Birding Tours in Africa, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands
Africa is absolutely vast, trailing only Asia in terms of surface area, of Planet Earth’s seven continents.
Sub-Saharan Africa is the “true” Africa in terms of biodiversity. This is not only where the big game lurks, but it is also where the incredible African endemic bird families can be found. Birding sub-Saharan Africa means you can see the bird families restricted to this continent, such as turacos (louries), mousebirds, Shoebill, Secretarybird, Hamerkop, ostriches, guineafowl (in the wild at any rate!), wood-hoopoes, rockfowl (picathartes), rockjumpers, sugarbirds, etc.
While geographically part of Africa, Madagascar is a world apart and is completely different from mainland Africa in terms of mammals, birds, and plants. It boasts six endemic bird families, not to mention the lemurs!
The Sahara and the Mediterranean zone of North Africa (see our Morocco tour for more details) are more “Palaearctic” in their biodiversity and nature. This is essentially because the world’s largest desert forms an impassable barrier except for the remarkable bird species that actually migrate between Eurasia and sub-Saharan Africa each year. Many of these make it all the way to South Africa. Amur Falcon in fact makes the perilous journey (especially now with all the human threats along the way) all the way from the Far East to South Africa each year. The world’s longest river, the Nile, does cross the entire Sahara, flowing all the way from the Great Lakes region of central Africa to Egypt. This does allow some species an oasis along which to move through the otherwise impenetrable Sahara.
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The Sahel is a vast zone of arid savanna just south of the Sahara that stretches from West Africa to East Africa. Everything from the Sahel southwards is the “true” Africa in terms of bird life, African mammals, and other fauna and flora. The Sahelian zone is well worth exploring, and on our birding tours we access its unique birdlife in several of our north-western and north-eastern African birding tours (e.g. Ghana and Cameroon in the west and Ethiopia in the east).
Moving further southward, in western Africa one pretty quickly reaches the lowland tropical rainforests, but in equatorial Africa these extend far to the east, all the way to Semliki in Uganda in fact. Gabon and Cameroon are two of the countries in which we access the spectacular equatorial forest (and Cameroon also boasts a wide variety of other habitats all the way to the arid savanna of the Sahel in the north).
In East Africa the topography, habitats, and wildlife are mind-blowingly diverse with the Great Rift Valley, the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, moist evergreen Afro-montane forests, and an arid zone that interestingly shares quite a number of birds with arid south-western Africa. The East African and south-west African arid areas are completely disjunct from each other, but they are tied together biogeographically by their flora and fauna.
Traveling further southward one reaches the huge tracts of beautiful miombo (Brachystegia) woodland with its numerous avian endemics of south-central Africa. Strangely, the countries in this incredibly bird-diverse belt of Africa have been neglected by birders to a large extent. Nations such as Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Angola (which also has a large count of country endemics) have been inexplicably under-birded.
Eventually (on our southward birding and wildlife journey through the humongous continent of Africa), we find ourselves in southern Africa, a region consisting of South Africa, the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. This area is covered by many reptile, mammal, and bird field guides (including the pioneering Roberts Bird Guide and the more recent Newman’s and Sasol Field Guides). Southern Africa is an area with lots of unique bird species as well as some of the most spectacular and famous landscapes, e.g. Table Mountain, Cape Point, the Cape of Good Hope, the Drakensberg Escarpment, the Okavango Delta, Etosha Pan, and the Namib Desert, to name but a few.
Birding Africa: how to choose which countries to visit
For many British and European birders, The Gambia serves as a perfect and relatively cheap introduction to the magnificent and vast continent of Africa. The flight to The Gambia from Europe is short (indeed, The Gambia is closer to the UK than it is to South Africa), and joining a birding tour to this tiny country, encompassing a narrow belt either side of the lower Gambia River, is certainly a convenient and inexpensive way of seeing your first African birds. Some desirable endemic families include the likes of turacos and mousebirds as well as the stunning Blue-bellied Roller, a lot of kingfishers, barbets, and other dazzlers. Egyptian Plover, one of Africa’s most sought-after bird species, should also be seen near Basse on any good birding holiday to The Gambia. Kotu Creek and the Banjul Peninsula are often birded first when staying at one of Kotu’s many hotels on The Gambia’s Atlantic coast. Tendaba and the Tanji Bird Reserve are also often included on birding itineraries to this country. While less well known, we encourage combining Senegal with The Gambia (a number of European birders talk about Senegambia) as it adds quite a lot of diversity, and gets one a good number of Sahel specials. Senegal’s capital, Dakar, is on the Cape Verde Peninsula which is the westernmost point of the continent. The Gambia and Senegal are both immensely popular and rewarding birding holidays and we’d love to have you along on our set-departure trips to either of these countries. Another option for a starting place for your African birding career (if you insist on West Africa) is Ghana. Ghana just has such incredibly rich diversity and is also relatively close to Europe as well as to North America; from New York to Accra the distance is about 5,100 miles/8200 kilometers, and from Accra to Cape Town it is about 4,600 miles/7200 kilometers (this also gives you an idea of how vast Africa actually is!). Ghana is considered safe, is English-speaking, and has a huge variety of habitats. Do take a look at our Ghana tours here. Ghana also has the same birds mentioned above for The Gambia, plus it has a rockfowl (picathartes), Standard-winged Nightjar in Mole National Park (the largest game park in Ghana), and a staggering diversity of other birds and wildlife from the Sahel to lowland tropical rainforests. We now run exciting set-departure birding tours to Ghana, The Gambia and Senegal.
