April 2018

April 6, 2018

Birding? Don’t Miss Budongo Forest in Uganda

Uganda is a haven to over 1061 species of birds (10% of the World’s population of bird species) and has over 30 Important Bird Areas, one of which is the evergreen Tropical Rainforest within Murchison Falls National Park. Budongo Forest Reserve is a renowned ecotourism site and one of the top birding sites stretching for 825 square kilometers (82500 hectares). Situated in the north-western side of Uganda and north-eastern side of Lake Albert, the Forest Reserve is characterized by savannah vegetation and woodland dominated by medium altitude moist semi-deciduous forest and drained by four main rivers-Bubwa, Sonso, Wake and Waisoke that flow into Lake Albert.