

However, any take of the day also opens up opportunities to watch them as long as you visit Mabamba wetland The best time to spot these shoebills is early in the morning as they parade in the swamp close to Lake Victoria in search of food.

Taking a canoe on Lake Victoria to Mabamba wetland bring you closer to the marsh where the shoe bill stork congest searching for fish and other small water mammals to feast on along the shores of lake Victoria. Mabamba swamp situated in Entebbe along Lake Victoria and is best known as a home to large populations of shoebill stork and about 300 other bird species that attract several birders while on a Uganda tour especially birding tours. Here are some of the major locations that one is sure of trekking the rare shoebill stork while on a Uganda tour All that is required is to book a birding tour to Uganda, then pack the binoculars, cameras and good hiking shoes and get ready to experience the unbeaten birding tour in UgandaĬurrently, Uganda harbors about 1000 shoebill storks and the largest populations of Shoebill stork are always found in areas with water including lakes, swamps, and rivers among others since they mainly depend on water mammals. Uganda is not only blessed with the primates such as chimpanzees, mountain gorillas, monkeys, baboons and mammals like Lions, zebras, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, impalas, elands, antelopes, hyenas, topis, and many more but is also a home to the rare and extinct shoebill stork and other bird species summing up to about 1060 bird species in Uganda hence the best destination for bird lovers. Shoebill Stork Tours are a unique and fascinating kind of tours whereby travelers take time and trek the lands to find the unique shoebill stork.
