Engikaret lark plains and meru forest
Early morning drive to the famous lark plains for the endemic Beeslys lark,near endemic sentinel and athi short toed lark,other larks includes red capped,foxy and short tailed , other interesting species includes pygmy batis,grey wren warbler,bare eyed thrush, Hildebrandt's starling which is endemic to east africa,on our way back we will stop at oldonyo sambu which will give us the near endemic lynes's cisticolola,little rock thrush,the ever present Abyssinian scimitarbil and long billed pipit. We will drive back to town and head up to meru forest at napuru waterfalls for the most sought out after endemic,the Kilimanjaro white eye. the elusive oriole finch, Abyssinian crimson wing,hunters cisticola which is endemic to east african,brown woodland warbler which is endemic to NE Africa, Hartlaubs turaco also endemic to EA ,kenricks and wallers starlings,golden winged sunbird ,yelllow crowned canary and southern citrils.
Night in Arusha
South Pare Mountains to Magamba Forest
Early morning drive to Mererani with stops at usa river for the east african endemic taveta weaver,grey olive greenbul and brown breasted barbet. At mererani we will bird for birds restricted to maasai-somali arid zones ,this birds are mainly endemic to NE africa. We will bird for scally chatterer,eastern violet backed , hunter's,black bellied and Tsavo sunbirds,somali bunting,somali tit,golden breasted starling,black capped social weaver, northern brownbul, Donaldson smith nightjar, Fischer's starling, Pringles puffback,white haeded mouse birds and more which are all endemic to NE Africa. At Shambarai we will bird for different species of terms,gulls,sandpipers and storks.
Night in Arusha
Drive to south pare mountains via Nyumba ya mungu dam
We will drive to nyumba ya mungu dam for more waterbirds and any special birds of the nearbly dry acacia scrub such as the near endemic southern grosbeak canary,kenya sparrow,the pale prinia and others .We will then drive to Johnsons villa for a hot lunch then at about 3pm we drive up the south pare mountains for the endemic south pare white eye and the paarensis race of bar-throated apalis. other birds we might see there is the endemic usambara double-collared sunbird,the near endemic stripe faced greenbuls,dark capped yellow warbler,african stonechats and more.
Night at Johnsons villa in SAME TOWN
Drive to East Usambara mountains.
On this day we will drive to the east usambara mountains with birding stops on the way for birds such as eastern golden weaver,coastal cisticola, Zanzibar and southern red bishops before having a lunch break at the Zigi lowland forest for Endemic such as usambara hyliota, Tanzanian illadopsis, banded green sunbirds. others here includes little yellow flycatcher, lowlnd tiny greenbul,red tailed antthrush, Fischer's greenbul,mombasa woodpecker,plain backed sunbird and others
Full days in Amani nature reserve east usambara mountains.
We will search for the near endemics such as the uluguru violet backed and amani sunbird,east coast batis, long billed forest warbler, Fischer's turaco. othersa are kretschmer's longbill, Sharpe's akalat,yellow streaked greenbul, dappled throat,half collared kingfisher,african broadbill,the endemic usambara eagle owl and more
Drive to Dar es Salaam with birding stops on the way
Early morning drive from the hotel and take a short stop at zigi lowland forest for what we might have missed the previous days, another stop will be Masunguru dam 10 km east of Msata town for the first search of the endemic ruvu weaver which was once lost in literature circa 1916, the recent paper describes this bird as restricted from bagamoyo to selous (now Nyerere national park)in Tanzania though we have recent records in SUA botanical garden in Morogoro town. We will also search for the rare african pygmy goose and great crested grebe here.
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Night in Dar es Salaam
Pugu hills We will either decide to do a full day or half day birding
in pugu hills for gorgeous bushshrike,mouse colored sunbird,east coast akalat,another chance for Tanzanian illadopsis and kretschmer's longbill,kenya crested guinea fowl, ground scrapper thrush and plenty more
Long drive to Mtemere gate in Nyerere national park
We will drive through kisarawe road unto mtemere stopping on the way for any special bird we will see. Later in the evening we will bird the village and the hotel ground
Full day in Nyerere national park
Here we will look for reichenow's woodpecker,red necked falcon,bohms and mottled spine tails, plain bellied francolin,bohms,blue cheeked,swallow tailed and european beeeaters, different species of eagles and vultures,a nother chamce for ruvu and eastern golden weavers,village and lesser masked weavers,northern white crowned shrike,eastern black headed batis,grey go away bird,pale billed hornbill etc etc . our first chance to encounter with the wild dogs, roan antelopes and more.
Driving out to Morogoro birding on the way .
We will exit at matambo gate.
Night in Morogoro town
Uluguru mountains -bondwa peak
We will hike here for endemics and near endemics,tough hikes with good birds such as the endemic uluguru bushshrike, uluguru greenbul and loveridge sunbird. The near endemics includes chapin's and white winged apalis and dark batis.
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Night in Morogoro town
Uluguru mountains Bundiki section
Here we will look for the endemic winifreds warbler,another chance for the Endemic loveridge and uluguru greenbul, Livingstone's turaco,white chested alethe,angolan swallow,the near endemic bertram's weaver, endemic uluguru race of bar throated apalis and others.Night in Morogoro town
Ukaguru mountains section
We will drive for 3 hours up the ukaguru mountains for the endemics such as rubeho akalat,rubeho warbler,moreau's sunbird,Uhehe fiscal,near endemic black lored cisticola,others are variable indigobird,olive flanked robin chat,swynertons robin,southern yellow white eye etc.
Night in Morogoro
Full day in Mikumi national park for birds such as marico and purple banded sunbird,
Richard's and black eared seed eater,purple crested turaco,pale billed hornbill,red necked(black bellied race)francolin, endemic Shelley's sunbird, yellow throated petronia, Arnott's chat, miombo blue eared starling, Livingstone's flycatcher and lots more-Night in camp bastian mikumi
Drive for drop off in dar or extension for 3 nights in Ruaha national park
Drive for drop off in dar or extension for 3 nights in Ruaha national park
Night at Johnsons villa in SAME TOWN
