Top 5 days Birdwatching Tanzania safari experience with experts
Best short 5 days/ 4 nights Birdwatching Tanzania safari gets you to experience awesome bird species in Tanzania’s top birding destinations in this case particularly Ngorongoro crater, mountain Kilimanjaro game park, lake Manyara featuring flamingos, pelicans, ostriches, secretary bird, bustards etc. and beyond into savannah mammals Africa’s big 5 game– lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, rhinos, giraffes, elands, wildebeests, hippos, baboons, cheetahs, zebras among others.
5 days Birdwatching Tanzania safari highlights
Arrival & departure: Kilimanjaro
- Day 1- arrive, Kilimanjaro NP
- Day 2-3- Ngorongoro crater conservancy
- Day 4- l. Manyara national park
- Day 5- departure
Detailed 5 days birdwatching Tanzania safari itinerary
Day 1 Kilimanjaro national park experience
You will head to Kilimanjaro national park on arrival anchored by Africa’s highest peak and the highest stand-alone mountain in the world; You will have 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, speckled mouse bird, hornbill, silvery-cheeked hornbill, augur buzzard, cardinal woodpecker, bronze sunbird among others and the largest herds of the African elephants along with lions, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks among others. This birdwatching Tanzania safari will get you viewing some of the world’s highland endemic bird species.
Accommodation: Kilima safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 2-3 Ngorongoro wildlife conservancy
Also referred to as the “garden of Eden”, Ngorongoro crater 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, 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 similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 4-5 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 biding 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. On the second day, you will leave the park at the timing of your departure flight.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara wildlife lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
When is the best time for a 5 days birdwatching Tanzania safari?
The epic 5 days birdwatching Tanzania safari is best taken on during the country’s dry season months of June to August and December to February when the birds are out of hiding in the nests where they dwell during the rainy cold weather. While on this 5 days birding safari in Tanzania will be around Ngorongoro crater and lake Manyara where you will easily find birds on the lake shores gathering to quench their thirst. Focused bird watching on safari game drives can’t be any better around water bodies and this 5 days’ Tanzania safari is worth considering for an Africa birding holiday.
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Government taxes
- Airport transfers
- Driver & guide
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- All excursions in itinerary
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor
- Tipping & gratitude
- Accommodation after end of trip
- Any changes to the trip
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Anything not mentioned
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Top Africa safari experience that are worth combining or even almost inseparable with the birdwatching Tanzania safari include;
- Wildebeest migration
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- Hot air balloon tours
- Mountain Kilimanjaro trekking/ hiking
- Camping
- Chimpanzee tracking
- Gorilla trekking
- Golden monkey tracking
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