Many birders of course also start with East Africa or southern Africa because both these regions have many comfortable hotels/birding lodges and, especially in the case of southern Africa, roads, compared to West Africa, which is “rougher”. Some of the biggest trip bird and mammal lists can be accumulated on Tanzania and Kenya birding tours, where a huge array of colorful (very!) and spectacular bird species can be seen with ease. Combining either (or both) these countries with Uganda or Rwanda will also allow you to see two great apes, Mountain Gorilla and Chimpanzee, not to mention a plethora of other primates such as spectacular-looking colobus monkeys. Uganda must be Africa’s richest country for birds, and the Uganda bird list actually matches that of Kenya, even though it is only half the size. A lot of birding tours are now going to Rwanda, a tiny nation which is also popular for gorilla trekking (and it’s usually less strenuous there than it is in Uganda, but it’s also a lot more expensive to purchase the gorilla trekking permits). Nyungwe National Park and Akagera National Park are two of Rwanda’s best-known parks and are hugely worth birding. Lake Kivu and Volcanoes National Park are also marvelous places to include on your birding tour to Rwanda. While we love Rwanda, we only run tailor-made birding tours there, as we recommend Uganda instead. Uganda allows you to see almost everything you will see in Rwanda (except for Red-collared Mountain-babbler and a couple of Albertine Rift endemics that are more easily seen in Rwanda than in Uganda) and so much more, e.g. Shoebill and African megafauna (including tree-climbing Lions, Leopard, etc.).
We probably recommend that you start your African birding career in South Africa, though. It has an amazing infrastructure of roads and wonderfully comfortable B&Bs. Also South Africa must surely be Africa’s best-value birding country. South African birding tours are really inexpensive, partly because it’s always just been a reasonably priced country and partly because of the currently weak currency. Namibia shares its currency with South Africa, so at the moment this is also one of the most reasonable destinations on the continent for a birdwatching tour if you’re looking for good value.
Two of the most exciting countries in Africa for world birders are Mozambique and Angola. Both of them have become far more accessible for birding tours than in the past. Both are poorly explored and keep turning up exciting new discoveries of the ornithological kind as birders start visiting them more often. We explore both these countries on our set-departure, small-group birding tours. When the DRC opens up to birders and becomes safe (hopefully in our lifetimes), it might be the most exciting country to bird in. Not only will we then get a chance to look for Congo Peacock and Yellow-crested Helmetshrike (we’ll arrange birding tours for both!), but there might be new (to science) bird species to be discovered.
This African birding introduction page is the place to just give a couple of tantalizing pointers, and it is not the place to detail any of the countries in Africa in which we conduct bird tours. If you want more detail please kindly click on any of the specific African destinations shown below. And if you want a custom-made African birding vacation (or adventure!) then do contact us here. Enjoy!
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Testimonials from our Africa and Madagascar/Indian Ocean Islands birding tours
Thank you for organizing this trip for me, thank you for your patience during these troubled times. I will return for sure, to Ghana and maybe to neighboring countries. I’d love to see the very difficult Black-collared Lovebird. Or the Timneh Parrot (Psittacus erithacus timneh). And when I return, I’d love to stay a bit longer in Bonkro. I simply adore that place, the comfort of the lodging, the birding location, the peace and quiet. It was by far the best lodging (and food) of the whole trip. And, of course the out-of-this-world-bird, the Picathartes. Thank you all for a very successful and fun trip.Agnes - On Ghana
Dylan Vasapolli is extremely knowledgeable about birding and photography, but it’s his enthusiasm for the subject that is wonderful to experience. He has been birding for many years, and still, he has such a love for birding and the environment, which is very infectious. I was extremely lucky to have him as my guide.Alma - On Dylan and South Africa
We had an absolutely wonderful weekend at Ezemvelo. Great company, good weather and Dylan. What a good guide that young man is!!! He certainly knows his birds, and tries very hard to make everyone happy. He really goes out of his way. He’s such a gentleman, he’s going to go far. By the way four adults and one Blue Crane chick were seen on the weekend. Also a Black Stork, which Dylan was so pleased to see, and a couple of Honey BuzzardsBev - On Dylan and South Africa
We toured Namibia in a private group of six people through Birding Ecotours in 2010. Our group was rather diverse, with birding desires ranging from obsessive to casual and including a wildlife photographer. The range of interests could have led to issues, but we all were very satisfied with the trip. We not only had great birding results, thoroughly satisfying the more bird-oriented among us, but also had unforgettable experiences viewing mammals to the delight of the entire group. The tour was well-organized and well-executed, we had plenty of information in advance, the arrangements took account of our special needs, accommodations and transportation were excellent, and the price was quite reasonable. We were delighted with the trip and look forward to our next adventure (already booked!) with Birding Ecotours.Bill - On Namibia
Superb birds, magnificent animals; brilliant guide; excellent driver and local guide. Friendly local people. Fascinating countryside. Great team.Don - On Uganda
Dom is a fabulous guide! He is patient, attentive to details, & always wiling to answer questions. He’s extremely knowledgeable about birds, their songs, the differences between different species, and if he doesn’t know the bird as well as he would like, he asked directed questions to Harriet. Harriet and Dom worked very well together. He was a delight to bird with, and I will gladly go on another trip with him.
