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Entebbe Botanical Garden and Wildlife Education Centre (1 day)

In the morning after breakfast drive to Entebbe Botanical Gardens. You will see the beauty of the gardens, trees, with ubundance of flora. The beautifully landscaped botanical Garden Entebbe host a variety of open country and woodland species and you can easily spend a pleasant couple of hours there.

The tall trees near the main entrance are the favorite day-roost of a pair of Verreaux’s eagle owls. The spectacular birds of the gardens are orange tufted and red chested Sunbirds and orange weaver. The latter breed in the bushes on the shores of Lake Victoria along with slender-billed, Northern Brown-throated, yellow-backed, Jackson’s Golden-backed, Black-headed and Vieillot’s black weavers. The rocky headland makes an ideal observation point.

On the lake and around the shore looks for long tailed Cormorant, Common Squacco and black-headed herons, hamerkop, African Open-billed Stork, yellow billed duck, Grey headed gull, various terns, giant and pied Kingfishers and swamp Flycatcher. Scan the boats at the large jetty near the Pratincoles (2-3 pairs are usually present). Black headed Gonolek and Red-chested Sunbird occur in the dense scrub covering the headland.

There is a small remnant patch of rainforest where Guereza Colobus and vervet monkeys can be observed next to great Blue and Ross’s turacos, Klaas’s and Diederik Cuckoos, Woodland Kingfisher, Broad-billed Roller, Black and white casqued horn bill and splendid starling. Two highly vocal and conspicuous species you should find in the gardens are African Fish eagle and eastern Grey Plantain-eater, the latter constantly uttering their strange, chimp-like calls. Other Species to watch for include Hadada Ibis, palmnut and Hooded Vultures, Shikra, Lizard buzzard, Long-crested eagle, Grey kestrel, Black Crake, Blue-cheeked Bee eater, Angola swallow, winding and red faced cisticolas, Grey capped warbler, common wattle-eye, and Green-throated and scarlet-chested Sunbirds.

There are a variety of monkeys, birds and butterflies to be found there. After lunch take a nature walk to Uganda Wildlife Education Centre where you will see spectacular species of birds and get a chance to see the gazetted island where chimps are kept. Drive back home to Kampala.

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