NORTHERN TANZANIA
XX
Sat 20th July - Sun 4th August 2024
KEY SPECIES
Here are just a few of the key species we will be targetting on this tour:
- Crab Plover (ext)
- Southern Banded Snake-Eagle
- Fraser's (Usambara) Eagle Owl
- Pel's Fishing Owl
- Pemba Scops Owl (ext)
- Fischer´s Turaco
- Hartlaub's Turaco
- Pemba Green-Pigeon (ext)
- Moustached Tinkerbird
- Mombassa Woodpecker
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker
- Stierling's Woodpecker
- Livingstone's Turaco
- Böhms Bee-eater
- Dickinson's Kestrel (ext)
- Pallid Honeyguide
- Uluguru Bushshrike
- Black-fronted Bushshrike
- Füllerborn´s Boubou
- Pringle's Puffback
- Usambara Akalat
- Sharpe's Akalat
- Rubeho Akalat
- Usambara Ground Robin
- Olive-flanked Ground-Robin
- White-chested Alethe
- Spot-throat
- Tanzania Illadopsis
- Montane Tiny Greenbul
- Uluguru Greenbul
- Shelley's Greenbul
- Stripe-faced Greenbul
- Orange Ground-Thrush
- Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
- Dark Batis
- South Pare White-eye
- Pemba White-eye (ext)
- Little Yellow Flycatcher
- Short-tailed Batis
- Usambara Hyliota
- Scaly Chatterer
- Long-billed Apalis
- Chapin's Apalis
- Kretschmer´s Longbill
- Usambara Thrush
- Striped Pipit
- Coastal Cisticola
- Long-billed Forest Warbler
- Evergreen Forest Warbler
- Red-capped Forest Warbler
- Winifred's Warbler
- Rubeho Warbler
- Pemba Sunbird (ext)
- Tsavo Sunbird
- Banded Green Sunbird
- Amani Sunbird
- Moreau's Sunbird
- Black-bellied Sunbird
- Usambara Double-collared Sunbird
- Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird
- Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
- Loveridge's Sunbird
- Zanzibar Red Bishop
- Green-headed Oriole
- Oriole Finch
- Usambara Weaver
- Bertram's Weaver
- Kilombero Weaver
- Red-faced Crimsonwing
- Zebra Waxbill
Leaders: Nick Bray and local guides.
Ground Price 2025 (Main Tour): £5550.00 - Kilimanjaro/Dar-es-Salaam
Ground Price 2025 (Pemba Ext): £725.00 - Dar-es-Salaam/Dar-es-Salaam
Airfare: £1100 - £1400 (approx) - UK/UK
Single Supplement (Main): £450
Single Supplement (Ext): £95.00
Deposit: £500.00
Group size: Maximum 5 with 2 leaders.
Included in cost: Accommodation in twin rooms en-suite, all meals (from dinner on Day 1 to lunch on Day 16) including picnic lunches, bottled water, transport throughout in 8-seater Toyota Safari Vehicle (with pop up roof), camping equipment, porters, all park entrance fees, and services of local guides and leaders.
Not included: International airfare, insurance, visa fee, departure tax, camera fees, drinks, tips and items of a personal nature.
Accommodation: Ranges from simple to good – please remember we are visiting areas way off the regular tourist circuit, but most rooms have private bathrooms. We will also utilise camps for 3 nights in order to be closer to the birding action - all camping equipment is supplied. This will be 3 consecutive nights in the Uluguru Mountains.
Tour Code: This is a relatively adventurous birding tour requiring a medium level of fitness. Long days in the field with early starts are expected, but walking is usually easy. But there's one intensive walk on Day 10 at Bunduki in the Ulkugurus to get to the forest for Moreau's Warbler etc. It takes roughly an hour to reach the forest edge and the walking is all uphill and quite steep. On Day 8 the walk up to the Tegetero campsite takes approximately 90 minutes, with the last section being quite steep, but we have porters to carry everything we need. The weather will be predominantly hot and dry throughout the tour, but higher areas could see some precipitation. A fleece and raincoat will be needed for the mountains. Please note there are some long drives on this tour. Whilst camping for 2 nights at Magamba Forest it will be quite cold so you will need to be prepared for this with thermal nightwear, but the camps location in the heart of the forest will ensure a fantastic experience. A visa is needed but this is now very easy to obtain as it is an E-Visa which you apply for online.