The local guides that we used in a variety of places were most excellent as well. They knew the birds & bird songs in their area; also they were very attentive when we struggled to make it up or down a hill by lending a hand. I find over all the Ugandan people that we ran into friendly helpful and eager to have us come back to their country.
This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. The birding was intense but fun. There was a relaxed atmosphere despite the intense birding. My partner, a birding novice, loved the trip. We did the optional gorilla and chimp trekking – both well worth doing. Dylan was great. He made sure all went smoothly. He was attentive to all our needs. He’s a superb birder with a great knowledge-base of sounds and a sharp keen eye.Ira - On Dylan and Uganda
Our birding trip to Ethiopia was fantastic. The country is so rich in history and interesting people and customs. The birding was great! Needless to say Dominic is an expert birder. He is a warm and gracious person and we all really enjoyed his company. Our Ethiopian driver and guide, Tesfaw, was also very good. He was an experienced guide and driver. His contacts were good as were his day to day decisions. He kept our group on time and on schedule but was also flexible to our requests and needs. We rate our trip excellent (A,10/10). Thank you for all your work in arranging the trip. We appreciate all your prompt correspondences. We certainly will be using Birding Ecotours in the future. We hope to meet you in person some day.Laurie and Steve - On Dominic and Ethiopia
I just wanted to email and say how much I enjoyed the day yesterday in and around Suikerbosrand – Dylan was a fantastic guide, unbelievably knowledgeable, very helpful (and patient!) and good company. We saw much more than I expected, and the flufftail was the icing on the cake! I would go out of my way to recommend you guys and Dylan in particular – thanks again for a thoroughly enjoyable day. I will be in touch when I return to South Africa – even if just to set eyes on that pesky grass owl. . .!Liam - On Dylan and South Africa
We went out to Marievale with Dylan to (re)connect with some South African birds after some years away from SA. It was a wonderful experience. Dylan was charming, helpful and incredibly knowledgeable about the birds. We saw over 50 species in a morning and learned a lot about the birds. We would highly recommend Birding Ecotours for an excellent birding experience.Linda - On Dylan and South Africa
I am writing to you to send a formal review of our birding day tour with Dominic Rollinson on May 18,2021. Dominic Rollinson, our truly knowledgeable and awesome birding guide provided Matt and I with a truly unique and genuinely wonderful birding experience! Dominic Rollinson provided us with in-depth knowledge and a greater understanding of the various birds, wildlife and ecosystems that make up the areas in/around Cape Town and South Africa! Our expectations for the day were not only met but greatly exceeded with Dominic guiding us along the way! Matt and I truly had a blast and would highly recommend Dominic Rollinson as a birding guide!Matt and Chris - On Dom and South Africa
An excellent tour with a great range of activity from easy roadside birding to a couple of good long day walks. I enjoyed the whole thing and particularly like it when the accommodation lends itself to birding in the gardens.
Dylan is a fantastic guide, absolutely dedicated to getting the specials and numbers expected on a trip like this. He also has an eye out for anything else interesting, a good sense of humor and is unfailingly helpful.Rosemary - On Dylan and Uganda
This was my first trip to Africa and my longest birding trip ever. The itinerary was excellent, the accommodations were pleasant, and the guides were outstanding. Compared to other birding tours I’ve been on, this was orders of magnitude better. Kudos to Dylan and William or the support they gave to a visually- and hearing-impaired birder!Rob - On Dylan and Uganda
My brother John and I joined Chris on a tour of KwaZulu-Natal. As scientists, we were difficult customers, constantly being distracted by plants and rocks instead of birds. Chris tolerated these diversions with unflappable grace. And when our attentions were finally engaged fully in the bird watching we could not have asked for a better guide who knew the calls, where to look for tricky sightings, and had all the necessary local contacts to help us find the truly strange and wonderful. My favorite example of the strange and wonderful category was the African Broadbill which was displaying, but in the midst of impenetrable vegetation. Despite this, Chris and the guide managed to get us amazing views in the spotting scope. It was my most memorable bird of the trip. He accompanied us just across the border into Swaziland, past guards with guns (because we wanted to say we’d been there), and to a truly dodgy neighborhood in Durban to look at a rock outcrop, and never once complained – at least not out loud. We’ve been on several other international birding trips, and Chris is still our standard of comparison to all our other guides. And he’s still number one. We will be doing a pelagic trip off South Africa in the not too distant future, and will plan it so Chris can lead us there.Will - On Chris and South Africa
This specialized excursion has its focus on Angolan endemics & special birds and was exceptionally good in that
respect. Besides this, traveling was quite good: food, lodges, local guides, far better than expected.
