Volcanoes National Park is nothing but tropical paradise which gives you an opportunity to encounter the magnificent mountain gorillas and it has made a name for its self as a centre for stunning gorilla tours Rwanda.
However many people don’t get to know is that there is so much more that Volcanoes National park can offer an Africa safari-goer can enjoy on top of a stunning Rwanda gorilla tour in Volcanoes National park.
One of the other overlooked activity in Volcanoes is birding. A Rwanda birding safari experience in Volcanoes National Park gives you an opportunity to encounter several of the 180 bird species that exist in this tropical forest many of which 16 of these are endemic species to the Albertine rift.
While on a Rwanda birding safari in volcanoes these are some of the bird species you can expect to encounter.
This bird species has a dark reddish-brown plumage, grey head, redlegs and bills with a rufous grey under part and brown iris.
The younger handsome francolin has a duller plumage but in adulthood, both male and female birds look the same with a wingspan of up to 35 cm long.
The Rwenzori turaco has a body length of 45cm and an average bodyweight of 211-256g and has a monkey-like “chk chk chk” or “ik ik ik krowng” call sound
This is a small, active black and white flycatcher like bird with dark bluish-black underparts, a white stripe along the wing and black thighs, the Ruwenzori batis has also glossy bluish-black breast band in its underparts.
Both the male and female Ruwenzori batis look alike although the males have red eyes while the females sometimes have orangey-red eyes.
The young ones are also similar to adults except that their plumage has a more rufous cast. This species has a length of 11-12 cm and an average weight of 8-15.5 grams. This bird habituates in the afro montane forests at an altitude between 1340-3300 m
This species is closely related to Ludwig’s double collared sunbird and prirogrine’s double collared sunbird. The only difference arises from their different locations and habitats. The Ruwenzori double collared sunbird, therefore, is an Albertine rift endemic sunbird that is located in the Ruwenzori and Albertine rift regions.
This bird is also known as the archer’s ground robin it has a body length of 15 cm with an average weight of 20-26 grams. The species has a curious melancholy loud trilled piping voice that is made throughout the day.
The dusky crimson wing birds have an average length of 11cm and an average weight of 14 grams. The males have their heads in red nape grey with dark crimson red upperparts but the upper wings and tail blackish grey with the side of the neck to chin, throat and underparts being dark grey.
This species makes a call voice of a soft “tzeek” or “tsit” sound and also a soft trilling “geegeegeegee” sound
Ruwenzori nightjar
The Ruwenzori Nightjar has a chocolate brown draped plumage and it has a male nightjar body length of 22-24cm or 9ich with bodyweight 43-55g while the female nightjar weighs between 41-57g.
The male Ruwenzori nightjar white spots on its four primaries and also its tail edge is white. The female nightjar is buff colored spots on its four primaries.
The Ruwenzori nightjar makes an “ank ank ank” sound call that is followed by a high pitch whistle of “peeeee, pee-uuu”
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This website gives you a myriad of Rwanda gorilla tour packages. Rwanda gorilla safaris are carried out in Volcanoes National Park, Volcanoes is home to over 10 gorilla families that have been habituated to give you an ultimate Rwanda gorilla tour experience.
These gorilla trekking safaris Rwanda have been classified into short Rwanda gorilla tours and these run between 1- 5 days for example 1 day Rwanda gorilla safari tours and 2 days Rwanda gorilla safaris.
There are also long Rwanda safari tours, these run between 6-9 days for example 6 days Rwanda gorilla chimpanzee safaris.
Since Uganda is also another fascinating Africa safari destination which shares quite similar attractions like Rwanda has, these attractions in range from savanna wildlife attractions that are found in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park Kidepo Valley National Park and Lake Mburo National Park.
Uganda is also a gorilla destination and Uganda gorilla safaris are carried out either in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park or Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which can be visited for a spectacular Uganda gorilla tour experience.
After a magical gorilla tour in Uganda, you can always visit Lake Bunyonyi Uganda and enjoy the stunning views of this magical lake.
A visit to Lake Bunyonyi gives you an opportunity to experience a boat ride on Africa’s second deepest lake..
Regardless of the length of your stay in Africa, you can enjoy either a short Uganda safari tour or a long Uganda safari tour experience visiting several attractions in Uganda.
However, if you don’t want to miss out on experiencing what each country has to offer, you can also have a combined Uganda Rwanda safari tours options which will see you visit the two countries of Uganda and Rwanda in a single safari package such as 5 days Uganda Rwanda gorilla trekking safari.
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