1 Day Birding Tour for Shoebill at Mabamba Swamp

Mabamba Swamp Wetland

Tour Type

Duration

1 day

Mabamba Swamp is located on the fringes of Lake Victoria, looking for many of the Victoria specials, including White-winged Warbler, Carruther’s Cisticola and Papyrus Gonolek.  This is the nearest site for the Shoebill, Lesser Jacana, Blue Swallow, Black-Shouldered Nightjar, Afep Pigeon, Blue Breasted Bee-Eater, Papyrus Gonolek, and White Winged Warbler. Mabamba Swamp is located on the fringes of Lake Victoria. We shall look for many of the Victoria specials, including White-winged Warbler, Carruther’s Cisticola and Papyrus Gonolek. Other wetland birds abound and we will keep our eyes spotting Swamp Flycatcher, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, herons, egrets, ducks, plovers, gulls, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers and perhaps the greatest prize of all, the incredible Shoebill, which is seen here from time to time

 

Your birding tour in Uganda  will facilitated by your guide, who  will pick you in Kampala  and  will drive southwards to Mabamba Swamp Wetland.

This is the nearest site for the Shoebill, Lesser Jacana, Blue Swallow, Black-Shouldered Nightjar, Afep Pigeon, Blue Breasted Bee-Eater, Papyrus Gonolek, and White Winged Warbler. Mabamba Swamp is located on the fringes of Lake Victoria.

We shall look for many of the Victoria specials, including White-winged Warbler, Carruther’s Cisticola and Papyrus Gonolek.

Other wetland birds abound and we will keep our eyes spotting Swamp Flycatcher, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, herons, egrets, ducks, plovers, gulls, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers and perhaps the greatest prize of all, the incredible Shoebill, which is seen here from time to time .

Will Spend the 1/2 day birding in this wetland and the surrounding areas, have a picnic lunch there returning to Kampala in the early evening.

  • Entrance Fees
  • Boat Fee
  • Guide
  • 4×4 vehicle
  • Applicable government taxes
  • Drinking bottled water while driving on Safari
  • Visas Fees
  • Beverages and Bar bills
  • Personal Insurance
  • International flights
  • Laundry
  • Souvenirs
  • Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Optional activities not listed in the itinerary
  • Tips/gratuities for guides, porters, and hotel staff

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