Shoebill at Lake Albert

Lake Albert is one of the best places to track the elusive shoebill stork. (The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) also known as whalehead, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill.)

Here at Ntoroko one can hire a motorboat and a guide to go searching for this birds. Besides shoebill, there are numerous other bird species, from hamerkop to pelicans and other.

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• Know how to get there - where to park or how to reach there using public transport
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