8 Days Uganda Birding Tour - Murchison Falls & Budongo Forest

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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest National Park
- Have an amazing Birding to Lake Mburo National Park sighting a variety of mammals like, Warthogs, Zebras, Eland, Uganda Kob, Bush buck and many others.
- Discover Entebbe, Uganda birding tour.
- Visiting Mabamba Swamp the home of the Shoebill in Uganda.
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Trip includes
- Park entrance
- Ground transport per 4WD custom made for safari
- Birding fees
- Boat trips
- Bottled water in the safari vehicle
- Full board accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide
- Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
- All mentioned activities except for the optional ones
Itinerary

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by Kagera Safari's staff and transferred to your hotel in Kampala. Cassia Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Murchison River Lodge
After breakfast, we bird our way to Uganda’s largest National Park – Murchison falls national park. The drive takes about 4 hours but because of birding enroute, we will arrive later...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Murchison River Lodge
After an early breakfast with packed lunch we leave for an amazing birding day. We will be searching for; Secretary Bird, Sooty Chat,Giant, Pied, Malachite, Stripped, Chestnut-bellie...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Murchison River Lodge
Another day birding to hopefully catch up with the missed species from the previous day. After lunch we take a launchcruise to the bottom of the falls. While on the boat, look out fo...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Masindi Hotel
We bird the park one last time before we starting journey to Budongo forest in search of some of the forest species we could have missed in Murchison.
In Budongo, we bird the “Royal Mile”which has great birding opportunities. The bird species to look out for include; the Puvel’s Illadopsis,African Moustached Warbler,the Chocolate–Backed Kingfisher , White Wagtail, Greater Blue-eared Starling,Black-eared Ground-Thrus...
We bird on our to Entebbe town arriving later that evening for overnight. Refresh and rest for your flight back home. The Boma
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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What's excluded
- Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- Tips to porters and driver/ guide
- Insurance
Accommodation
is based on twin bed rooms or tents with private bathrooms where possible. Single rooms may be available with the payment of a supplement fee but cannot always be guaranteed. Some facilities have double beds available upon request.
Kagera Safaris reserves the right to substitute equivalent or superior hotels. If a hotel of equivalent standard is not available Kagera Safaris may substitute the next best quality hotel or suggest a superior at an extra charge.
Transportation & Flights
Transportation & flights
All cancellation requests must be made in writing and shall be effective on the date of receipt by Kagera Safaris. Refunds on all prepaid money will be based on cancellation fees levied by the hotel, lodges and the banks. Generally a 50% charge on cancellations with 14-35 days, 75% charge with 2-24 days, and no refund for cancellations of forty-eight hours or less. We reserve the right to deduct all the expenses incurred from any money paid.
While every effort will be made by Kagera Safaris to ensure all bookings and arrangements are completed to the client’s full satisfaction, Kagera Safaris cannot accept liability for any injury, damage or delay caused directly by hotels, restaurants, transport carriers or any other service agency or company with whom bookings have been made.
6 Breakfass, 6 Lunches and 6 Dinners
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