Travel report of our safari to Uganda.
Entebbe Airport Guesthouse, our first morning coffee
Entebe Guesthoude garden view
Pelecanus rufescens
Pelican, Pink-backed
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Stork, Marabou
On our way to Kampala
Local shops
Tile shop
Street view
Local market
Milvus Migrans
Kite, Black
Taking pictures in Rhino territory
How to identify the individual Rhinos
We're so close to the Rhino, exiting!
Ceratotherium simum
Rhinoceros, White
Machine for road maintenance within the parks
Watch out for free roaming Rhino's
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Starling, Rüppell's Glossy
Starling, Rüppell's Glossy (I)
No fences at Amuka Lodge, just warning signs
Batis erlangeri
Batis, Black-headed (F)
Ardea melanocephala
Heron, Black-headed
Swamp walk, looking for Shoebill
Eurystomus glaucurus
Roller, Broad-billed
Laniarius erythrogaster
Gonolek, Black-headed
Listening for the call of the Shoebill
Cinnyris mariquensis
Sunbird, Mariqua (M)
Macronyx croceus
Longclaw, Yellow-throated
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Ibis, African Sacred
Phylloscopus trochilus
Warbler, Willow
Halcyon senegalensis
Kingfisher, Woodland
Neptis laeta
Sailer, Common
Treron calvus
Green-pigeon, African
Typical lanscape around Ziwa
Water road to the other side of the swamp
Our canoe is ready
Canoes as water taxi
Ardeola ralloides
Heron, Squacco
Zapornia flavirostra
Crake, Black
Anastomus lamelligerus
Openbill, African
Cisticola chiniana
Cisticola, Rattling
A tiny Malachite Kingfisher sitting on Papyrus
Actophilornis africanus
Jacana, African
Corythornis cristatus
Kingfisher, Malachite
Ceryle rudis
Kingfisher, Pied
Vanellus crassirostris
Lapwing, Long-toed
Bostrychia hagedash
Ibis, Hadada
Kingfisher, Pied (F)
Dendrocygna viduata
Whistling-Duck, White-faced
Safety first (and mandatory)
We didn't see any Shoebill but it was a beautiful trip
It did look like a Shoebill without the 600mm zoom
Nile river safaris with Wild Frontiers (this afternoon)
Syncerus caffer
Buffalo, Cape
Syncerus caffer & Ptilostomus afer
Buffalo, Cape & Piapiac
Bucorvus abyssinicus
Ground-hornbill, Northern (F)
Ground-hornbill, Northern (M)
Pternistis icterorhynchus
Francolin, Heuglin's
Ourebia ourebi
Oribi
Canis adustus
Jackal, Side-striped
Ground-hornbill, Northern (F))
Kobus kob thomasi
Kob, Ugandan (M)
Kob, Ugandan (I)
Kob, Ugandan (F)
Uganda Kob going for a drink
Kob, Ugandan
Merops hirundineus
Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed
Panthera leo
Lion, Southern
Ptilostomus afer
Piapiac
Tragelaphus sylvaticus
Bushbuck, Cape (M)
Papio anubis
Baboon, Olive
Enjoying the scenery
Plocepasser mahali
Sparrow-weaver, White-browed
Lophoceros nasutus
Hornbill, African Grey (M)
Fishermen on the border of their permitted fishing grounds
Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel
Hartebeest, Lelwel
A beautiful Fish-eagle
Lanius excubitoroides
Fiscal, Grey-backed
Erythrocebus patas
Monkey, Patas
Balaeniceps rex
Shoebill
Halcyon malimbica
Kingfisher, Blue-breasted
Kingfisher, Blue-breasted (ssp. malimbica)
Halcyon badia
Kingfisher, Chocolate-backed
Kingfisher, Chocolate-backed (ssp. badia)
