21 Days Uganda Grand Birding Tour

The most complete birding route we offer. It crosses Uganda from the Nile and Budongo to the dry Somali-Masai country of Kidepo, up Mount Elgon, and west to the Congo-basin forest of Semuliki and the Albertine endemics of Bwindi. More than 600 species are possible, from the shoebill and the Green-breasted Pitta to Fox’s weaver […]

10 Days Uganda Wildlife, Gorillas and Birding

A complete first tour of Uganda for someone who loves birds and wants the big encounters too: the shoebill, mountain gorillas, tree-climbing lions and chimpanzees, with a full day for Albertine Rift endemics and another for the Green-breasted Pitta. Permits are limited and sold by date, so the dates are set around them first.

4 Days Queen Elizabeth Birding Safari

Queen Elizabeth holds a list of more than 600 species, drawn by the mix of open plains, crater lakes, papyrus swamps and lowland forest. This short route spends most of its time in the park. It involves early starts and a long drive at each end, so it suits birders who want a quick, rich […]

5 Days Mabamba and Murchison Falls Birding Safari

This route links Uganda’s best-known shoebill spot with the forest of Kaniyo Pabidi and the Nile at Murchison Falls, with more than 450 species on the way. It is a good first birding trip: three habitats, two boat trips and a game drive, in five days.

6 Days Mabamba, Lake Mburo and Queen Elizabeth

Three very different habitats in six days: the papyrus swamps of Mabamba, the acacia woodland of Lake Mburo and the plains, craters and channels of Queen Elizabeth. It works well for a birder travelling with someone who prefers mammals, with a walk among zebra and giraffe and a day searching for tree-climbing lions.

Ankarana and Diego Suarez

Limestone tsingy, caves and a huge bay

12 Days Grand Zambia

South Luangwa, the Busanga Plains, the Lower Zambezi and Victoria Falls: the whole country in twelve days.

6 Days Liuwa Plain Wildebeest Migration

One of the largest wildebeest migrations in Africa, in a remote western plain, with five nights at King Lewanika Lodge.

7 Days North Luangwa Walking Safari

A walking-only wilderness on the Mwaleshi River: five nights at Mwaleshi Camp, after a night in South Luangwa.

6 Days Kafue and Busanga Plains

Two nights on the Kafue River and three on the Busanga Plains, a floodplain of lions and lechwe, by light aircraft.

10 Days Zambia Classic: South Luangwa, Lower Zambezi and Livingstone

The three great faces of Zambia: walking in South Luangwa, canoeing on the Lower Zambezi, and Victoria Falls.

7 Days Livingstone and Kafue

Victoria Falls from the Zambian side, then three nights in the wilds of Kafue National Park at Ila Safari Lodge.