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29/04/2024

Elephant Matriarchs

Elephant herds are led by elder matriarchs who guide and protect younger generations, imparting knowledge essential for their long term survival in dynamic environments.

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24/04/2024

Cuckoo Deception

Cuckoos practice brood parasitism, laying eggs in other birds' nests, relying on unwitting foster parents to raise their young, a deceptive strategy bypassing parental duties.

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24/04/2024

Gorilla Tracking In Uganda 🇺🇬

Today I embark on an yet another exciting journey to add one more trek on my 6 treks after tracking all the five sectors (locations) where gorillas can be trekked!

It’s always a new experience with each trek! A gorilla moment is moment hits differently! Many travelers describe the experience as a once-in-a-lifetime adventure that surpasses all expectations.

Each trek has always been deeply emotional and unforgettable with everlasting memories!

If you a yet to do your first trek or intend to do it in future, you can expect an extra ordinary encounter with the mighty silverbacks, playful gorilla babies, hikes through the tropical rainforests and connect with nature, communities, meet experienced local guides and porters among others.

You will never be the same! Look out for next tweet about what to pack or what you need for your gorilla trek!

EAC : 80$
Rest of Africa: 500$
Foreign Residents: 700$
Foreign Non Resident 800$

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23/04/2024

While spending an hour with the mountain gorillas is no doubt the star attraction of Volcanoes National Park, there are many other thrilling activities that await in this exciting region of Rwanda.

Trek with golden monkeys. Climb Mount Bisoke. Hike to the ruin of Dian Fossey’s research centre. Discover incredible birdlife on nature trails. Plant a tree. Knowing that your stay is contributing to the reforestation and rehabilitation of the land.

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09/04/2024

COMMON NAME: Purple heron
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ardea purpurea
LIFE SPAN: 23 years
MATING BEHAVIOR: Monogamy
REPRODUCTION SEASON: April-June
INCUBATION PERIOD: 25-30 days
INDEPENDENT AGE: 60–70 days
WEB.ANIMAL_CLUTCH_SIZE: 2-5 eggs

DESCRIPTION:

Purple Heron has purple-brown plumage with slate-grey wings, reddish-brown breast, black belly and reddish-purple flanks and scapulars.

Crown and long feathers’ crest are black. Rear neck is pale reddish-brown. The rest of the neck is white with black streaks, extending on upper breast. A black line is running down the neck sides.

Long pointed bill is yellow and longer than in other herons. Eyes are pale yellow. Legs and feet are orange yellow. Purple Heron has longer toes than other species, allowing walking on floating vegetation and dense bushes.

Very conspicuous in flight, these long toes make easier to identify the species. In breeding plumage, both similar adults have long breast feathers. Juvenile is browner than adults, lacking crest and breast feathers, and showing duller and narrow steaks in neck and underparts. We find three subspecies which differ in extent of black streaks on the neck.

BEHAVIOUR:

Purple Heron feeds in shallow water, waiting motionless for prey, stalking slowly fishes and frogs, or spearing them with its long pointed powerful bill. They feed in freshwater wetlands. Purple Heron remain in reedbeds more than Grey Heron.

It is a shy and solitary hunter, mostly at night to the early morning. It waits for prey under the cover, rarely wading in deep water, and sometimes, it perches on low trees and bushes above water, searching for food.
They roost mostly in coastal areas, such as mangroves and estuaries.

Purple Heron may be harassed by Grey Heron which steals its prey when they are hunting close to each other.
Purple Heron defends strongly its territory, puffing out its neck feathers and raising its crest.

During breeding season, Purple Heron has brighter colours and more pendulous breast feathers. Courtship displays show the Heron in elaborate postures, with fluffed out neck feathers. Male and female point their bills upwards, with straight head and neck.

REPRODUCTION:

Purple Heron nests generally in small colonies, in dense reedbeds in shallow water, at about one metre above water. They may also nest higher in trees.
The bulky nest is a platform made with reeds or twigs. Male brings materials to female which builds the nest.

Other supplementary nests may be built close to the first, used by the other adult while one is incubating, and by young when they leave the nest, remaining in the nearly branches before fledging. The nest is very large.

Female lays 2 to 5 pale blue-green eggs. Incubation lasts about 25 to 30 days, by both parents. Young are protected and fed by both adults which regurgitate food directly into the bill or in the nest.

