Uganda: Primates & Birds
July 17 - August 2, 2027
Your place on this Venture is reserved with your completed registration and deposit of $500/person are submitted. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer via our website. If paying by cash, check, or money order (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’), please mail in your payment with a paper registration form to PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776, or contact our office. This Venture is limited to 10 participants.
Uganda is small and bird-rich and 2 weeks in the country should produce a birdlist of over 400 species, plus a large selection of African mammals, including the wonderful Mountain Gorilla. Our trek to see this close relative is bound to be one of the highlights of the tour.
Other highlights should include a Shoebill encounter in Mabamba Swamp where we will take a boat trip to seek out the elusive and prehistoric-looking Shoebill, capturing a rare sighting of this iconic bird species. We will bird the Budongo Royal Mile, traversing the forest trails, looking for East Congo basin birds. Exploring the Mystical Semuliki Forest we will again look for East Congo Basin birds. During our Mountain Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi we will stand face-to-face with these gentle giants and create cherished memories in the presence of these magnificent creatures. Birding Ruhija’s renowned Mubwindi Swamp will hopefully get us many Albertine Rift-Rwenzori endemics, while Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale we will witness the playful antics and complex social dynamics of chimpanzees as we venture deep into the lush forests
Join Mark and Simon for this unforgettable Venture to Uganda! Book now »
Cost of Uganda Venture
Price of $6250 person includes:
All ground transportation, accommodation, food and drinking water, local guides and entrance fees and permits for Gorilla and Chimp treks. $450 single supplement.
Price includes:
All ground transportation in Uganda, all meals, taxes, entrance fees, trip information packet, bird list, and services of 2 guides (one local, one Ventures), snacks and drinking water
Not included:
Round trip airfare to Entebbe, alcoholic beverages, gratuities, laundry, and items of a personal nature.
Birds We Hope to See
Shoebill, Great Blue Turaco, African Jacana, African Swamphen, White spotted Flufftail, Jameson`s Wattle Eye, African Blue Flycatcher, Afep, White naped and Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Papyrus Gonolek, Black-and-white -casqued Hornbill, African Wood Owl, Olive-bellied Sunbird, Green Crombec, Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet, White-breasted Nigrita, Western Nicator, African Marsh Harrier, Giant Kingfisher, Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill, Silverbird, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Swamp Flycatcher, Yellow throated, Dusky Long tailed, Red-chested, and African Emerald Cuckoos, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Blue Billed, Crested and Red Headed Malimbe, Green-tailed and Red-tailed Bristle-bill, Fire-crested and Brown-chested Alethe, Lowland Akalat, Ituri Batis, Willcock’s Honeyguide, Nahan’s Partridge and many more.
