Birding at Your Pace

Avian Safaris

Avian Safaris – A Local Uganda Birding Tour Company | Operates in Kenya, Rwanda – Africa Bird Watching Adventures

Avian Safaris set out to do something different; to offer birders birdwatching expeditions far from the ordinary, customised, unique, relaxed, energetic, bonding and indulgent vacations for individuals and families. It seems a lot of people like their birding Tours that way. People have trusted us to design exciting, fun-filled vacations for them, their families and others. We can “tailor-make” a birdwatching trip that will linger in a lifetime’s worth of memories.

On Avian Safaris’ tours, you will visit birdwatching spots untouched by mass tourism, have endemic, endangered, and restricted species, and have fun with new friends from around the world who share your sense of adventure. Take some time and look at our website’s attractive range of Tours/Safaris and Excursions. We are very flexible and want you to get the most out of your birding time. Please tell us precisely what you have in mind, and we will happily arrange something for you.

Value for Money at Avian Safaris

Consistent, high-quality services cannot be provided at a significant discount, although Avian Safaris is dedicated to providing quality and satisfactory tours and excursions at affordable prices.

You will find our sales consultants friendly, supremely knowledgeable and prepared to go that extra mile to ensure you have the most excellent tour at the most attractive price without compromising the experience. When you contact us, you will have the direct telephone numbers of your consultant throughout the booking process.

Financial Security

Avian Safaris is a Ugandan fully registered business and bonded tour operator (No. 187156 in the index of registration), so you can be sure that all payments made to us in advance of your tour are adequately protected. It might be pretty challenging to let you know how important it is to book your tours with a reliable company. It may cost a bit more, but a financial failure that leaves you with a severe problem is far less likely.

We are such a credible tour operator company in the country; this is evident from our strong ties with the prime stakeholders in Uganda’s tourism industry. Not only are we corporate members of Nature Uganda (NU)- a branch of the East Africa Natural History Society (EANHS), Uganda Safari Guides Association (USAGA)- The umbrella association of guides and guides clubs in Uganda, Uganda Bird Guides Club, Uganda Cultural Guides Club, but also in good books with Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Tourism Board along with several others.

Avian Safaris Group Size

At Avian Safaris, we have low group size limits for any extensive birdwatching tour. Our Off-the-shelf tours of six (6) individuals will bread a quality tour since better communication is assured, and there are higher chances of seeing birds clearly and firmly even when birding in Uganda’s Rain Forests.

Quality Hotels

We operate with various hotels that have been carefully selected on merit and frequently checked to ensure they meet our rigorous standards; many have been chosen for their commitment to sustainable tourism. As well as location, our selection also reflects our personal preference for places with character where the owners and managers like to engage with their guests.

We have contracts with a significant number of Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda hotels; this means we can pass on substantial savings to our clients and guarantees us the control to ensure the content and quality of your stay is of acceptable standards.

Avian Safaris Comfortable Reliable 4×4 Vehicles

We have 4×4 vehicles, suitable for various road conditions and game drives with ‘pop-up’ tops to maximise birding and Game viewing even in the savannah amidst the wild beasts. All vehicles have seat belts, a window seat for every member on board to enjoy magnificent views and photography and the comfort of all passengers. They all have a ‘no smoking’ policy.

Safari Toyota Hiace Van
Safari Toyota Land Cruiser

Our Vision

We aim to establish ourselves as a niche player in the private sector of Uganda’s avian tourism by participating in conservation programs and organising trips that give our guests the best travel experiences.

Mission

Internally we intend to create and nurture a healthy, exuberant, respectful, and enjoyable environment in which our employees are fairly compensated and encouraged to respect the clients and the quality of our service. Also, follow-up will be mandatory to ensure client satisfaction and make any improvements as the clients recommend. We seek fair and responsible profit to keep the company financially healthy for the short and long term and reward our employees fairly.

Values

We exist to provide a valuable service to our clients, a rewarding opportunity for our employees, and profitability to our shareholders. We believe that success in this endeavour depends on our employees. Satisfied employees lead to happy clients, which leads to pleased shareholders. To achieve this, we enable our employees to act with an entrepreneurial spirit and value those willing to take responsibility for their actions. We treat employees like family, which fosters intimacy, informality, healthy relationships, and caring attitudes and makes work more fun.

We treat employees with respect, encouraging them to treat each other and every client with respect. We want our clients to experience a legendary service that makes a lasting impression. Providing exceptional value to clients requires hard work and concentration. Hard work is most effective when processes are simple. Simplicity reduces costs and speeds up processes. We believe in doing things right the first time; therefore, we do not cut corners.

We take pride in our efforts as well as the rewards. Throughout this endeavour, safety will be the overriding force behind any decision. Our clients will travel securely on our tours with professional and personable tour guides. Through their commentary, they should be able to have an in-depth look at the tour activities and the country with its people.

Objectives

  • Continuously provide enjoyable quality excursions, tours and safaris on time and on budget.
  • Develop enthusiastically satisfied clients all of the time. Establish a market presence that assures short-term and long-term profitability, growth and success.
  • We are fully committed to supporting the growth and development of sustainable tourism.
  • Contribute positively to the communities in the tourist areas and wildlife Conservations.
Meet our

Birding Guides

We know that great birding experiences require hours of preparation; therefore, we focus on individual or group needs while designing Itineraries. We provide skilled handling of all the technical and logistical details: securing the correct understanding of your individual or group needs and interests.

We pride ourselves on the approachability of our dedicated and dynamic staff and the friendliness of their service. Our team is always available to respond personally to your comments if they are to place together a unique and satisfactory tour experience suiting your birding tour requirements. Please call or email our office anytime and ask any questions you would like to. You will find helpful and courteous service, and we always enjoy chatting with actual and potential birders; therefore, if you have any questions about our tours, please get in touch. We want to hear from you.

Having such a dedicated and efficient team behind you makes all the difference in having an enjoyable tour before, during and after the trip.

Avian Safaris Birding Guide

A trained and professional bird guide is essential for any birdwatching tour; our guides are carefully chosen on merit. They are personable and knowledgeable, with impressive academic and professional backgrounds. They have all the skills to conduct an extended birding tour professionally and ensure everyone has a great time.

Avian Safaris professional local birding guides have grown up within their guiding areas (Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda), chasing after birds and small mammals as children. They have gone through Bird, Cultural, Wildlife, and extensive tour guiding courses and belong to regional guides clubs. In Uganda, they are members of the Uganda Bird Guides Club (UBGC), Uganda Cultural Guides Club (UCGC) and Uganda Safari Guides Association (USAGA) which is the umbrella association for all guide clubs in the country.

Our Knowledgeable Birding guides fluently speak English, and there is hardly a question they are likely not to answer. They will guide you on your excursion, tour, or safari to all the birding spots included in the itinerary and work to their best for every group member to see a specific bird at a place. Their expertise guarantees leading you to sought-after species, hence an excellent experience.

We emphasise quality guided birdwatching tours: The primary aim of our guides is to show you those birds which are remarkable and elusive, the likes of the endemics, restricted-range, endangered, vulnerable and threatened.

Please note that a knowledgeable guide is vital to the success of any organised birdwatching trip, and for independent birdwatchers with high expectations, hiring a local guide is highly beneficial because it increases the chances of seeing the less common and domestic species, contributes to the local economy and creates an incentive to protect birds.