The youngest bird often dies, due to intense rivalry between chicks. They leave the nest at about 10 days after hatching, remaining in nearby branches or hidden in dense reedbed.
Young fledge at about 3 months after hatching, and they reach their sexual maturity at one year.

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09/04/2024

COMMON NAME: Black headed heron
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ardea melanocephala
LUGANDA NAME: Ssekanyolya
LIFE SPAN: 5 years
MATING BEHAVIOR: Monogamy
REPRODUCTION SEASON: Rainy season
INCUBATION PERIOD: 23-27 days
INDEPENDENT AGE: 52–60 days
WEB.ANIMAL_CLUTCH_SIZE: 2-4 eggs

DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRD:

The Black-headed Heron adult has mostly grey body including back, wings, tail and underparts. Neck and back show lanceolate plumes. The underwing shows black flight-feathers and white wing-coverts. Chin and throat are white with black speckles on the foreneck.

The black of the head extends from forehead down to hindneck. The lores are yellow and green. The eyes are yellow, but they become orange and later red during the breeding season. The long, pointed bill is black above and greenish-yellow on the lower mandible. Legs and feet are mostly black.
Male and female are similar.

There are some variations in plumage with much paler wings and back, contrasting strongly with black head and neck. The white areas may vary too, with some birds lacking the white patch on the foreneck, others with no white at all, or tinged rufous on the lower throat.
There is a very rare dark morph with black underparts.
The juvenile is paler with buffy-white underparts, some pale rufous on throat and breast, and dark grey or brownish-grey head and neck.

BEHAVIOUR IN THE WILD:

The Black-headed Heron usually forages solitary by walking slowly through the grass. It walks by lifting the feet high, with erect head and neck stretched backwards.
Once the prey is located, it sways the head from side to side with increasing speed, and strikes the victim with its bill. But like numerous Ardeidae, it also feeds by standing motionless and waiting for preys. It often feeds at night.

It feeds on wide variety of invertebrates and small vertebrates, mainly terrestrial preys but also some aquatic ones.
Its diet includes rodents, insects (Orthoptera, Coleoptera, Centipedes and scorpions) earthworms, lizards, snakes, frogs, birds, fish, crustaceans and spiders.
In South Africa, it feeds mainly on large rodents and many birds in December/January. Fish and amphibians are taken in wetlands.

They may occasionally forage in flocks. However, outside breeding season and at roost, they gather in large flocks, tens to hundreds of birds.
During the breeding season, the Black-headed Heron defends its area by giving “kaak” calls while performing a Forward Display towards the intruder.

But it also performs courtship displays. In the Stretch Display, the bird points its bill upwards while exposing the white chin and throat. It utters the “how-oo” call and produces a soft gurgling.
Other display shows the heron with raised crest and fluffed neck. Physical contact with the bill occurs, while the bird runs its bill up and down the back and flanks of its mate.

Louds calls from both mates are part of the greeting ceremony that accompanies every action at nest until incubation begins. The copulation occurs at the nest-site, on the partly built nest. They are monogamous and usually breed in colonies, often mixed-species heronries.

The Black-headed Heron is partially migratory and movements are related to the dry season, but they may vary according to the range. The northern population migrates during the rainy season to nest in the Sahel and between Sudan and Guinea.

In other parts of Africa, they move to drier areas during the rains.
The Black-headed Heron is more sedentary in equatorial and southern Africa. The dispersion of the juveniles is impressive and over fairly long distances.
The flight is slow but strong with steady wingbeats. They use flapping flight both in migrations and between the breeding colonies and the feeding areas.

REPRODUCTION OF THIS SPECIES:

The Black-headed Heron breeds mainly during the rainy season, but also year round depending on the region.
It breeds often in small mixed colonies of 200 nests or more, and sometimes more than 30 nests are built in the same tree. They usually nests high in trees, and less often in reedbeds or on the ground.

The flimsy nest is made with twigs, but fresh twigs with green leaves are added at the beginning of the nesting period. Usually, the male collects the nest-material, and both adults build the nest in about two weeks. It is placed between 8 and 30 metres above the ground. They usually produce a single brood, and only occasionally two or three.
The female lays 2-3 pale blue eggs (2-6) and both adults incubate during 23-27 days. At hatching, the chicks have pale grey down and yellow eyes. They are fed at nest by regurgitation.

