Your Itinerary
Day 1 -Catch your local flights from dar es Salaam to Mbeya city
Catch your local flights from dar es Salaam to Mbeya city
Day 2 Full day birding in Kitulo National Park
We will majorly bird for our target species such as Plateau lark, churring cisticola, buff shouldered widowbird, Tanzanian seedeater,Denham’s bustard and yellow browed seedeater.We will overnight at Kalongo farm
Day 3 Poroto forest and drive to Laela town/Sumbawanga
We will leave early from kalongo farm and drive to poroto forest and bird for black browed/southern mountain greenbul which should take less than an hour to locate, others that are there includes chapin’s apalis and forest double collared sunbirds. We will then take a long drive to Laela /sumbawang town
Day 4 and 5 Full days in Loazi-kalambo forest preserve
The kalambo preserve is characterized by miombo woodlands,marshyvalleys and lush forest which mainly host species which are of central african biome than east african. We will search for Laura’s woodland warbler,bubbling starling,black lored cisticola,anchieta’s sunbird,Alexander’s akalat,Tanganyika masked weaver,reichard’s seedeater,olive headed weaver,others includes southern black tit, western miombo sunbird,great crested grebe,locust finch,red capped crombec,angola lark,western citril,fulleborns longclaw and brown firefinch . We will spend the nights in Sumbawanga town
Day 6 Lake Rukwa
Day 7 and 8-Katavi National park
We will drive to the drier miombo of Katavi national park and keep on with our search for our most wanted birds such as stierling’s woodpecker,Marsh widowbird,Ruaha chat,babbling starling,miombo barbet,ringnecked francolin,streaked breasted flufftail and others such as western violet backed sunbird,kurrichane thrush,african skimmer,miombo rock thrush,broad tailed paradise whydah, Dickinson’s kestrel,racket tailed roller and others.Nights in Katavi bandas
Day 9 Ugalla river National park
The ugalla river is located 50 Km east of katavi national park and it hosts a number of species such as chestnut headed flufftail,streaked breasted flufftail,white-crowned lapwing,wattled cranes,african darter,openbill,white backed ducks,goliath and purple herons,great snipe, saddled billed storks,shoebill and more
Night in Katavi town
Day 10 and 11 Mahale mountains Np
Day 12 Mahale mountains np to Kigoma and flight back to Dar es Salaam/Arusha
We will bird in the morning and later lake a boat to Ujiji and then drive to Kigoma and catch a flight to either Dar or Arusha
NB; We might have an extra night stay in Kigoma depending on flight availability
Includes
- Park Fees(For non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- In Roundtrip airport transfer
- A Professional Birding driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All flights during the tour
- All Taxes
- Beverage during the Safari (Local Beer, Wine, Soda, Mineral water)
- 24/7 Service
EXCLUDES
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of 10.00US$ per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees