Green-winged Pytilia, Red-backed Shrike, Crested and Scaly Francolin, Grey-headed Bush Shrike, Northern and Black-winged Red Bishops, Black Bellied Fire finch, Black-faced Waxbill and Marsh Tchagra. Dinner and overnight stay at Red Chill Camp/ Sambiya River Lodge /Paraa Safari Lodge.

Day 2: Birding on the northern banks and Launch trip to the bottom of the Falls
After an early breakfast, you will go for the game drive to the delta. Possible sightings may include silver bird, beautiful sunbird, speckle-fronted and golden-backed weavers, white crested Turaco, Bruce’s green pigeon, chestnut-crowned sparrow weaver, pennant-winged night jars, white-rumped seed eater, Buff-bellied warbler, yellow-flanked barbet and black billed barbet, bar-breasted fire finch, red-winged grey warbler and spotted morning-thrush. Looking out for the Shoebill Stork along the Delta is many a times rewarding. Abyssinian and Ruffaus crowned roller, Abyssinian  ground hornbill, grey headed and striped kingfisher, red-throated and northern carmine bee-eater, goliath heron, saddle-billed stork, sacred ibis, fulvous and white faced whistling-duck, Senegal thick-knee, water and spotted thick-knee, black-headed lapwing, long-toed lapwing, little bittern, osprey, red-necked falcon, blue-breasted bee-eater, Vinaceous dove may also be seen. In the afternoon, go for the launch cruise to the Bottom of the falls to search for waders and other marine birds on the water banks. Dinner and overnight stay at Red Chill Camp/ Sambiya River Lodge /Paraa Safari Lodge.

Day 3: Birding in Budongo and Kaniyo Pabidi
This morning after an early breakfast, you will bird through Budongo Forest at Kaniyo Pabidi. Equipped with your picnic lunch have opportunities to view forest birds. Birding in this forest offers views of birds like African broadbill, the Puvell’s illadopsis, Xavier’s and Icterine little greenbul, slender-billed greenbul, Cameroon somber greenbul, forest robin, African and red bellied paradise flycatcher, African emerald cuckoo, hairy-breasted barbet, dusky long-tailed cuckoo, red-tailed ant-thrush, fire crested alethe, yellow and grey long bills, blue-throated roller, chocolate backed and blue breasted kingfisher, on the road bird species like the whistling Cisticola, black bishop, red-headed and red-billed quelleas, magpie manikin, yellow-billed shrike, pigmy sunbird, African harrier hawk, olive-bellied sunbird, chestnut wattle-eye, brown-eared woodpecker. After the birding, drive back to Red Chill Camp/ Sambiya River Lodge /Paraa Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Birding at the Top of the Falls
Hike to the top of the falls after enjoying a hearty breakfast. You will get to see where the mighty river Nile squeezes its self into a 7 meter gorge – a breathtaking scene! Return to Kampala having a lunch stop over enroute.

END OF THE SAFARI