They fledge at 40-50 days, but they return to the nest for feeding. They are independent about 60 days after hatching. The young are often preyed upon by birds of prey.

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08/04/2024

COMMON NAME: Yellow-billed Stork
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mycteria ibis
LIFE SPAN: 19 years
MATING BEHAVIOR: Monogamy
INCUBATION PERIOD: 30 days
INDEPENDENT AGE: 50–55 days
WEB.ANIMAL_CLUTCH_SIZE: 2-3 eggs

DESCRIPTION:

The Yellow-billed Stork is a large stork with pinkish grey-white plumage and black flight-feathers and tail. The long neck is greyish-white.
In breeding plumage, it has naked red facial skin, extending beyond the eyes. Wing-coverts and back are tinged pink.

The long, bright yellow bill is thick at the base and slightly curved at tip. The eyes are dark brown. Long legs and feet are pink.
Male and female have similar plumage, but the male is slightly larger.

The juvenile is mostly dark brown with white underparts. The bare parts are much duller and the eyes are pale grey.
The immature is duller than adults with paler eyes too.

BEHAVIOUR:

The Yellow-billed Stork feeds on small freshwater fish usually swallowed whole. It also takes aquatic insects, crabs, worms, crustaceans, frogs, and occasionally small mammals and birds.

It forages by wading or walking through shallow water, probing with its long, partially open bill. It uses its sense of touch to locate and catch the preys.

As soon as the bill touches a prey, a rapid snap-bill reflex occurs and the bird shuts the mandibles and raises the head to swallow the prey whole.

The Yellow-billed Stork also uses the typical foot-stirring technique to disturb the preys hidden in the sand and the vegetation of the bottom. It also takes advantage of preys displaced by large mammals such as Hippopotamus amphibious and crocodiles moving through the water.

When not feeding, it rests on protected sandbanks with herons, spoonbills and other large wading birds.

The Yellow-billed Stork is highly gregarious, including during the breeding season, and they usually form colonies in trees. This species has a wide repertoire of courtship displays common to all Mycteria storks. The male selects potential nest-sites and the female attempts to approach.

Several displays typical of this genus include “Display preening” during which the male feigns to preen each of its extended wings with the bill, several times on each side, but actually, the bill does not touch the feathers.

Another display shows the male standing on the nest-site, bending over to grasp and release twigs from the foundations at regular intervals, while moving head and neck side-to-side between each action.

The female also performs displays such as the “Balancing Posture”. She walks with the body held horizontally, while extending the wings towards the male. She may engage in “Gaping” once near the male, with slightly open bill while the neck is held upwards.

If the female is accepted by the male, she enters the nest-site while closing her wings, whereas the male may continue its “Display Preening”. Both birds stand together in the nest. The copulation is accompanied by bill-clapping from the male.

A new pair is formed every year. The nest is not reused because it is often destroyed by other birds stealing materials for their own nests.

The Yellow-billed Stork is largely resident in the range, and only performs some local movements related to the seasons. It is probably an intra-Africa migrant.

It flies with projecting neck and feet, and like most Ciconidae, it uses its long, broad wings for soaring, because it is not able to sustain flapping flight. The flying groups do not fly in any regular formation.

REPRODUCTION:

The Yellow-billed Stork starts to breed towards the end of the rainy season, but it also nests during the dry season in drier regions, if the food resources are abundant.

It nests in mixed-species colonies established in trees with herons and other aquatic species. The colonies usually include 10-20 pairs, occasionally more, up to 50 pairs with nest 1-3 metres apart.
Both adults build a smallish nest, high up in trees such as Acacia, Bombax or Baobabs, sometimes over water.

The female lays 2-4 eggs (usually 3). Both adults incubate during about 30 days. At hatching, the chicks have white down. They are fed by their parents by regurgitation of fish. They also regurgitate water into the open bills of the chicks.

They fledge 50-55 days after hatching and leave the nest, but they return there to be fed and they roost with their parents during 1-3 weeks more. They are sexually mature at 3 years old.

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08/04/2024

COMMON NAME: Woolly-necked Stork
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ciconia episcopus
LIFE SPAN: 20 years
MATING BEHAVIOR: Monogamy
REPRODUCTION SEASON: Dry season
INCUBATION PERIOD: 30-31 days
INDEPENDENT AGE: 55–65 days
WEB.ANIMAL_CLUTCH_SIZE: 2-4 eggs

DESCRIPTION:

The Woolly-necked Stork is an elegant bird found in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and SE Asia.

