Post Covid-19 Travel: Birdwatching Uganda Safaris and Tour

Are you planning to travel after the covid-19 global crisis? Are you looking for a perfect destination/ place or you're wondering where you can go post covid 19? Hey no worries, Uganda, the African nation located in Eastern Africa is one of the safest places to be after the covid pandemic.

This article is a comprehensive guide for birdwatching Uganda safaris and tours, for birding enthusiasts. Though the country is a great African safari destination with flawless safari adventures like Gorilla trekking, Photography safaris, Wildlife viewing and Cultural tours among others which can be part of your travel plans after the global crisis, in this article we focus and bring you highlights about birdwatching safaris in Uganda. 

The country is referred to as "The Pearl of Africa" and its located deep in the heart of the African continent in the Eastern region. Uganda is one of Africa's premier birdwatching safari destination.  It's also an amazing destination to those who make it for any kind of safaris or tours or African holidays spanning from the Primate and Great Apes Adventures to the Big Game safaris and much more.

Being a meeting place for the evergreen West African jungle and East African golden savannas, the country rewards you with some of Africa's premier forest species such as the primates including 2 of the 4 world's Great Apes (the Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees) as well as a great diversity of savanna species which include mammals and birds, Uganda is simply dazzling!!!

As part of your post covid 19 travel plan, a birdwatching Uganda safari or tour is worth your time, money and effort. If your are a birding enthusiast, and you are looking for or planning where to go on a safari after this global crisis of covid, Uganda is the perfect place and a birding destination referred to many as a "birders paradise".

  

 The Great Blue Turacos, some of Uganda's most elegant bird species.

Birdwatching safaris and tours in Uganda, a country proclaimed the "Pearl of Africa"

With a land area of 241,037 Sq.km, Uganda is the smallest of the 4 African countries whose bird-list tallies the a 1000 mark. It is an appealing destination to birders, researchers or ornithologists. It has won a number of birding accolades with some of its sites too being ranked Africa's top birdwatching destinations for example Bwindi Impenetrable forest which was listed Africa's Number 1 birding site by African Bird Club in 2012. 

Uganda's 10 national parks are perfect birdwatching sites, with the two forest parks of Bwindi and Kibale forest national park being some of Africa's unmatched sites for forest specials while the Semuliki forest which is mainly dominated by the easternmost extension of the Ituri forest of the Congo basin, is a great birding site for spotting the Albertine Rift Endemic species of birds.

On the menu of Uganda's birdwatching savanna parks, Queen Elizabeth in the western part of the country has the highest concentration of birds of any protected area in East Africa and it's classified as an Important Birding Area by Birdlife International. Other parks like Kidepo Valley, a wildlife jewel in the far north and Murchison Falls in the northwest at the Albertine rift end, offer glorious moments for seeing the savanna specials. Parks like Lake Mburo, whose impressive range of habitats composed of forest and wetlands make it a great site for birding in Uganda.

For those looking for a birdwatching safari in Africa after this global crisis of the Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19), Uganda is undoubtedly the place to be, its impressive range of habitats apart from the national parks, takes in forest reserves like Budongo, Maramagambo, Kyambura, Mabira forest and Mpanga among others as well as sites like the tropical marshes e.g Lugogo swamp, Mabamba known for the Shoebill Stork; a pre-historic looking bird

Bird specials to lookout for on a birdwatching Uganda Tour or Safari

Uganda is a gem of notable bird species that you may encounter on any birdwatching Uganda safari or tour like; the Shelley's Crimson-wing, Shoebill Stork, Grey Crowned Crane - which is Uganda's National bird, the Green-Breasted Pitta, African Green Broadbill, African Fish Eagle, Doherty's Bush Shrike, Great Blue Turaco, Yellow-billed Stork, African Fish Eagle, Short-tailed Warbler, African Jacana and Pied Kingfishers among others.

The African Geographic in October 2013, listed Uganda's top 10 impressive birds to lookout for while on a Uganda birdwatching safari and these include; the Shoebill, Green-breasted Pitta, African Green Broadbill, Great Blue Turaco, Shelley's Crimson-wing, Standard-winged Nightjar, Short-tailed Warbler, Doherty's Bush Shrike, Bar-tailed Trogon and Black-breasted Barbet.

On the country's list of threatened species include: Great Crested Grabe, Lammergeyer, Egyptian Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, White-headed Vulture, Pallid Harrier, Black-crowned Crane, Denham's Bustard, Shoebill Stork, Hooded Vulture, Common Ostrich, African Black Duck, Black Stork, Madagascar Pond-Heron, Madagascar Squacco Heron and White-backed Night-Heron among others.

For profusion, Uganda- a country proclaimed by early travelers like Sir Winston Churchill as the "Pearl of Africa" and attested by today's visitors, it is the place to be. For an impeccable tailored or pre-planned birdwatching Uganda tour, ATW Holidays Africa is your travel and safari companion, that will handcraft your post covid-19 African travel and holiday dream in Uganda.

To make an inquiry or customize your safari, contact us via Email: atwholidaysafrica@gmail.com or What's App: +256 773148649.