Birding trip to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains national park is one of the adventures you should not miss while on your trip to Africa. Rwenzori mountains have got over 217 bird species including 17 Albertine rift endemics that makes Rwenzori mountains an (IBA) important birding area. The Rwenzori mountains is ideal for birding because of its tropical rain forests vegetation that harbours birds.

 Bird species to see on the birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains National Park.

There are several bird species to see on your birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains national that are rarely seen anywhere in Africa. One of the most common and beautiful bird to see is the Rwenzori turaco bird known as the king of the birds of Rwenzori. While on your visit to the Rwenzori mountains, you will see birds like paradise flycatchers, white starred robin, African thrush, Abyssinian thrush, white browed robin chat, Rwenzori batis, appallis, singing cisticola, regal sunbirds, Red chested cuckoo, owls, night jars, ring necked dove, malachite sun bird and many more.

Best time for a birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains national park.

The best time for a birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains national park is during the dry months of December to February and June to September, during this period the trails are dry and easy to search for birds though during the wet season that starts from march to may and October to November birding takes place since birds are present all year round including the migratory birds.

A visit to the Mahoma loop trail is the most ideal to track birds, sighting birds like the Red knobbed coot, African black duck and the little grebe on the Mahoma lake playing is amazing.

Other Activities to Engage in during a birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains National Park.

Visitors doing birding in the Rwenzori mountains, they can easily engage in other activities like nature walks exploring the flora of the mountains, visiting the nyamwamba and mubuku rivers confluence at the kurt schifar bridge.

3 days camping at Mahoma loop.

Book a camping trip to Mahoma loop where birds make peaceful sounds of nature, soft calls to singing Rwenzori Mountain scent. When walking through the Mahoma loop, you will encounter different bird species and trek to the elephant zone where you sight foot prints of forest elephants.

How to get to Rwenzori Mountain for a birding trip.

Birding trip to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Rwenzori mountain is located in the south western part of Uganda in Kasese district, bordering Uganda and congo.

There are 3 Rwenzori mountains trails where you can do birding from, the central circuit trail accessed through nyakalengijo, the kilembe trail accessed through kilembe and the Bukurungu wilderness trail accessed through omukorukumi village. All the 3 trails can be accessed through Kampala – fort portal highway and Kampala – Mbarara highway all routes lead you to the Rwenzori Mountain.

What to pack for birding trip to Rwenzori mountains

Packing right is essential for any trip, when preparing a birding trip to the Rwenzori mountains these are the items to pack; binoculars, camera, pointer, hiking boots, rain jacket, rubber boots and a speaker.

Other birding spots in Rwenzori mountains.

When birding in the Rwenzori mountains, after hiking to Nyabithaba hut, look right at the trees for specific bird species. Trees like the podocarpus, st john’s warts and especially on trees that grow flowers you will be easily spotting a lot of birds like white starred robin, African thrush and the white browed robin chat. At Nyabithaba hut you just sit and relax to watch plenty of birds jumping from one tree to another.

When you trek to john maate hut, you will spot the fiery necked nightjar and the montane nightjar.

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