The adult has glossy black plumage with blue, green and purple iridescences. Wings and tail are black too. The woolly neck, belly and undertail-coverts are white, as lower back and rump. The forked black tail is concealed by the long white undertail-coverts, appearing white seen from below.

In the race “microscelis” from Tropical Africa, the head shows black face and white rear crown and nape.
The long bill is black with red tip from half length. The eyes are red. Legs and feet are blackish.

In the nominate race “episcopus” from India to Indochina, N Malay Peninsula and Philippines, the bare face is grey. Forecrown and crown are black and well defined.
The large bill is grey with reddish tip. The eyes are deep red. Legs and feet are red.

In the race “neglecta” from Java and Wallacea, the head is similar to “episcopus” but the bill is mostly red with grey base.
However, the validity of this race is disputed.

Both sexes are similar.
The juvenile is duller and browner, and lacks the blue and purple iridescences. The black forehead extends further back on crown.
The bill is pale greyish. The eyes are dark. Legs and feet are duller.

BEHAVIOUR:

The Woolly-necked Stork feeds on fish, amphibians, snakes and lizards, crabs, molluscs and marine invertebrates. It is attracted to grass fires where it catches large quantities of grasshoppers and locusts.

This species is usually seen alone, walking about slowly on the ground and along water. It picks up the preys with the long bill. It is also attracted to termite emergences.

Although not very gregarious, it may be seen sometimes in pairs or small groups near water, but they rarely wade.
This stork is often seen standing motionless or resting on the tarsi.

The Woolly-necked Storks are solitary nesters and both mates probably stay together all year round. As other Ciconiidae species, they perform the usual courtship displays. They make bill-clatters at nest, with the head resting back on the upper back.

But the solitary breeders often have far less elaborate courtship rituals. The pairs are more or less permanent and the same nest is reused year after year.

This species is mainly resident. It is an intra-African migrant, performing regional N-S movements, sometimes in large flocks. It is also resident in Asia, but subject to some movements too.

REPRODUCTION:

The breeding season varies with the range, in July-September in N India and in December-March in S India, usually in dry season throughout Africa, and in February-May and August-November in SE Asia where they probably breed all year round.

It breeds solitary, although some pairs may nest close together in E Africa.
The Woolly-necked Stork nests in trees. It builds a large stick platform with a central depression lined with grass and rubbish, placed high in tall tree, between 20 and 30 meters above the ground.

The female lays 2-4 white eggs becoming brown-stained later. The incubation lasts about one month, shared by both parents. At hatching, the chicks are covered in grey down with buff neck. They are fed by regurgitation into the nest by both adults, and each chick takes its own part. They fledge 55-65 days after hatching, when they are able to fly. They usually remain dependent on the adults for some weeks more.

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08/04/2024

COMMON NAME: Saddle-billed Stork
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
LIFE SPAN: 36 years
MATING BEHAVIOR: Monogamy
INCUBATION PERIOD: 30-35 days
INDEPENDENT AGE: 70–100 days
WEB.ANIMAL_CLUTCH_SIZE: 2-3 eggs
REPRODUCTION SEASON: Breeding season often starts at the end of the rainy season, or in dry season

DESCRIPTION:

Saddle-billed Stork is a very large bird, probably the tallest of the storks. Adult male has black and white plumage. On the upperparts, mantle is white until the lower back which is black, as the rump. Wings and tail are black, with green iridescence.
On the underparts, breast, belly, vent and undertail coverts are white. On the under wing, coverts are black. Flight feathers and leading edges are white. Undertail feathers are black.

Head and neck are black. The huge, slightly up curved bill is red, with large black band in the first half. Base is red, with conspicuous yellow frontal shield (the “saddle”) at upper base. We can see two small bright yellow wattles at lower base.
Eyes are dark brown. Legs and feet are blackish, with pinkish knees.

Female is slightly smaller than male. She is similar in plumage, but she has yellow eyes and she lacks the two wattles at base of the bill.

Juvenile is duller, mostly grey overall. Immature resembles adults, but duller.

It reaches its sexual maturity at three years or more.

