Amani Nature Reserve-East Usambara Mountains

We will leave Magamba early and have afew bird stops on the way for birds such as coastal cisticola,long crested eagle,eastern golden weaver and afew other species arriving in Amani Zigi lowland forest in time for lunch. After our picnic lunches we will bird the forest for the endemic tanzania illadopsis and usambara hyliota,others which we will be on the look out for are little yellow flycatcher, red-fronted helmet shrike,african boadbill, plain-backed sunbird,lowland tiny greenbul, fischer's greenbul,red-capped robin,green tinkerbird,trumpeter hornbill,mombasa woodpecker,eastern nicator,red-taiked antthrush,east coast batis and alot more .Later at 4pm we will drive up the botanical garden for flowering trees searching for the endemic banded green sunbird,near endemic amani and uluguru violet-backed sunbird,green barbet and silvery cheeked hornbill. We will later check in to our accommodation at Amani rest house and at night search for the endemic Usambara eagle owl. The next morning we will drive to Kwamkoro tea estates and bird the remant forest for rare birds such as the near endemic usambara/long-billed forest warbler, Sharpe's akalat,yellow-streaked greenbul,rare olive ibis,green twinspot,green headed oriole,cabani's bunting,half-collared kingfisher,southern banded snake eagle,kretschmer's longbill,east coast endemic Zanzibar boubou and Fischer's turaco. We will go back for hot lunch and we will decide on where to bird depending on what we will be needing at the time . Night at Amani rest house