Mabamba Swamp Birding Tour Shoebill Search
Go bird watching in the Mabamba Bay Wetlands on the lush shores of Lake Victoria. Enjoy the fantastic sight of the diversity of avifaunal species that make Uganda a birder’s paradise. The Mabamba Swamp is one of the Important Birding Sites in Uganda and home for Shoebills. For birders, this is an opportunity to watch a big number of birds with about 260 bird species recorded in a shortest period possible on the edge of Lake Victoria and one of the closest places to Kampala where you can go for the Shoebill Bird Watching Tour. The Mabamba wetland swamp can be accessed from Kampala by car or Entebbe by boat. The drive to Mabamba from Entebbe or Kampala takes approximately one hour depending on the number of birding stops. This day tour starts and ends in Kampala or Entebbe Town while on your Uganda safaris tour.
Our driver guide will pick you up from your Hotel in Entebbe and drive to the shores of Lake Victoria at Nakiwogo Landing Site for a wooden motorized boat ride to the Mabamba swamp bay for a birding adventure with expectations to sight the elusive shoebill storks. The swamp is located west of Entebbe International Airport and lies between Busi Island and Buwaya Village on the mainland.
On arrival you will join a local guide on a traditional Canoe boat paddling you through the Papyrus in the undamaged wetland swamp’s attractions narrow water channels surrounded by dense and lush swamp flora in search for this rarest of birds. Here you will have the uppermost chances to spot the rare shoe bill stork and other bird species such as the Saddle-billed Stork, African Jacana, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Malachite Kingfisher among other Swamp Subjects and dwellers.
After your Lunch, We will get back on the Wooden Boat to Entebbe where we will meet our car to drop us off to the Hotel or Airport
What to Carry Camera for Photos, Binoculars to boost your birding experience, Good walking shoes, Birding pack, Field guide book, Safari hat, Insect repellent, Sunscreen, Light rain jacket, Snacks.