BEHAVIOUR:

Saddle-billed Stork feeds as large herons, by walking slowly in shallow water. It stalks preys such as fish, crustaceans and amphibians. It also searches by stabbing the bill into water, catching prey by contact, and in the same way into mud and vegetation. It swallows the fish head first and then, it drinks some water. Preys are jabbed with the bill.

Saddle-billed Stork is often seen in pairs, but sometimes in groups of 10 to 12 birds.
Saddle-billed Stork is solitary nester. Mates probably stay together all year, and form permanent pairs. They breed in the same nest year after year. That is why this species has less elaborate courtship displays.

The most usual display is the bill-clattering, used when one of the mates returns to the nest, involving head raised and lowered, sometimes with some kinds of vocalizations and bill-clattering. These displays strengthen the pair-bonds.
Saddle-billed Stork is sedentary, with only some local movements in order to find food.

REPRODUCTION:

Breeding season often starts at the end of the rainy season, or in dry season.
Saddle-billed Stork nests solitary in treetop near water. The tall tree is often isolated from disturbances. These birds often reuse the same nest, adding new materials to the structure.

Nest is built by both adults. It is a large nest made with sticks and relatively flat, but deep enough for the incubating adult. The interior is lined with reeds, sedges and mud.

Female usually lays 2 to 3 eggs. Incubation lasts about 30 to 35 days, by both parents.
Chicks are covered in white down. They are fed by both adults. They fledge between 70 and 100 days after hatching.
This species does not usually breed every year. The young birds of one or two years remain in the territory with parents, until the next breeding period.

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COMMON NAME: Black Stork
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ciconia nigra
LIFE SPAN: 31 years
MATING BEHAVIOR: Monogamy
REPRODUCTION SEASON: April-May
INCUBATION PERIOD: 32-38 days
INDEPENDENT AGE: 68–72 days
WEB.ANIMAL_CLUTCH_SIZE: 3-5 eggs

The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but uncommon, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe (predominantly in central and eastern regions), across temperate Asia and Southern Africa.

This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related white stork. It is seen in pairs or small flocks—in marshy areas, rivers or inland waters. The black stork feeds on amphibians and insects.

DESCRIPTION

Slightly smaller than the white stork, the black stork is a large bird, 95 to 100 cm in length with a 145 – 155 cm wingspan, and weighing around 3 kg. They can stand as tall as 102 cm. Like all storks, it has long legs, a long neck, and a long, straight, pointed beak.

The plumage is all black with a purplish green sheen, except for the white lower breast, belly, axillaries and undertail coverts. The breast feathers are long and shaggy forming a ruff which is used in some courtship displays. The bare skin around its eyes is red, as are its red bill and legs. The sexes are identical in appearance, except that males are larger than females on average.

The juvenile resembles the adult in plumage pattern, but the areas corresponding to the adult black feathers are browner and less glossy. The scapulars, wing and upper tail coverts have pale tips. The legs, bill, and bare skin around the eyes are greyish green. It may be confused with the juvenile yellow-billed stork, but the latter has a paler wings and mantle, longer bill, and white under the wings.

It walks slowly and steadily on the ground. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched. It has a rasping call, but rarely indulges in mutual bill-clattering when adults meet at the nest.

BEHAVIOUR

Known for their shy and solitary behavior, C. nigra tend to stay far from human activity and development. Black storks are solitary outside of the breeding season, when they occur in loose clusters of nesting pairs. Black storks are migratory and active during the day.

Black storks walk purposefully on the ground, with a steady stride. They perch and stand upright, often on one leg. These birds are excellent fliers, flying high in warm currents of air. In the air, they keep their head below the line of their bodies, stretching out the neck. Other than migration, C. nigra do not fly in formation or in flocks

