An absolute perfect Tanzania birding safari experience
Tanzania birding safari experience overview
Tanzania is a Birding haven with over 600 recorded bird species right from the lake Victoria shores through the vast Serengeti wilderness and eco system a safari experience that will leave you overwhelmed with a combined wildlife diversity sightings of lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes, rhinos, giraffes, hyenas, wild dogs, wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, hippos, flamingos, pelicans, cranes, eagles, sunbirds, raptors, reptiles and various primate species. You will end this Tanzania birding safari experience along great sightings of Africa’s highest snow capped peaks/ point and the world’s highest free standing mountain- Mountain Kilimanjaro.
Arrival and departure: Dodoma- Kilimanjaro
- Day 1- arrive, L. Victoria shores
- Day 2- L. Victoria shores
- Day 3- Serengeti wildebeests migration & birds
- Day 4- Serengeti game park Africa’s big 5 game
- Day 5- Ngorongoro crater & wilderness drives
- Day 6- L. Manyara flamingos & birding excursion
- Day 7- Tarangire N.P birds & wild nature
- Day 8-9 Kilimanjaro highland bird species to departure
Detailed Tanzania birding safari experience itinerary
Day 1-2 Lake Victoria shores
On arrival at the airport, you will be picked up by our guide and head to the shores of Africa’s largest Lake Victoria where you will reside at your booked accommodation. You will get glamourous marvel at the endless horizon of this great water mass, visit some landing sites and learn of the numerous fish species from the lake such as tilapia, nile perch, cat fish, lung fish, silver fish and enjoy fish delicacies.
Lake Victoria shores are also a great birding haven having numerous bird species such as Great kingfisher, stripped kingfisher, Egyptian geese, marabou storks, blue headed Coucal, white egrets, red-chested cuckoo, black cuckoo, African cuckoo, laughing dove, rock pigeon, egyptian goose, yellow-billed buck, red-billed duck, spur winged goose, white faced whistling duck, blue turaco, little egret, great cormorant, eastern plantain eater, parasitic weaver, red-chested sunbird among others.
Accommodation: Malaika beach resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day, you will head out to Serengeti national park, the home of the great wildebeests migration. Never disappointing right from the time of entry till exit, this park is one of the largest parks in Africa and in the world and one of those with the highest concentration of wild game per square km in the world ranging from the Africa’s big 5 to Africa’s ugly 5 and more than 500 bird species such as; Hadada ibis, turaco, abdim’s stork, white- backed vulture, green wood hoopoe, mouse bird, red-billed teal, black-chested snake eagle, kori bustard, black headed heron, African sacred ibis, African green pigeon, black-winged kite, hamerkops, silver bird, gray-headed kingfisher, african rail, striped kingfisher, African hoopoe, schalow’s turaco etc.
Safari game drives in Serengeti national park
Serengeti national park safari packages will get you watching numerous lion prides, elephant herds, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, waterbucks, gazelles, kobs, reptiles, wild dogs, foxes, vultures, eagles, turacos, secretary birds a few but to mention this endless list. The tour around Serengeti game park will leave you satisfied by its nature and habitats.
Accommodation: Seronera wildlife lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
This day will find you at the world’s largest crater and its vegetation that gets look like the “garden of Eden” will leave you amazed with the large number of wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, elands, kobs, bush bucks, waterbucks, rhinos among others and numerous bird species such as turaco, great kingfisher, abdim’s stork, white-backed vulture, augur buzzard, eater double collared sunbird, speke’s weaver, Jackson’s window bird, tawny eagle, white eyed slaty flycatcher, gull-gilled tern, whiskered tern, white-winged tern, yellow-billed stork, long tailed cormorant, great white pelican, western cattle egret, great egret, gray crowned crane, mottled swift, pied avocet, common green shank, common sandpiper, blacksmith lapwing among others; along with various features such as Ndutu plains, Gol mountain, Endoro waterfalls, Olduvai gorge, shifting sands among others. This part of the planet also holds evidence of human existence millions of years ago.
Accommodation: Marera Valley lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 6 Lake Manyara national park (Africa's big 5 game & flamingos)
Today you will be at lake Manyara national park known for its tree climbing lions a behavior not common for lions and huge elephant herds. Lake Manyara that anchors the park’s ecosystem is a soda ash lake and attracts thousands of flamingos for food and residence making it a perfect birding haven; crowned hornbill, little bee-eater, palm-nut vulture, pink backed pelican, silvery-cheecked hornbill, crowned eagle, crested guinea fowl, pied kingfisher, spur-winged goose, grey crowned crane, great white pelican, comb duck, African grey hornbill, African fish eagle among others. Other wild life in the park include leopards, cheetahs, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, oribis, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks, zebras, and many more numerous bird species.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Wildlife lodge (or a similar lodge)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day, you will head to Tarangire national park to continue enjoying amazing discoveries of the wild and over 550 bird species like; yuhina, red and yellow barbet, Bush shrike, buphagid, superb starling, yellow-billed stork, northern red-billed hornbill, cuckoo shrike, bustard, painted snipe, rufous-tailed weaver, red-necked spurfowl, wood hoopoe, helmet shrike, viduid, sandgrouse, nicator, ashy starling, black-headed heron, yellow-necked spurfowl, spider hunter etc.
Tarangire game park is also enriched with Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, baboons, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, crocodiles in the Tarangire river that anchors the park’s ecosystem, gazelles, kobs, water bucks, warthogs etc. Other exceptional sightings would be of the ancient baobab trees that are scattered all over the park.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa lodge (or a similar lodge)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day, you will head out to Kilimanjaro national park anchored by Africa’s highest peak and the highest stand-alone mountain in the world; one of the easiest to hike too. Kilimanjaro game park has the best sceneries of Africa’s highest snow-capped mountain and its biodiversity that harbors numerous bird species such as; cinnamon-chested bee-eater, white-necked raven, trumpeter hornbill, malachite sunbird, Schawlow’s turaco, eastern double-collared sunbird, red-winged starling, moorland chat, hartlaub’s turaco, African emerald cuckoo, malachite kingfisher, Andaman coucal, tacazze sunbird, speckled mouse bird, hornbill, silvery-cheeked hornbill, Klaas’ cuckoo, augur buzzard, cardinal woodpecker, bronze sunbird etc.
Great game drives in mtn. Kilimanjaro game park
Mtn. Kilimanjaro national park has the large herds of the African elephants along with lions, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks among others. The combination of both montane and savannah grassland will give you the best environmental sceneries. On the last day of Tanzania birding safari experience, you will head out of the park and prepare for your departure flight.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Park entrance fees
- Domestic flights
- All activities indicated in the itinerary
- Airport transfers
- Government taxes
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Driver & guide
- Bottled drinking water
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor
- Tipping & gratitude
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Anything not mentioned
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