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Every bird watcher’s trip starts from Mabamba Swamp, found in Kasanje town council, 12km west of Entebbe international Airport & 48km Kampala. Mabamba swamp is  home for many endemic water birds and a place to find the endangered shoebill. Mabamba Swamp is the only wetland near Kampala that hosts the globally threatened shoebill  also locally known as Bulwe. At 48km from Kampala, Mabamba Swamp is conveniently located allowing bird watchers & non-birders to spot many bird species (300) ,  acting as an ideal starting point for those after long safaris in Uganda. 

Mabamba Swamp is found on the shores of Lake Victoria, situated on 2424 hectares of papyrus, ferns, water lilies, and grasses in the shallow water.  The Site support group in Mabamba is called the Mabamba Wetland Eco-Tourism Association. The swamp is  a bio-diversity area and an  Important Birding Area (IBA), recognised by BirdLife International  that was launched as a Ramsar site in 2006 due to its rare bird species.