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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), also known as chimps, are one of our closest living relatives and members of the great ape family, along with gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and humans. Chimps share 98.7% of their DNA with humans and have a lot of the same traits. They are known for being intelligent, social and violent animals that live in complex societies. Chimpanzees have suffered greatly from the increasing presence and influence of modern humans in their environment and are now threatened with extinction. Chimps are stronger than humans, despite being smaller. In fact, they are about 1.35 times more powerful than humans as they have more fast-twitch muscle fibers, which are good for strength and speed, Live Science reported. These fast-twitch muscle fibers enable chimps to outperform people in tasks such as pulling and jumping. Humans evolved to have more slow-twitch muscle fibers that are better for endurance and traveling long distances. The chimpanzee lives in groups that range in size from 15 to 150 members, although individuals travel and forage in much smaller groups during the day. The species lives in a strict male-dominated hierarchy, where disputes are generally settled without the need for violence. Nearly all chimpanzee populations have been recorded using tools, modifying sticks, rocks, grass and leaves and using them for hunting and acquiring honey, termites, ants, nuts and water. The species has also been found creating sharpened sticks to spear small mammals. Its gestation period is eight months. The infant is weaned at about three years old but usually maintains a close relationship with its mother for several years more. The Pearl Of Africa *************************** Great Nest Image Safaris gives you on-the-ground, at-your-side, 24/7 support, so you can travel with confidence, knowing that your safety and comfort comes first. 📍Visit our Offices in Entebbe for more information. 🔺𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢

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Tree Climbing Lion

On 04/11/2023 there was Tree Climbing lionesses in Murchisionfalls National Park. Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s most popular national park, receiving the highest annual number of visitors of any park in the country. Popular visitor activities include game drives, night drives, boat cruises to the delta and Murchison Falls waterfall, nature walks, bird watching and chimp tracking in Budongo Forest. Tourists visiting Murchison Falls National Park make a 5 hours 40 minutes drive from Kampala to reach the park. The park is also connected by daily domestic flights from Entebbe International Airport, to Kidepo Valley National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Together with the adjacent 748 square kilometres (289 sq mi) Bugungu Wildlife Reserve and the 720 square kilometres (280 sq mi) Karuma Wildlife Reserve, the park forms the Murchison Falls Conservation Area. Great Nest Image Safaris gives you on-the-ground, at-your-side, 24/7 support, so you can travel with confidence, knowing that your safety and comfort comes first. 📍Visit our Offices in Entebbe for more information. 🔺𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘! 🟢WhatsApp: ⁨0772 699342⁩ 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.greatnestimagesafaris.com 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.africanwildernesstours.com ☎️ 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞: +256755658818 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.entebbeairporttaxiservices.com #why_wait_go_to_uganda #african_wilderness_tours #great_nest_image_safaris #why_wait_go_to_africa #germany #unitedkingdom #canada #france #italy #spain #mexico #China #netherlands #switzerland #Israel #brazil #india #EarthsUltimateUntamedPlaces #Entebbe_Airport_Taxi_Services #murchisonfalls_National_Park #Queeneliza

Warthog fight These two warthogs would trot in parallel, stop and watch each other for quite a long time. They had a brief scrap (which is when this Video was taken in Murchision Falls National Park 04/11/2023), and then trotted in parallel again, watching each other. The strongest survives Great Nest Image Safaris gives you on-the-ground, at-your-side, 24/7 support, so you can travel with confidence, knowing that your safety and comfort comes first. 📍Visit our Offices in Entebbe for more information. 🔺𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘! 🟢WhatsApp: ⁨0772 699342⁩ 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.greatnestimagesafaris.com 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.africanwildernesstours.com ☎️ 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞: +256755658818 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.entebbeairporttaxiservices.com #why_wait_go_to_uganda #african_wilderness_tours #great_nest_image_safaris #why_wait_go_to_africa #germany #unitedkingdom #canada #france #italy #spain #mexico #China #netherlands #switzerland #Israel #brazil #india #EarthsUltimateUntamedPlaces #Entebbe_Airport_Taxi_Services #murchisonfalls_National_Park #Queenelizabeth_National_Park #Kidepo_Valley_National_Park

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Discover the breathtaking beauty of Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park – home to thrilling adventures and iconic wildlife. Be immersed in the area’s magical allure - from misty rainforests to tiny chameleons, golden monkeys ‘Forest elephant and the star of the show, an unforgettable hour in the company of a mountain gorilla family. Great Nest Image Safaris gives you on-the-ground, at-your-side, 24/7 support, so you can travel with confidence, knowing that your safety and comfort comes first. Read more and join us on a wild ride: https://entebbeairporttaxiservices.com Visit our Offices in Entebbe Kitala for more information. 🔺𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘! ☎️ 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞: +256772699342 📧 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: [email protected] 🌎 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: www.africanwildernesstours.com #TeamGreatNestImageSafaris #TeamAfricanWildernessTours #naturephotographer #nature_photo #travetoluganda #vistuganda #bbctravel #bbcearth #OurJourneysChangeLives #africanwildernesstours #AfricanSafari #FamilySafari #FamilyVacation #Adventure #AfricanWildlife #TravelHere #gorillatrekking #AfricanSafari #PeaceOfMind #TravelConfidently #AfricanTravel #journeytoafrica #mountaingorillas #WildernessDestinations #Conservation #Community #Impact #LuxuryTravel

