This is a perfect add on to your Gorilla tracking adventure in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda or to your Gorilla track in Rwanda and we highly recommend seeing the majestic Shoebill Stork in its natural habitat.
Discover Uganda's Wetland's that is a bird lover's dream destination and the most reliable place in the world to find the prehistoric Shoebill Stork, also known as "Whale-Headed Stork". Very little is known of this mysterious Bird. It is scarce with only 5000 left in the wild. It resembles something out of a comic book or a Dinosaur rater than another animal you would meet on a Safari. The Shoebill is a carnivore, feasting on snakes, lungfish, catfish, and even small crocodiles.
Trip Details:
By boat we will go around the swamp waterways to track the magical Shoebill Stork. Sightings of many other different bird species that are endemic around lake Victoria include:
Papyrus Gonolek, Kingfishers, Cormorants, African Fish Eagle, Palmnut Vulture, Wood and Common Sandpipers, Jacanas, amongst many others.
Additionally we explore some more birding in Nkima forest where more than 200 bird species can be seen.