Safari za Ndege katika Afrika, Madagascar na Visiwa vya Bahari ya Hindi Afrika ni kubwa kabisa, ikifuata tu Asia katika suala la eneo la uso, ya mabara saba ya sayari ya Dunia. Afrika ya Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara ni "Afrika ya kweli" katika suala la utofauti wa kibiolojia. Hii sio tu ambapo mchezo mkubwa unatafuta, lakini pia ni mahali ambapo familia za ndege za asili za Afrika zinaweza kupatikana. Kwa mfano, katika eneo la Afrika Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara, kuna ndege aina ya turako, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu, shupavu. ), hoopoes mbao, rockfowl (picathartes), rockjumpers, sugarbirds, nk. Ingawa Madagascar ni sehemu ya Afrika, ni nchi tofauti kabisa na bara la Afrika kwa sababu ya wanyama, ndege, na mimea. Ina familia sita za ndege wa kienyeji, bila kutaja ndege aina ya lemur! Sahara na eneo la Mediterania la Afrika Kaskazini (tazama ziara yetu ya Morocco kwa maelezo zaidi) ni zaidi ya <unk>Palaearctic<unk> katika utofauti wao wa kibiolojia na asili. Hii ni kwa sababu jangwa kubwa zaidi duniani huunda kizuizi kisichoweza kuvuka isipokuwa kwa spishi za ndege za ajabu ambazo kwa kweli huhama kati ya Eurasia na Afrika ya Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara kila mwaka. Wengi wao hufika Afrika Kusini. Amur Falcon, kwa kweli, hufanya safari hatari (hasa sasa na vitisho vyote vya kibinadamu njiani) njia yote kutoka Mashariki ya Mbali hadi Afrika Kusini kila mwaka. Mto mrefu zaidi ulimwenguni, Mto Nile, hupita katika jangwa la Sahara, ukielekea kutoka eneo la Maziwa Makuu ya Afrika ya kati hadi Misri. Hilo huwawezesha spishi fulani kuwa na oasi ya kusafiri kupitia Sahara ambayo ingekuwa vigumu kupenya. Sahel ni eneo kubwa la savana kavu kusini mwa Sahara ambalo linaenea kutoka Afrika Magharibi hadi Afrika Mashariki. Kila kitu kutoka Sahel kusini ni "kweli" Afrika katika suala la maisha ya ndege, mamalia wa Afrika, na wanyama wengine na mimea. Sehemu ya Sahel ni muhimu sana kwa safari zetu za ndege, na tunapata ndege zake za kipekee katika ziara zetu kadhaa za ndege za kaskazini magharibi na kaskazini mashariki mwa Afrika. Ghana na Kamerun magharibi na Ethiopia mashariki). Kwa upande wa kusini, Afrika ya Magharibi, watu hufikia misitu ya mvua ya kitropiki, lakini katika Afrika ya ikweta, misitu hiyo inaenea mbali upande wa mashariki, hadi Semliki, Uganda. Gabon na Cameroon ni nchi mbili ambazo tunapata msitu wa ikweta wa kuvutia (na Cameroon pia inajivunia aina mbalimbali za makazi mengine hadi savanna kavu ya Sahel kaskazini). Katika Afrika Mashariki, topografia, makazi, na wanyama wa porini ni mind-blowingly mbalimbali na Great Rift Valley, mlima wa juu zaidi katika Afrika, Kilimanjaro, unyevu daima-kijani Afro-montane misitu, na eneo kavu kwamba kwa kuvutia inashiriki idadi kubwa ya ndege na kavu kusini magharibi mwa Afrika. Sehemu za mashariki mwa Afrika na kusini magharibi mwa Afrika hazina uhusiano wowote, lakini zimeunganishwa pamoja kwa sababu ya mimea na wanyama. Unaposafiri kuelekea kusini zaidi, unafika kwenye maeneo makubwa ya misitu maridadi ya miombo (Brachystegia) yenye ndege wengi wa kusini-kati mwa Afrika. Kwa kushangaza, nchi zilizo katika ukanda huu wenye ndege wengi sana wa Afrika zimepuuzwa na wachunguzi wa ndege kwa kiasi kikubwa. Nchi kama vile Zambia, Malawi, Msumbiji, na Angola (ambayo pia ina idadi kubwa ya wanyama wa asili wa nchi) zimepuuzwa kwa njia isiyoelezeka. Katika safari yetu ya kusini ya kutazama ndege na wanyama wa porini kupitia bara kubwa la Afrika, tunapata Afrika kusini, eneo linalojumuisha Afrika Kusini, ufalme wa milima wa Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), kusini mwa Msumbiji, Zimbabwe, Botswana, na Namibia. Eneo