Shoebill tracking in Mabamba swamp

Shoebill tracking in Mabamba swamp organize trips to search for the elusive shoebill stork in Mabamba swamp and the trip starts with a pickup from the hotel in Entebbe/Kampala and drive to the pier at Nakiwongo Landing site where we have a fleet of boats aligned. You will take a motorized boat to the swamp and the trip takes 1 hours. The shoebill trip starts early in the morning around 6am as we need to allocate the shoebill before it finds prey and fly away from the swamp.

Upon reaching the swamp, we shall get a small canoe boat that can go through the thick marshes of papyrus and we enter the swamp. We always track the shoebill in 3 areas namely Mayanja track, Kadozi track, Busi Island and Kitubi track and all these were named for easy communication while in the swamp as there is a team that goes to the swamp early in the morning to search for the shoebill. Shoebill tracking in Mabamba swamp

The shoebill in the evening come on the shores of Lake Victoria to look for nice places to spend overnight and it is better to look for them in the morning before they feed. And they can take 1-2 hours when hunting and if it misses, it can move to a different place, so it can even take 2 minutes without bricking since it has a sharp eye and it keeps a keen eye. The shoebill lays 2-3 eggs per 5 fives and it takes 3 months for the eggs to hatch, also it feeds the young ones for 12 months, it gets the ones that are strong and kills the ones that are week. shoebill Uganda tour and safaris affordable price in swamp

The elusive shoebill stork is endangered as it takes long to give birth to the young ones but as at April 2022, we have approximately 12 individuals in Mabamba swamp which is quite a good number. They fees on lung fish, tilapia and Nile perch and it hunts then it keeps some for that time when it fails to get a catch.

After seeing and taking photos of the shoebill stork, you will meet your motorized boat and ride back to Starting point Nakiwgo landing site and the drive back to your hotel. For more details about how you can book the shoebill trip, contact shoebill Uganda tours on email or watsAp.