The Red chested cuckoo is a unique species of cuckoo we have here in Uganda. This bird practices brood parasitism where it lays its eggs in the nest of other small birds. The surrogate family raises the chick when it hatches believing it’s their own offspring. The red chested cuckoo lays about 20 eggs per season in different nests. Some of the common species that host the red chested cuckoo are; the cape wagtail, cape robinchat, white throated robin-chat and many other small birds. https://www.africanwildernesstours.com/uganda-birding.../ 📍: Mabira Forest Professionals in Uganda 🇺🇬 & Beyond! #TeamGreatNestImageSafaris Let’s Make Memories Together! For Bookings/Reservations/Enquiries Call | Text | WhatsApp: +256772699342 📤: [email protected] 🌐: https://africanwildernesstours.com #TeamGreatNestImageSafaris #redchestedcuckoo #ugandasafaris #NaturalWorld #SafaritoRemember #birdsofuganda #bird #birds #birdart #birdlovers #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofinstagram #birding #birdingdaily #birding_lounge #birdingphotography #nature_perfection #rawbirds #best_birds_planet #kings_birds #wildlifeplanet #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour

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ABOUT US

Registration number : 80020000486352

Date of registration : 04/10/2017

Postal address : P.O. Box 186, Entebbe Uganda

Physical address : Entebbe -Mpala Highway, Areba Hotel Level 1, Room No.12

Tel number : +256 (0) 783 289987

Mobile number : +256 (0) 772699342/+256 (0) 759378068

Email : [email protected] / [email protected]

Main website : www.ssemambotours.com

Twitter : ssemambotours.com

LinkedIn : Ssemambo Alex Tours & Travel

Working Hours

Monday – Saturday : 8:00am – 6:30pm

HISTORY

Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel Co. Ltd was founded way in 2012 by young professional entrepreneurs Ssemambo Alex and Nambi Martha. They set up a professional company with the intention to improve the quality of tour operation in Uganda and Rwanda. Initially, Ssemambo Alex Tours & Travel operated only in Uganda, however due to several years of hard work; we have managed to boast our expertise and broaden our business boundaries to Rwanda as well.

Our Mission

To arrange and carry out legitimate satisfying safaris and tours offering a comfortable, memorable and enjoyable experience for our clients; and support community development through our tourism activities.

Our Objectives

To organize customized trips for sole travelers, families, friends, co-workers, and large groups as well as special tours for students plus the handicapped.

To get you closer to the gifts of Mother Nature - wildlife by traveling in an eco-friendly way through the different exciting safari packages we have to offer.

To offer you value for the money you pay.

Our motto

Enjoying Africa’s Beauty;

We offer you an opportunity to explore the authentic beauty of Africa as you get close to the Wonders of Mother Nature guided by our well trained experienced guides in our comfortable safari vehicles.

Values

Care, professionalism, integrity and dedication are some of the core values that underpin the business approach of Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel. The company is also based on excellent customer service, innovation, flexibility, accessibility and eco-tourism.

SERVICES

Our unique services include:

· Airport transfers

· Car rental

· Air ticketing

· Hotel Reservations

· Safari trips

· Gorilla trekking safaris

· Nature and community walks

Booking your safari

With our highly qualified and experienced team of professionals, we understand the needs of your tour and we provide you with the best safari service alternatives and fair prices to ensure a cost effective and worry free tour or experience. We have city, birding and bush safaris itineraries for short-day and long trips ranging from 1-22 days depending on the client’s needs.

Tour packages

We do all this by packaging all the elements of your safari needs into a single product, this could be conference, family holiday, honeymoon, birding, wildlife encounter and mountain climbing.

Booking accommodation

We remove the uncertainty over where to stay, how much it would cost, how to travel around and what to see, getting the right documentations and knowing beforehand if it is worthy at all.

