Main Info
Day 1: Travel to Mgahinga
Pick Up from Kampala or Kigali. Travel to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda’s smallest but most scenic protected area.
Day 2: Bird to Kisoro
Setting off early, for gorilla tracking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. After the gorilla trek, have lunch. Later go for birding to Kisoro via Echuya forest and the remaining stretch of papyrus swamp to look for the Papyrus Yellow Warbler and Papyrus Canary if you are lucky, as well as Carruther’s Cisticola, Little Rush Warbler and Fawn-breasted Waxbill among other birds. Continue with the drive to Kisoro looking out for birds like Handsome Francolin, Olive Pigeon, Western Green Tinkerbird, Archer’s Robin-Chat, Kivu Ground Thrush, Dusky Blue Flycatcher, Mountain Masked Apalis, White-browed Crombec, Stripe-breasted Tit, Rwenzori Batis, Doherty’s Bush-shrike, Montane Oriole, White-napped Raven, Dusky Crimsonwing, Black-crowned Waxbill, Black-headed Waxbill among other birds. Dinner and overnight at one of the accommodations.
Day 3: Bird Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
After breakfast with your packed lunch, go drive to Ntebeko Camp from where you will start your trek to probably the most scenic protected area in Uganda. You will take the gorge trail that loops half way up Mt. Sabinyo, through a variety of montane habitats. Look out for birds like Dusky Turtle Dove, Rwenzori Turaco, Cape Robin-Chat, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Grassland Pipit, White-starred Robin, Common Stone Chat, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, White-napped Raven, Lagden’s Bush-Shrike, Bronze Sunbird, Yellow-crowned Canary, Streaky Seedeater and try the elusive Shelly’s Crimson-wing among other birds. Dinner and overnight as before.
Day 4: Travel Back to Kigali or Kampala
After breakfast, embark on a return trip to Kampala.
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