hili linafunikwa na viongozi wengi wa uwanja wa wanyama wanaotambaa, mamalia, na ndege (ikiwa ni pamoja na mwongozo wa upainia wa Roberts Bird Guide na mwongozo wa hivi karibuni wa Newman na Sasol Field Guides). Afrika Kusini ni eneo lenye aina nyingi za ndege za kipekee na pia baadhi ya mandhari ya kuvutia na maarufu, kwa mfano. Mlima Table, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, Drakensberg Escarpment, Okavango Delta, Etosha Pan, na Jangwa la Namib, kwa kutaja tu chache. Kwa wengi wa Uingereza na Ulaya birders, Gambia hutumika kama kuanzishwa kamili na nafuu kwa bara la ajabu na kubwa ya Afrika. Ndege kwenda Gambia kutoka Ulaya ni fupi (kwa kweli, Gambia iko karibu na Uingereza kuliko Afrika Kusini), na kujiunga na ziara ya ndege katika nchi hii ndogo, inayojumuisha ukanda mwembamba pande zote mbili za Mto wa Gambia, ni hakika njia rahisi na ya bei nafuu ya kuona ndege wako wa kwanza wa Afrika. Baadhi ya jamii za wanyama wanaopendwa sana ni turako na ndege aina ya mousebird, pamoja na Roller mwenye tumbo la bluu, kingfisher, barbets, na wengine. Ndege anayeitwa Egyptian Plover, ambaye ni mmoja wa ndege wanaotafutwa sana barani Afrika, anapaswa pia kuonekana karibu na Basse wakati wa likizo yoyote nzuri ya kutazama ndege huko Gambia. Mto Kotu na Peninsula ya Banjul mara nyingi huonekana kwanza wakati wa kukaa katika moja ya hoteli nyingi za Kotu kwenye pwani ya Atlantiki ya Gambia. Tendaba na Hifadhi ya Ndege ya Tanji pia huingizwa mara nyingi katika njia za kutazama ndege katika nchi hii. Ingawa haijulikani sana, tunapendekeza kuchanganya Senegal na Gambia (watu kadhaa wa Ulaya wanazungumza juu ya Senegambia) kwani inaongeza utofauti mwingi, na hupata idadi nzuri ya maalum za Sahel. Mji mkuu wa Senegal, Dakar, uko kwenye Peninsula ya Cape Verde ambayo ni sehemu ya magharibi kabisa ya bara hilo. Gambia na Senegal ni wote immensely maarufu na thawabu ndege likizo na tungependa kuwa na wewe pamoja na yetu kuweka-kuondoka safari kwa yoyote ya nchi hizi. Chaguo jingine kwa ajili ya mahali pa kuanza kwa ajili ya kazi yako ya ndege ya Kiafrika (kama wewe kusisitiza juu ya Afrika Magharibi) ni Ghana. Ghana ni nchi yenye utajiri mkubwa wa viumbe na pia iko karibu na Ulaya na Amerika ya Kaskazini; kutoka New York hadi Accra umbali ni kilomita 5,100, na kutoka Accra hadi Cape Town ni kilomita 4,600 (hiyo pia inakuonyesha jinsi Afrika ilivyo kubwa). Ghana inachukuliwa kuwa salama, inazungumza Kiingereza, na ina aina nyingi sana za makao. Tazama ziara zetu za Ghana hapa. Ghana pia ina ndege sawa zilizotajwa hapo juu kwa Gambia, pamoja na ndege wa mwamba (picathartes), Nightjar ya Standard-winged katika Mole National Park (hifadhi kubwa ya mchezo nchini Ghana), na utofauti wa kushangaza wa ndege wengine na wanyama wa porini kutoka Sahel hadi misitu ya mvua ya kitropiki ya nchi tambarare. Sasa tunaendesha ziara za kuvutia za kutazama ndege kwenda Ghana, Gambia na Senegal. Kwa kweli, wengi waangalizi wa ndege huanza na Afrika Mashariki au Afrika Kusini kwa sababu mikoa yote miwili ina hoteli nyingi zenye starehe na, hasa katika kesi ya Afrika Kusini, barabara, ikilinganishwa na Afrika Magharibi, ambayo ni ngumu zaidi. Baadhi ya orodha kubwa za ndege na mamalia za safari zinaweza kukusanywa kwenye ziara za kutazama ndege za Tanzania na Kenya, ambapo safu kubwa ya rangi (nyingi!) Aina za ndege za ajabu zinaweza kuonekana kwa urahisi. Kwa kuunganisha nchi hizi na Uganda au Rwanda, utaweza kuona nyani wakubwa wawili, Gorilla ya Mlima na Chimpanzee, bila kusahau nyani wengine wengi kama vile nyani wa colobus. Uganda ni nchi tajiri zaidi ya Afrika kwa ndege, na orodha ya ndege wa Uganda kwa kweli inalingana na ile ya Kenya, ingawa ni nusu tu ya ukubwa. Safari nyingi za kutazama ndege sasa zinaenda Rwanda, taifa dogo ambalo pia ni maarufu kwa safari ya gorilla (na kwa kawaida ni ngumu kidogo huko kuliko ilivyo Uganda, lakini pia ni ghali zaidi kununua vibali vya safari ya gorilla). Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Nyungwe na Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Akagera ni mbuga mbili maarufu zaidi za Rwanda na zina thamani kubwa ya kutazama ndege. Ziwa Kivu na Mbuga ya Kitaifa ya Volkano pia ni maeneo mazuri ya kuorodhesha katika safari yako ya kutazama ndege huko Rwanda. Kwa kuwa Rwanda ni nchi ya kipekee, tunafanya kazi kwa bidii na kwa bidii, na tunapendekeza safari za ndege za kipekee huko. Uganda ina uwezo wa kuona karibu kila kitu unaweza kuona katika Rwanda (isipokuwa kwa Red-collared Mountain-babbler na wanandoa wa Albertine Rift endemics ambayo ni rahisi zaidi kuona katika Rwanda kuliko katika Uganda) na mengi zaidi, kwa mfano. Shoebill na megafauna ya Afrika (ikiwa ni pamoja na simba wanaopanda miti, chui, nk.). Hata hivyo, huenda tukakupendekeza uanze kazi yako ya kuchunguza ndege wa Afrika huko Afrika Kusini. Ina miundombinu ya ajabu ya barabara na B&Bs ya starehe sana. Pia Afrika Kusini lazima hakika kuwa Afrika's bora-thamani ndege nchi. Ziara za kutazama ndege za Afrika Kusini ni za bei nafuu sana, kwa sehemu kwa sababu daima imekuwa nchi yenye bei ya busara na kwa sehemu kwa sababu ya sarafu dhaifu ya sasa. Namibia inashiriki sarafu yake na Afrika Kusini, kwa hivyo kwa sasa hii pia ni moja ya maeneo ya busara zaidi katika bara kwa ziara ya kutazama ndege ikiwa unatafuta thamani nzuri. Nchi mbili zenye kusisimua zaidi katika Afrika kwa watazamaji wa ndege wa ulimwengu ni Msumbiji na Angola. Vyote viwili vimekuwa vinavyoweza kufikiwa kwa urahisi zaidi kwa ajili ya matembezi ya kutazama ndege kuliko wakati uliopita. Zote mbili hazijatafakariwa vizuri na zinaendelea kufunuliwa kwa njia ya ndege huku wachunguzi wa ndege wakianza kuzitembelea mara nyingi zaidi. Sisi kuchunguza nchi zote mbili hizi juu ya kuweka-kuondoka yetu, ndogo-kikundi birding ziara. Wakati DRC itafunguliwa kwa waangalizi wa ndege na kuwa salama (na matumaini katika maisha yetu), inaweza kuwa nchi ya kusisimua zaidi ya ndege katika. Si tu tutakuwa kisha kupata nafasi ya kuangalia kwa Congo Peacock na Yellow-crested Helmetshrike (sisi kupanga birding tours kwa wote wawili! Lakini kunaweza kuwa na aina mpya (kwa sayansi) ya ndege kugunduliwa. "Ukurasa huu wa utangulizi wa ndege wa Afrika ni mahali pa kutoa tu vidokezo viwili vya kuvutia, na sio mahali pa kuelezea nchi yoyote ya Afrika ambayo tunafanya ziara za ndege. """ Ikiwa unataka maelezo zaidi tafadhali bonyeza mojawapo ya maeneo maalum ya Afrika yaliyoonyeshwa hapa chini. Na ikiwa unataka likizo ya kutazama ndege ya Kiafrika iliyofanywa kwa ajili yako (au adventure!) Basi wasiliana nasi hapa. Furahia! """Tunashukuru kwa kuandaa safari hii kwa ajili yangu, tunashukuru kwa uvumilivu wako wakati wa nyakati hizi zenye shida." Nitarudi kwa hakika, kwenda Ghana na labda nchi jirani. Ningependa kuona Lovebird ngumu sana Black-collared. Mnyama anayeitwa Timneh Parrot (Psittacus erithacus timneh) Na ninaporudi, ningependa kukaa muda mrefu zaidi huko Bonkro. Mimi hupenda sana mahali hapo, starehe ya makazi, mahali pa kutazama ndege, utulivu na utulivu. Ilikuwa mahali pazuri zaidi pa kulala (na chakula) katika safari yote. Na, bila shaka, ndege wa nje ya ulimwengu huu, Picathartes. Asanteni wote kwa safari yenye mafanikio na ya kufurahisha.Agnes - Katika Ghana Dylan Vasapolli ana ujuzi mkubwa juu ya ndege na upigaji picha, lakini ni shauku yake kwa mada hiyo ambayo ni ya ajabu uzoefu. Kwa miaka mingi, amekuwa akichunguza ndege, na bado, ana upendo mkubwa kwa ndege na mazingira, ambayo