Uganda Trip July 2024 Highlights
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Doha Enroute to Uganda (7/18/24)
Doha Top Ranked Airport
Chef Ramsey's Pizza
Amazing Pizza Margherita
Day 1: Entebbe after 36 hours! (7/20)
Red-billed Firefinch, Lake Victoria Hotel, Entebbe
Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Lake Victoria Hotel, Entebbe
Day 2: Mabamba Swamp, Lake Victoria (7/21)
Shoebill!, Mabamba Swamp
A shoe-shaped beak, Mabamba Swamp
We found our rare Shoebill quickly, Mabamba Swamp
Lapwings Shooing the Shoebill
White-faced Whistling Duck, Mabamba Swamp
Lapwings defending their nest, Mabamba Swamp
Interesting Shoebill behavior thanks to the lapwings, Mabamba Swamp
African Jacana, Mabamba Swamp
African Swamphen, Mabamba Swamp
Malachite Kingfisher, Mabamba Swamp
Pied Kingfisher, Mabamba Swamp
Malachite Kingfisher, Mabamba Swamp
Purple Heron, Mabamba Swamp
Red-headed Lovebird, Mabamba Swamp
African Blue Flycatcher, Mabamba Swamp
African Blue Flycatcher, Mabamba Swamp
Black-necked Weaver, Mabamba Swamp
Pin-tailed Wydah, Mabamba Swamp
Grey-capped Warbler, Mabamba Swamp
Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Mabamba Swamp
Bronze Mannikin, Mabamba Swamp
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Mabamba Swamp
Lizard Buzzard, Mabamba Swamp
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Lake Victoria
Great Blue Turaco, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Grey Parrot, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Mantled Guereza, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Ross's Turaco, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Mantled Guereza, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Grey Parrot, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Double-toothed Barbet, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Great Blue Turaco, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Crowned Hornbill, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Bat Hawk, Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Day 3: Red-tailed Monkey, Mpanga Reserve (7/22)
Crossing the equator
Papyrus Gonolek, Mbarra-Masaka Road
Papyrus Gonolek, Mbarra-Masaka Road
Grey Crowned Crane, Masaka Road
Grey Crowned Crane, Masaka Road
Grey Crowned Crane, Masaka Road
Broad-billed Roller, Masaka Road
Grey Crowned Crane, Masaka Road
Long-toed Lapwing, Masaka Road
Afircan Openbill Stork, Masaka Road
Grey Crowned Crane, Masaka Road
Grey Crowned Crane, Masaka Road
Golden-breasted Bunting, Lake Mburo
Meyer's Parrot, Lake Mburo
Plains Zebra, Lake Mburo
Plains Zebra, Lake Mburro, Uganda
Among the Zebras, Lake Mburo
Black-headed Gonolek, Lake Mburo
View from our Lodge, Lake Mburo
Our Room, Lake Mburo
Martial Eagle the largest African Eagle, Lake Mburo
Square-tailed Nighjar, Lake Mburo
Day 4: Spot-flanked Barbet, Lake Mburo (7/23)
Yellow-winged Bat, Lake Mburo
Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Lake Mburo
Yellow-throated Longclaw, Lake Mburro
White-backed Vulture, Lake Mburo
African Green Pigeon, Lake Mburo
Black-collared Barbet, Lake Mburo
Blue-naped Mousebird, Lake Mburo
Spot-flanked Barbet, Lake Mburo
Batelur Eagle, Lake Mburo
Crested Barbet, Lake Mburo
Splendid Starling, Lake Mburo
Pearl-spotted Owlet, Lake Mburo
Splendid Starling, Lake Mburo
Batelur Eagle, Lake Mburo
Little Grebe, Lake Mburo
African Green Pigeon, Lake Mburo
Buffalo, Lake Mburo
Nubian Woodpecker, Lake Mburo
African Grey Woodpecker, Lake Mburo
Greater Blue-eared Starling, Lake Mburo
