3 Days Queen Elizabeth Birding Tour

Queen Elizabeth National Park is most famous not only for guided game drives but also for bird-watching expeditions. With this 3-Day Uganda birding tour, you stand a great chance to identify the park’s diverse bird species in its iconic habitats. The park lies along the Albertine rift valley area overviewing the majestic Rwenzori Mountain ranges in Western Uganda.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to a total of 620 bird species including shoebill storks, pelicans, malachite kingfishers, and a large population of mammals including buffaloes, elephants, hippos, lions, antelopes, and others. The 3 Days Queen Elizabeth birding tour combines game viewing and bird watching, taking 2 nights/3 days.

Brief Itinerary – 3 Days Queen Elizabeth birding tour

• Day 1: Set off for a birding tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Day 2: Birding tour & game viewing
• Day 3: Depart for Kampala

Detailed Itinerary – 3 Days Queen Elizabeth birding tour

Day 1: Set off for a birding tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park

A hefty breakfast at the hotel and after, leave Kampala/Entebbe for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have a memorable road trip setting off via the Masaka-Mbarara-Bushenyi route and includes a stopover visit at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe. You connect to the park after photography and perhaps purchase some souvenirs. Arrive at Queen Elizabeth National Park in the afternoon and have a relaxed stay at the lodge.

Accommodation

• Budget: Simba Camp/Mweya Hostels
• Midrange: Elephant Plains Lodge/Kyambura Game Lodge/Buffalo Safari Lodge
• Luxury: Katara Lodge/Mweya Safari Lodge

Meet the shoebill stork

Day 2: Birding tour & game viewing

Enjoy breakfast and after, you will be picked up at the lodge ready to embark on a combined birding & game drive tour along Kasenyi Plains, the Northern section of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Huge mammal populations will be encountered along this sector including lions, buffaloes, elephants, giant forest hogs, warthogs, leopards (on a lucky day), spotted hyenas, and birds such as sacred ibis, bustards, etc.

Return from the birding and game drive experience, relax and enjoy a leisurely lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon, go for a launch cruise and you will be viewing hippos, crocodiles, and aquatic bird species. The water birds to keep an eye on along the Kazinga channel include African hornbill, kingfishers, saddle-billed stork, sacred ibis, hadada ibis, skimmers, pelicans, and more.

Accommodation

• Budget: Simba Camp/Mweya Hostels
• Midrange: Elephant Plains Lodge/Kyambura Game Lodge/Buffalo Safari Lodge
• Luxury: Katara Lodge/Mweya Safari Lodge

Day 3: Depart for Kampala

After a delicious breakfast, you will leave the lodge for short guided nature walk through Maramagambo Forest. A variety of forest birds will be spotted and some primates, after, setting off for Kampala through the Bushenyi route.

End of the 3 Days Queen Elizabeth Birding Tour

Safari inclusions

• Birding
• Park entrance fees
• Accommodation on a birding tour
• Transportation to & from birding destination
• Bottled drinking water
• Game drive
• Guide/park guide services

Safari exclusions

• Visas
• Laundry services
• Telephone bills
• Optional tourism activities
• Travel Insurance bills
• Bills on beverages or alcoholic drinks
• Airfares
• Extra accommodation
• Tips