ni ya kuambukiza sana. """Nilikuwa na bahati kubwa kuwa na mwongozo wangu, na tulikuwa na mwishoni mwa wiki nzuri sana huko Ezemvelo." Kampuni kubwa, hali ya hewa nzuri na Dylan. Kijana huyo ni mwongozo mzuri kama nini!!! Kwa hakika anawajua ndege wake, na anajaribu sana kuwafurahisha kila mtu. Yeye kweli huenda nje ya njia yake. Yeye ni kama gentleman, yeye ni kwenda kwenda mbali. Kwa njia nne watu wazima na moja Blue Crane chick walionekana mwishoni mwa wiki. "Kama vile, kwa mfano, ""Black Stork"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""Beaver"" na ""B Kikundi chetu kilikuwa na watu mbalimbali, na tamaa za kutazama ndege zilikuwa mbalimbali kuanzia wale wenye mwelekeo wa kutazama ndege hadi wale wasio na mwelekeo wa kutazama ndege, kutia ndani mpiga-picha wa wanyama-pori. Uhusiano wetu ulikuwa na matatizo mengi, lakini tuliridhika sana na safari hiyo. Tulikuwa na matokeo mazuri ya ndege, na pia tulikuwa na uzoefu usioweza kusahaulika wa kutazama mamalia kwa furaha ya kikundi chote. Ziara hiyo ilikuwa imepangwa vizuri na ilifanywa vizuri, tulikuwa na habari nyingi mapema, mipango ilizingatia mahitaji yetu maalum, malazi na usafiri zilikuwa bora, na bei ilikuwa ya busara. Tulifurahi sana na safari hiyo na tunatazamia kwa hamu safari yetu inayofuata (yamekwisha kuwekwa akiba!) Kwa mfano, katika eneo la Namibia, kuna ndege wa ajabu, wanyama wa ajabu, mwongozo mzuri, dereva bora na mwongozo wa mahali hapo. Watu wa eneo hilo ni wenye urafiki. Eneo lenye kupendeza la mashambani. Mfano mzuri wa kuongoza Uganda ni Dom. Yeye ni mstahimilivu, makini kwa maelezo, na daima tayari kujibu maswali. Yeye ana ujuzi mkubwa juu ya ndege, nyimbo zao, tofauti kati ya spishi tofauti, na kama yeye hajui ndege kama vile angependa, aliuliza maswali iliyoelekezwa kwa Harriet. Harriet na Dom walifanya kazi pamoja vizuri sana. Alikuwa furaha ya ndege na, na mimi kwa furaha kwenda juu ya safari nyingine na yeye. Miongozo ya mahali hapo ambayo tulitumia katika maeneo mbalimbali ilikuwa bora sana pia. Walijua ndege na nyimbo za ndege katika eneo lao; pia walikuwa makini sana wakati sisi walijitahidi kufanya hivyo juu au chini ya kilima kwa kutoa mkono. "Watu wa Uganda waliotembelea eneo hilo walikuwa na urafiki wa hali ya juu na walitutia moyo sana, na walitutaka sana kurudi nchini kwao.""" Kwa kweli, hii ni safari ya mara moja maishani. Kuchunguza ndege kulikuwa jambo lenye kusisimua lakini lenye kufurahisha. Kulikuwa na hali ya utulivu licha ya ndege wengi. Mshirika wangu, ambaye ni mwanzoni tu wa kuchunguza ndege, alipenda sana safari hiyo. Tulifanya safari ya hiari ya gorilla na chimp <unk> zote mbili zinafaa kufanywa. Dylan alikuwa mzuri sana. Alihakikisha kwamba kila kitu kilienda vizuri. Alitunza mahitaji yetu yote. Yeye ni mtazamaji wa ndege bora na msingi mkubwa wa maarifa ya sauti na jicho kali sana. Ira - Kuhusu Dylan na Uganda Safari yetu ya kutazama ndege nchini Ethiopia ilikuwa ya ajabu. Nchi hiyo ina historia nyingi sana na watu na desturi zenye kupendeza. Kuangalia ndege kulikuwa jambo zuri sana! Haipaswi kusemwa kwamba Dominic ni mtaalamu wa kuchunguza ndege. Yeye ni mtu mwenye uchangamfu na mwenye fadhili na sisi sote tulifurahia sana kuwa pamoja naye. Dereva wetu na mwongozo wetu Mwethiopia, Tesfaw, alikuwa mzuri sana pia. Alikuwa mwongozo na dereva mwenye uzoefu. Mawasiliano yake yalikuwa mazuri kama vile maamuzi yake ya kila siku yalivyokuwa mazuri. Alitunza kikundi chetu kwa wakati na kwa ratiba lakini pia alikuwa mwenye kubadilika-badilika kwa maombi na mahitaji yetu. Sisi kupima safari yetu bora (A, 10:10). Asanteni kwa kazi yenu yote katika kupanga safari hii. Tunathamini mawasiliano yenu yote ya haraka. Bila shaka tutatumia Birding Ecotours katika siku zijazo. Tunatarajia