Waterbuck, Lake Mburo
Helmeted Guineafowl, Lake Mburo
Helmeted Guineafowl, Lake Mburo
Rothchild's Giraffe, Lake Mburo
White-browed Coucal, Lake Mburo
Rothchild's Giraffe, Lake Mburo
Rothchild's Giraffe, Lake Mburo
Plains Zebra, Lake Mburo
Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu, Lake Mburo
Bare-faced Go-away Bird, Lake Mburo
Black-lored Babbler, Lake Mburo
White-headed Barbet, Lake Mburo
Olive Baboon, Lake Mburo
African Jacana, Lake Mburo
Hippo, Lake Mburo
African Fish-eagle, Lake Mburo
Hippo, Lake Mburo
Saddlebilled Stork, Lake Mburo
African Fish-eagle, Lake Mburo
African Finfoot, Lake Mburo
African Finfoot, Lake Mburo
Helmeted Guineafowl, Lake Mburo
Red-necked Spurfowl, Lake Mburo
Olive Baboon, Lake Mburo
Rothchild's Giraffe, Lake Mburo
Square-tailed Nightjar, Lake Mburo
Day 5: African Pygmy Kingfisher, Lake Mburo (7/24)
African Pied Wagtail, Lake Mburo
Village Weaver, Lake Mburo
Lesser Masked Weaver, Lake Mburo
Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu, Lake Mburo
Red-headed Weaver, Lake Mburo
Double-toothed Barbet, Lake Mburo
Holub's Golden Weaver, Lake Mburo
Black-chested Snake Eagle, Lake Mburo
Papyrus Swamp enroute to Ruhija
Papyrus Swamp
Malachite Kingfisher, Papyrus Swamp
Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Swamp
Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Papyrus Swamp
Carruther's Cisticola, Papyrus Swamp
White-eye Slaty Flycatcher, Papyrus Swamp
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Papyrus Swamp
Black-crowned Waxbill, Papyrus Swamp
Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Regal Sunbird, Ruhija
Day 6: Broadbill Hike, Ruhija (7/25)
Broadbill Hike, Ruhija
Chestnut-throated Apalis, Ruhija
Banded Prinia, Ruhija
Luhder's Bushshrike, Ruhija
Cardinal Woodpecker, Ruhija
Regal Sunbird, Ruhija
Regal Sunbird, Ruhija
Doherty's Bushshrike, Ruhija
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Ruhija
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Ruhija
Strange Weaver, Ruhija
Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Ruhija
Dusky Crimsonwing, Ruhija
Gray-throated Barbet, Ruhija
Grauer's Broadbill!, Ruhija
Grauer's Broadbill, Ruhija
Grauer's Broadbill, Ruhija
Grauer's Broadbill with berry for chick, Ruhija
Grauer's Broadbill chick, Ruhija
Mountain Apalis, Ruhija
Green White-eye, Ruhija
Butterflies, Ruhija
White-headed Woodhoopoe, Ruhija
Gray-throated Barbet, Ruhija
Brown-capped Weaver, Ruhija
Mountain Buzzard, Ruhija
Butterflies, Ruhija
Day 7: L'Hoest's Monkey, Ruhija (7/26)
L'Hoest's Monkey, Ruhija
Black-billed Turaco, Ruhija
Great Blue Turaco, Ruhija
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Ruhija
Mountain Yellow Warbler, Ruhija
Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Ruhija
Black and White Mannikin, Ruhija
Dusky Twinspot, Ruhija
African Stonechat, Ruhija
Mantled Guereza, Ruhija
Mantled Guereza, Ruhija
Black-faced Rufous Warbler, The Neck
African Wooly-necked Stork, The Neck
Red-tailed Monkey, The Neck
Blue Monkey, The Neck
Black Bee-eater, The Neck
Green-throated Sunbird, Buhoma
Bronzy Sunbird, Buhoma
Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Buhoma
Bronzy Sunbird, Buhoma
Grey-winged Robin-chat, Buhoma
Bumoha, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Ride 4 a Woman Lodge, Bumoha
Ride 4 a Woman Lodge to empower local women, Bumoha
Day 8: Gorilla Treking!, Bumoha (7/27)
Ex-Poachers who help with Treking, Bumoha
Mubare Family Group (7 members) after 7 hour hike!
