Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour Leader: Gregory de Klerk
Pricing notes : 2024 permit costs (per person): Gorilla = $800, Chimp = $250
Tour price (Per person): USD9,295 * GBP7,009 * EUR8,262 * AUD14,500
Single Supplement: USD950 * GBP716 * EUR844 * AUD1,482
12 Aug 2025 - 28 Aug 2025 (17 days)
USD10,295 - 1 Space Available on this guaranteed departure
Tour Leader: Glen Valentine
Pricing notes : 2024 permit costs (per person): Gorilla = $800, Chimp = $250
Tour price (Per person): USD10,295 * GBP7,763 * EUR9,151 * AUD16,060
Single Supplement: USD950 * GBP716 * EUR844 * AUD1,482
Tour Leader: Nigel Redman
Pricing notes : 2025 permit costs (per person): Gorilla = $800, Chimp = $250
Tour price (Per person): USD9,295 * GBP7,009 * EUR8,262 * AUD14,500
Single Supplement: USD950 * GBP716 * EUR844 * AUD1,482
11 Aug 2026 - 27 Aug 2026 (17 days)
USD10,795 - 3 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: David Hoddinott
Pricing notes : 2025 permit costs (per person): Gorilla = $800, Chimp = $250
Tour price (Per person): USD10,795 * GBP8,140 * EUR9,595 * AUD16,840
Single Supplement: USD950 * GBP716 * EUR844 * AUD1,482
Tour Leader: David Hoddinott
Pricing notes : 2025 permit costs (per person): Gorilla = $800, Chimp = $250
Tour price (Per person): USD9,995 * GBP7,537 * EUR8,884 * AUD15,592
Single Supplement: USD1,050 * GBP792 * EUR933 * AUD1,638
11 Aug 2027 - 27 Aug 2027 (17 days)
USD11,595 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Paul Varney
Pricing notes : 2025 permit costs (per person): Gorilla = $800, Chimp = $250
Tour price (Per person): USD11,595 * GBP8,743 * EUR10,306 * AUD18,088
Single Supplement: USD1,050 * GBP792 * EUR933 * AUD1,638
From the source of the White Nile on Lake Victoria to the snow-capped Ruwenzori Range, the montane forests of the Virunga volcanoes, harbouring some of the last remaining Mountain Gorillas, to the extensive savannas around the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls, Uganda is an equatorial country of astonishing contrasts! No other area in Africa can match its amazing diversity of habitats (in an area approximately the size of Great Britain!), and this richness is reflected in its incredible bird list of over 1,000 species, making it arguably the richest African birding destination. Amongst these are many highly sought-after birds, including the unique Shoebill and the numerous spectacular endemics of the Albertine Rift Valley. This tour provides a comprehensive coverage of Uganda while staying at some great lodges, and aside from the birds (over 500 species of them!), it offers superb game viewing and the chance to track Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees!
Please note: As we cannot guarantee the availability of gorilla permits, we suggest you book very early if you would like to purchase one for the optional gorilla trek. As of mid 2022, these permits are US$ 700 per person (non-refundable).
The listed Rockjumper leader will not accompany this tour unless a minimum of 7 guests are signed up. In the case of insufficient sign-ups, a professional and very experienced local guide will lead the tour instead.
Shoebill, Ring-necked, Heuglin’s & Nahan’s Francolin, Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Grauer’s Broadbill, Red-faced Barbet, Green-breasted Pitta, Papyrus Gonolek, Lühder’s, Many-coloured & Bocage’s Bushshrikes, Red-throated Alethe, Ituri Batis, Great Blue Turaco, Dusky & Olive Long-tailed Cuckoos, Blue Malkoha, Black Bee-eater, Blue-throated Roller, African Dwarf, Chocolate-backed, Shining-blue & Blue-breasted Kingfishers, Grauer’s & Neumann’s Warblers, Uganda & Red-throated Woodland Warblers, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush, White-tailed & Red-tailed Ant Thrushes, Lowland Masked, Mountain Masked and Ruwenzori Apalises, Afep & White-naped Pigeons, Greyish Eagle-Owl, Red-chested Owlet, White-spotted Flufftail, African Finfoot, Brown-chested Lapwing, Grey-winged, Blue-shouldered & White-bellied Robin-Chats, Equatorial Akalat, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, Magpie Mannikin, Joyful, Kakamega, Ansorge’s & Toro Olive Greenbuls, Dusky & Grey-chested Babblers, Jameson’s Antpecker, Dusky Crimsonwing, Weyns's & Strange Weavers, Mountain Sooty & Lowland Sooty Boubous, Forest & White-headed Wood Hoopoes, Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Mountain Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Giant Forest Hog, L’Hoest’s Monkey, Central African Red Colobus, Leopard, Lion, Chequered Elephant Shrew
mid-altitude and montane rainforest, woodlands, acacia savanna, grasslands, wetlands, papyrus swamps
tropical with some rain expected, cooler in highlands
3 - 6 with 1 local leader / 7 - 10 with 1 Rockjumper leader & 1 local birding leader
moderate pace with some longer walks and drives
comfortable to luxurious guesthouses and hotels with some more basic facilities
moderate with some challenging species
±550
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Nile & Kazinga cruises, Murchison Falls, African art
excellent
The tour with David Hoddinott was excellent and made a deep impression on us!! My feeling is that David liked it all, too, and we had lots of fun plus lots of birds, including the targets!! Super! I got my most essential targets (19!), A-M got hers [about 100 new targets (!!)] and David also got a lifer and apparently also a second African- or Uganda-new. One great experience for us was to see his joy (and the driver´s joy) when David got his lifer (Ring-necked Francolin!). They together performed a fantastic performance to celebrate the event! Thanks for all you and Rockjumper have done for my wife and me during our Uganda trip for us with Rockjumper - tailor-made! All Great!
I was very pleased with Julian Parsons as our guide. He is an excellent birder and guide. The entire tour went as smoothly as one could expect, largely due to Julians work.
Daniel Danckwerts' fantastic field skills and knowledge, combined with his sense of humour and enthusiasm for showing as many birds as possible to all participants make him an ideal birding guide.
Our Rockjumper guide, Daniel Danckwerts, was super. He was focused on getting us onto the birds especially but was personable and handled logistics and details to make our experience the best it could be. He was enthusiastic, kind, and engaging.
This tour more than met all our expectations: in terms of sightings, accommodations, leadership, and magnificence of the country. Of course, we knew David Hoddinott, and knew he would be superb. We'd highly recommend Rockjumper's Uganda tour, we loved it and appreciate David's expertise and leadership.
Uganda - Highlights 2024 - August 2024
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas (Small Group) 2024 - August 2024
Uganda - Fox's Weaver Extension 2024 - July 2024
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas 2024 - July 2024
Uganda - Cohen 2024 - June 2024
Uganda - Highlights 2023 - August 2023
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas (Small Group) 2023 - June 2023
Uganda - Highlights 2022 - July 2022
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas (Small Group) 2022 - June 2022
Uganda - Whitlock 2022 - May 2022
Uganda - Highlights 2021 - July 2021
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas Exclusive I 2019 - June 2019
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas 2019 - June 2019
Uganda - Highlights 2019 - May 2019
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas II 2018 - June 2018
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas I 2018 - June 2018
Uganda - Birds & Gorillas II 2017 - July 2017
Highlights of Africa - Smith 2017 - May 2017
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