Shoebill Safari tours - 1 days

On this day a driver and professional safari guide of African Secrets Limited will pick you from your hotel or lodge and you to drive Mabamba Swamp,which is a 50km journey towards the west of Kampala city.

The Mabamba Swamp is regarded as probably the most accessible area thrrough which you may spot the wild and very rare species of the Shoebill Stork in the whole wide world. Birding is done on the canoes in marsh channels.This area in Mabamba , is a large area that is home to an ecosystem of birds,bugs,animals,fish that are not found any where else. The Shoebill is part of that ecosystem, preferring the solitude of these large marshes. As well, there are gazelles specifically adapted to the floating vegetation.

Birding is done on the canoes in marsh channels. A canoe trip through papyrus swamp in the Mabamba will take you to the untouched beauty of wetland, where you will have the highest chance of seeing the rare Shoebill and other papyrus specialist birds like Saddle-billed Stork, Malachite Kingfisher, African Jacana, and other swamp specialties.

A trip like this to Mabamba with African Secrets will give you an great to get inttouch with one the Peasrl of Africa's unforgettable and undisturbed part of Uganda's beautiful wetland which is a newly discovered home for the most sought after bird in nation, the Shoebill.
Other Special birds include White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, yellow-backed weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Blue-headed Coucal and other swamp specialties. Get your pair of binoculars and keep a keen eye on the look out for the Shoebill Stork both in the sky and down on the marsh.

The Drive back to Kampala marks the end of your Shoebill Safari and you will be dropped at the place of your convinience in Kampala city.

 

End of Shoebill Safari - 1 day

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