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Uganda experiences January 2017
Please let us know in time about your experiences as well. Uganda is actually worth more than a single trip. If only my finances would allow it. Meanwhile, I have also determined the number of life-birds, I had on this trip. Just counting those I had a decent look at, I had 145 lifers. That's... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Apparently, that number given in post #1 was based on an incomplete count by Deo. He usually counted simultaneously while we made the compilation for the day. Thus, it's easy to get distracted. After a serious compilation now, my total is 413 species seen well, plus 7 seen, but not well, plus 13... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
While we spent a night at Abu Dhabi on the way to our Uganda tour, we did not do this again as we flew back. We had, however around 6 hours of lay-over time there. So we decided to have a look at the large modern Sheikh Zayed Mosque to shorten our waiting time. The visit was very much... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Last day: day 16 was mostly another transfer day, only a bit of birding in the morning. Somewhere along the road there are the Kaku ponds where we stopped for a few minutes. Apparently, in November these were almost dry. Now, there was quite a bit of water and there were lots of birds, though no... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Lake Mburo NP Day fifteen was our last full observation-day. We spent the morning on a game walk, and the afternoon was mainly used for a boat tour plus some birding and game watching later on from the car. Lake Mburo NP is the smallest of the east African savanna parks, according to our local... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
On day fourteen, we transferred to Lake Mburo NP and had an interesting night game drive there later on. Much of the day was used just for the transfer, with only few birding opportunities along the way. We did, however, spend a bit less than an hour trying to get the air conditioning fixed at... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Day thirteen was reserved for the Mubwindi Swamp trail. We did not find the African Green Broadbill that I had in my top-priority target list. Apparently, July is better for this species, when it is breeding. I did, however, get to see two other such top-priority target species on this trail... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
On day twelve, we transferred from the Buhoma area to the Ruhija sector of Bwindi, and had an elephant replenishing its mineral needs on the steep slopes where I wondered that they were used by elephants at all. Elephants were also the reason why we were told not to keep any bananas in our... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Gorilla tracking day Day eleven was reserved for our booked tour of tracking of a group of Mountain Gorillas. We had been a bit uneasy about this tour as one hears about very variable efforts that one has to put into seeing them. As a precaution, we each took a porter which was definitely a... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
The next day, day nine, was entirely devoted to find lions plus to drive to the Ishasha part of Queen Elizabeth NP. Ishasha is famous for its tree climbing Lions. Once there, we spent considerable time searching. But we finally found four of them together in the same tree. It was a female with... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
On day eight, we first took an interesting game drive that brought the only Temminck's Coursers of the tour. In fact the only coursers at all. Apparently, a pride of 16 (!) lions had been seen in the area. We did not find them, unfortunately, on our drive. And it was only with some special (and... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Day six was essentially split into two parts. In the early morning, we had a walk in Kibale NP in search of the Green Pitta which we eventually got to see, albeit only briefly. July seems to be the better time for this species. But at least we saw it. In the afternoon, we visited the Bigodi... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
Murchison Falls NP is actually not far enough north for many savanna bird species. They would best have to be searched at Kidepo NP, but visiting there would require several days more. Day five for us was mostly on the road driving to Kibale NP. But first, we visited the top of the falls. In... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
When touring Uganda for birds, most people essentially visit only the western part of the country. And the tours either start by going north first or starting in the southwest. With the visit to the Mabamba wetlands for the Shoebill either added at the onset or at the end. "North" can mean... -
Uganda experiences January 2017
While waiting for more installments, some pictures can already be seen on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/robert.furrer.1804 -
Uganda experiences January 2017
I had outlined the planned tour previously: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=332268. It turned out nobody else wanted to join, so it was again a private tour in the end. Except that it did cost us more, this was just great, actually. Though we had originally planned to do the tour as a...