Africa offers some of the best birding safaris in the world. Birds are an integral part of the African landscape. Even on an ordinary safari, you can expect to see colorful bee-eaters and rollers, proud eagles and ostriches. Because it’s dominated by open savannah rather than dense rainforest, Africa tops the list for seeing a large number of species in the course of an ordinary holiday. Many leading African safari destinations boast a checklist of more than 500 bird species. These include Serengeti National Park (Tanzania), Kruger National Park (South Africa) and Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda). If you’ve been bitten by the birding bug, a specialist guided safari will maximize your sighting opportunities.
Uganda is a home to over 1057 bird species and counts to over 50% of Africa’s bird count and 11% of world’s bird count which spreads to different various tourist destination which includes national parks, swamps, lakes, rivers, forests and many other areas. There a number of popular African bird species in Uganda which include ostrich’s bird of kidepo valley national park, marabou stork that commonly spotted on lake shores and in the city towns of Uganda mostly in Kampala, short tailed wabler, kingfishers,pigeons,Egyptian geese, grey crowned crane known as Uganda bird great blue turaco , elusive shoebill stork among others
Be part of our guided birding safaris and explore the best of Uganda, best birding spots with big number of birdlife like queen Elizabeth national park with over 600 bird species, Murchison falls national with 455 bird species , Semuliki national park with 450 species and known as the true birders heaven. And away of your adventure birding trip with African skimmer tours add wildlife viewing, primate watching, gorilla tracking, boat rides and cultural encounters. Other popular birding spots include the Mabamba swamp on shores of Lake Victoria, Royal mile in Budongo forest, Ruhija sector of Bwindi impenetrable national park.
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