UGANDA JULY-AUGUST 2006 SYSTEMATIC LIST                                
        Accomodation description    
25/07/2006 DAY 1 Arrived Entebbe airport in the evening, transferref overnight to Hotel Windsor Lake Victoria   Hotel & Comfortable.    
             
26/07/2006 DAY 2 Birded through Entebbe & took boat ride through Mbamba Swamp, this is a real must for seeing Shoebill and many other water associated species the guides know where many of the target species are likely to be. Overnight at Mantana tented camp   Very comfortable permanent tented camp.     
             
27/07/2006 DAY 3 Birded grassland around Mburo this was all done via vehicle and we got to grips with many of the savannah species and saw quite a bit of game, then took boat trip around Mburo lake, then long drive of 5-6 hrs to Ruhiza guest house   Very basic, no running water, electrics or flsuh toilets    
             
28/07/2006 DAY 4 Birded Ruhiza & Mubwindi swamp, this is dense forest with many of the Rift specialists and endemics occurring here, it is quite a strenouos walk down through the forest ot he swamp and back again. Overnight at Ruhiza guest house.   Very basic, no running water, electrics or flsuh toilets    
             
29/07/2006 DAY 5 Drove towards Bwindi Impenetratable forest birdingen-route Buhoma Neck, an area of forest prior to reaching Buhoma and Bwindi HQ. We were upgraded from Buhoma Homestead as it was full, to Gorilla Mountain Lodge this was a really nice surprise!   Thatched roofed top grade, luxury lodge!    
             
30/07/2006 DAY 6 Birded Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, overnight &  5 course evening meal at  Gorilla Mountain Lodge! Today we were guided by Saul, who was an excellent enthusiastic guide, particularly good at calling in many of the Forest species. You cannot enter the forest proper without guide, and anyway from birding point of view you really do need a guide.   Thatched roofed top grade, luxury lodge!    
31/07/2006 DAY 7 AM Gorilla trek - well organised and make sure you book your tickets in advance. PM I birded around lodges at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and marsh, overnight at Buhoma Homestead. Bwindi Imp Forest is the sort of place you would still be adding new species after 5 days of constant birding, such is the difficulty of connecting with such a diverse range of species with limited access.   A small but nice clean place with simpleapartments, & good food    
             
01/08/2006 DAY 8 Very long drive to Queen Elizabeth park 6-7 hours, birding from the vehicle once into the park boundaries. Overnight at Queen Elizabeth, Mweya Safari lodge   A large "colonial" style lodge with many appartments, clean and wide choice of food    
             
02/08/2006 DAY 9 Morning game drive and birding from vehicle around QE Park, afternoon boat trip around the Kazinga channel, this is actually a huge lake! Overnight at Queen Elizabeth, Mweya Safari lodge. The vehicle game drive and boat trip are probably the best way of ensuring you see a good cross section of birds.There is no access on foot in the park.   A large "colonial" style lodge with many appartments, clean and wide choice of food    
             
03/08/2006 DAY 10 Drive to Fort Portal birding en-route, overnight at Ndali lodge, birding some forest areas on the edge of Kibale Forest. Birding on foot here it was nice ot get out the vehicle.   A very nice "english style cottage" separate little cottages set in the hills, excellent food and accommodation    
             
04/08/2006 DAY 11 Morning chimp trekking and sewarching Kibale forest for some specialist bird species, afternoon swamp walk in thd Bigodi swamp area. Overnight Tooro resort. Birding in this forest was extremely difficult, again a guide is a must. Ask for a girl called Harriet, she knows a site for Green-breasted Pitta, we failed but she had shown the bird only 2 days previously to another group, she also was very good on calls etc.   A quirky place with a set of round rooms, it was clean with toilet and shower, but less than memorable.     
             
05/08/2006 DAY 12 Long and very arduous drive along bumpy roads to Semliki, birded Semliki, again birding in the forest was not easy we managed agood spell of half an hour when a "wave" of birds passed before us, to do this area justice you probably need several days and considering how far a drive it is I would consider omitting this from a 14 day itinerary.We then drove back to Tooro resort.   A quirky place with a set of round rooms, it was clean with toilet and shower, but less than memorable.     
             
06/08/2006 DAY 13 A very long drive of 8 hours to reach Murchison Falls area, birding en-route. Murchison has an excellent mix of species that we had not seen in the south, along with many of the more familiar species, it also has nice accommodation with lots of game. The falls are well worth seeing and we also scored with several species not seen here anywhere else. Overnight at Nile Safari camp   Beautiful lodge with small timber appartments built into the forest overlooking the Nile, excellent accommodation and food.    
07/08/2006 DAY 14 Morning game drive and birding from vehicle around Murchison Falls National Park, with a boat trip uo to the falls in the afternoon. Overnight at Nile Safari camp   Beautiful lodge with small timber appartments built into the forest overlooking the Nile, excellent accommodation and food.    
08/08/2006 DAY 15 Took steady long but comfortable drive back to Kampala, doing some light birding en-route   Departed in the evening from Entebbe airport.    
           
             
             
       
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