We have the best lodges and hotels that we recommend to our clients which are safe and satisfactory.

Car hire

There is a choice of vehicles at your disposal suitable to your routing and requirements. For clients’ convenience, we try to limit the number of people in one vehicle to 5-6 persons. This means that every guest can enjoy having a window seat and luggage can be stored comfortably. We will advise you on the best vehicle to use and assist you in your planning if needed.

Our fleet comprises of;

4x4 wheel drive

Saloons

Coasters (30 seater)

Mini buses (14 seater)

Cultural tours in Uganda

Uganda has many different tribes-peoples practicing age old cultures, customs and traditions including the pygmy Batwa in Bwindi, the Banyakole famed for their magnificent long horned cattle, as well as the nomadic Karamojong living in the remote, semi-arid North East bordering Kenya and South Sudan. Historical relics including the Kasubi tombs, the Uganda Martyrs Shrine(a much more modern religious shrine), the world’s most hospitable people definitely makes Uganda one of the most ideal cultural tourism destinations in the world.

Adventure tours in Uganda

When it comes to adventure, nothing beats a coming face to face with a giant Mountain Gorilla silver back, eight times the power of a grown man, in its natural habitat. Although an encounter with the over 100 strong families of chimpanzees in Kibale forest National Park. To partake the wildest white water rafting amongst the rapids of the magnificent river Nile, the world’s longest River in World .You can also climb ‘Mountains of the moons’, the Ruwenzori and marvel at their ice capped peaks astride the equator. If you take a launch boat on the Nile, in Murchison Falls National Park, come up close to the base of the glorious Murchison Falls itself where the mighty river forces its entire self through a narrow 7m cleft to tumble 43m down in a thunderous show of mighty power; without a doubt some of the most breathtaking sceneries imaginable. You could also take a hike up to the top of the falls and marvel at the falls from above, there just so many things you could do – Uganda must truly be the adventure capital of the world.

Recreation holidays in Uganda

Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest fresh water lake, provides numerous opportunities for beach tourism on its edge in Entebbe as well as at various islands including Ssese Islands and Bulago Island, Mabamba wetland,where one can enjoy walks on the beach, boat rides, lazy bird walks, some water sports, visits to the local fishing villages etc.

Relax on the shores of Lake Bunyonyi, enjoy the peace, beauty and tranquility at the source of the Nile in Jinja, and visit the Mahatma Gandhi Shrine, the universal apostle of peace and non-violence; his ashes were immersed in the river Nile in 1948, as he requested. Enjoy launch cruises on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park or step out to mix and mingle with local Ugandans on a night outing in Kampala and feel the pulse of this buzzing capital city; Ugandans love to have a giant amount of fun – you’re more than welcome to join!

Special interest journeys in Uganda

Besides the classical safaris, Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel offers theme-based packages and special interest tours, like golf tours, honeymoons, incentive group tours, tribal and homestead tours, philanthropic tours, school/colleges groups and many more.

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP

Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel is a member of several travel industry association such as;

Association of the Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO).

Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) and this has helped us establish a good rapport with a number of organizations, hotels, lodges & campsites.

OUR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION

Ssemambo Alex Tours & Travel Company shares its proceeds with several local communities each year by doing different charity works. At least we endeavor to support a disadvantaged child, therefore each time you book your safari with us; you are in one way or the other assisting a child in Uganda.

OUR STAFF

Tour Coordinator

The tour coordinator is to provide guidance and recommendations. She represents the company at all times and ensures compliance. She ensures that all standard service levels are met according to service agreement.

Tour Operator

Our tour operator is uniquely set to ensure you get the best of all. We truly work as a team and we can assure you the best service yet to be matched.

Drivers/Guides

We believe that one thing that makes a tour or safari to be more inspiring, educating, informing and entertaining really on the type of driver or guide during your safari, we have well trained and experienced English speaking drivers/guides who have deep love for wildlife encounter, culture and a desire to share their passion with others.

Support Staff

Our Accounts and administration support staff are always eager to ensure your business with Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel smooth and easy to achieve. Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel has acquired experience throughout the years that they have been operating in the tourism both local and international. Our staff stands ready to work with our guests to create the most fascinating and unforgettable tour experience.

If you book with Ssemambo Alex Tours and Travel be rest assured of the best services.

https://www.ssemambotours.com