Adult female
We share 98.3% of our DNA with gorillas
Majestic Sliverback Maraya was calm and very tolerant of us
Maraya does not tolerate other adult males in the group
Maraya weighs 450 lbs, is 5 ft tall and 25 years old
Maraya violently took over the group in 2017 when Silverback Kanyoni was hurt falling from a tree
Adult female
Maraya's big belly from eating 25% his weight in leaves each day
A nice view of his silver back (gray hairs like older humans)
Maraya scratching and not flipping us off!
One month old infant and mom
Grooming and scratching
Time to move the group
He walked right past us!
We were allowed one hour with the family
We never found our assigned Katwe family, so luckily we found the Mubare Family
Infant is a male so could become the silverback
Juveniles climb
Our last look at the family
Gorillas in Action!
Day 9: Large Snail, Buhoma (7/28)
African Broadbill, Buhoma
African Wood Owl, Buhoma
Tree Pangolin, Buhoma
Tree Pangolin, Buhoma
Tree Pangolin, Buhoma
Red-throated Wryneck, Enroute to Kibale
Palmnut Vulture, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Stout Cisticola, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Southern Red Bishop, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Mantled Guereza, Queen Elizabeth National Park
12,000 Pound Bull African Elephant, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Marsh Tchagra, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Tree Climbing Lion, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Tree Climbing Lion, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Kob, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Arrival at Kibale National Park
Day 10: Pitta and Chimpanzee Trekking, Kibale (7/29)
Green-breasted Pitta, Only Aditya in our 20 member group got a photo!
Chimpanzee!, Kibale
We saw a large group feeding in the trees and the ground
We share 98.6 percent of our DNA with chimps
Unlike the quiet gorillas tha chimps were very vocal
This wild group was habituated to humans so they ignored us
Chimps weigh 71-130 lbs
Adult female
Adult female and child
Adult male
Some individuals dropped from the trees and rested on the ground
Nap time
This pair was grooming one another
They have either black or light pink faces
Amazing forest
Similar to a planet of the apes shot
Chimps in Action!
Red-headed Bluebill, Kibale
Western Nicator, Kibale
Grey-cheeked Mangabey Monkey, Kibale
Long-crested Eagle, Kibale
Ashy Red Colobus Monkey, Kibale
Young Ashy Red Colobus, Kibale
Purple-headed Starling, Kibala
Day 11: Grey-cheeked Mangabey Monkey, Kibale (7/30)
Grey-cheeked Mangabeys are rare and endangered
Those teeth
Lucky to get such a good look
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, Kibale
Hairy-breasted Barbet, Kibale
Black-headed Weaving, Enroute to Ziwa
Blue Monkey, Enroute to Ziwa
Fan-tailed Widowbird, Enroute to Ziwa
Fan-tailed Widowbird, Enroute to Ziwa
Village Weaver, Enroute to Ziwa
Black Bishop Weaver, Enroute to Ziwa
Grey-headed Oliveback, Enroute to Ziwa
Grey Crowned Cranes, Enroute to Ziwa
Rhino!, Ziwa
Southern White Rhinos were reintroduced in 2005
Female Warthog with huge tusks
Day 12: Rhino Trekking (7/31)
Mother and 2 year old at dung mitten
Young Male approaching family group
Dominant Male Taleo (5000 lbs)
Taleo "encouraged" another young male to leave his territory while we were watching
Taleo looked smaller than the other male but had longer horns
Taleo has killed two other males but showed little interest in us
Rhinos in Action!
White-crested Turaco, Ziwa
African Paradise Flycather, Ziwa
Vervet Monkey, Ziwa
Bush Buck, Ziwa
Wattled Lapwing, Ziwa
Hadada Ibis, Ziwa
Savanna Duiker, Ziwa
Beutiful Sunbird, Ziwa
White-crested Turaco, Ziwa
African Paradise Flycather, Ziwa
Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Ziwa
Black-winged Red Bishop, Ziwa
Day 13: Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Back to Entebbe (8/1)
Levaillant's Cuckoo, Entebbe Botanical Garden
Woodland Kingfisher, Entebbe Botanical Garden
Red-chested Sunbird, Entebbe Botanical Garden
Klass's Cuckoo, Entebbe Botanical Garden
Ross's Turaco, Entebbe Botanical Garden
A great trip with guides Josh and Saul!
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