1 Day Mabamba bird watching

Mabamba bird watching

1 Day Mabamba bird watching

Duration

1 Day Days

Pick Up

Entebbe

This Safari is Mainly suitable for those who are really interested in bird watching and those who like to learn more about that are found in East Africa;

Mabamba Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria, northwest of the Entebbe peninsula. It’s one of Uganda’s 33 Important Bird Areas and since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance. Key protected bird species in Mabamba are the shoebill, the blue swallow and the papyrus gonolek. Mabamba Bay is a unique extensive marsh stretching along a narrow bay, fringed with papyrus towards the main body of Lake Victoria.

Price Includes

Transport in a private 4x4 safari vehicle.
Services of a professional birding guide.
Canoe ride through Mabamba Swamp.
Packed lunch and bottled drinking water.

Price Excludes

Accommodation before and after the safari.
International flights.
Visa fees for Uganda.
Tips and gratuities for the guide and boatman.
Personal expenses (e.g., souvenirs, additional snacks, and drinks).

Itinerary

For Mabamba Birding, We shall set off after an early breakfast with a packed lunch and travel to Mabamba Swamp to spot the rare shoebill. The journey takes about an hour by road via Nakawuka-Kasanje. The wetland is home to a variety of bird species and birding will take us a whole day.
A canoe ride through papyrus swamp will take you at the best spot of spotting the Shoebill bird among other rare Africa birds like the Malachite Kingfisher, Swamp Flycatchers, African Purple Swamphen, African Water Rail, Common Moorhen, Lesse Jacana, African Jacana, African Pygime Goose, White faced whistling duck, Squacco heron, Blue reasted Bee eater, African Jacana and Saddle billed Stork among others. We shall return to you’ Hotel in the late afternoon.

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