kukutana na wewe katika mtu siku moja.Laurie na Steve - On Dominic na Ethiopia Nilitaka tu barua pepe na kusema jinsi sana mimi kufurahia siku ya jana katika na karibu Suikerbosrand <unk> Dylan alikuwa mwongozo ajabu, incredibly ujuzi, sana kusaidia (na mgonjwa!) na kampuni nzuri. Tuliona mengi zaidi ya yale niliyotarajia, na mkia huo wa manyoya ulikuwa cherry juu ya keki! Ningependa kwenda nje ya njia yangu kupendekeza wewe guys na Dylan hasa <unk> asante tena kwa siku ya kufurahisha kabisa. Nitakuwa katika kuwasiliana wakati mimi kurudi Afrika Kusini <unk> hata kama tu kuweka macho juu ya kwamba pesky nyasi owl. . . Liam - Kuhusu Dylan na Afrika Kusini Tulikwenda Marievale na Dylan ku (re) kuungana na baadhi ya ndege wa Afrika Kusini baada ya miaka kadhaa mbali na SA. Ilikuwa uzoefu mzuri sana. Dylan alikuwa mwenye kuvutia, mwenye kusaidia na mwenye ujuzi mwingi sana kuhusu ndege. Tuliona ndege zaidi ya 50 na kujifunza mengi juu yao. """Tunapendekeza sana Birding Ecotours kwa uzoefu bora wa kuona ndege,"" Linda alisema, ""Kuhusu Dylan na Afrika Kusini, ninakuandikia kukupeleka ukaguzi rasmi wa ziara yetu ya siku ya kuona ndege na Dominic Rollinson mnamo Mei 18, 2021." Dominic Rollinson, mwongozo wetu wa kweli wa ujuzi na wa kushangaza wa kutazama ndege alitoa Matt na mimi na uzoefu wa kweli wa kipekee na wa kweli wa ajabu wa kutazama ndege! Dominic Rollinson alituwezesha kupata maarifa ya kina na uelewa mkubwa wa ndege mbalimbali, wanyama wa porini na mifumo ya ikolojia ambayo hufanyiza maeneo ya Cape Town na Afrika Kusini! Matarajio yetu kwa siku hiyo hayakutimizwa tu bali yalizidiwa sana kwa sababu Dominic alituongoza njiani! Mimi na Matt tulifurahi sana na ningependekeza sana Dominic Rollinson kama mwongozo wa ndege!Matt na Chris - Kwenye Dom na Afrika Kusini Ziara nzuri sana na shughuli nyingi kutoka kwa ndege rahisi za kando ya barabara hadi matembezi mawili mazuri ya siku ndefu. Nilifurahia jambo hilo lote na hasa nilipenda wakati ambapo makao hayo yalifaa kwa ajili ya kutazama ndege katika bustani. Dylan ni mwongozo wa ajabu, kabisa kujitolea kupata maalum na idadi inatarajiwa juu ya safari kama hii. Yeye pia ana jicho nje kwa kitu kingine chochote cha kuvutia, hisia nzuri ya ucheshi na ni daima kusaidia.Rosemary - On Dylan na Uganda Hii ilikuwa safari yangu ya kwanza kwa Afrika na safari yangu ya muda mrefu zaidi ya ndege milele. Njia hiyo ilikuwa nzuri sana, makao yalikuwa mazuri, na viongozi walikuwa wazuri sana. Ikilinganishwa na ziara nyingine za kutazama ndege ambazo nimekuwa nazo, hii ilikuwa bora zaidi. "Kama vile tulivyoona, ni vigumu sana kumshukuru Mungu kwa sababu ya msaada wake kwa ndege wenye matatizo ya kuona na kusikia, kama vile ""Dylan and Uganda"" na ""Kris and I on a tour of KwaZulu-Natal.""" Kama wanasayansi, tulikuwa wateja magumu, tukikengeushwa daima na mimea na miamba badala ya ndege. Chris alivumilia vitumbuizo hivyo kwa ustadi usio na kifani. Na wakati tahadhari zetu hatimaye walikuwa kushiriki kikamilifu katika ndege kuangalia hatungeweza kuomba mwongozo bora ambaye alijua wito, ambapo kuangalia kwa ajili ya maono tricky, na alikuwa na mawasiliano yote muhimu ya ndani ya nchi kutusaidia kupata kweli ajabu na ajabu. Mfano wangu wa kupendeza wa aina ya ajabu na ya ajabu ilikuwa Afrika Broadbill ambayo ilikuwa kuonyesha, lakini katikati ya mimea impenetrable. Licha ya hilo, Chris na mwongozo walifaulu kutupatia mandhari yenye kustaajabisha katika darubini ya kutazama. Ilikuwa ndege wangu wa kukumbukwa zaidi wa safari hiyo. Alituandamana tu kuvuka mpaka wa Swaziland, kupita walinzi wenye bunduki (kwa sababu tulitaka kusema kwamba tumekuwa huko), na kwenda kwenye kitongoji cha kweli cha Durban kutazama mwamba, na kamwe hakulalamika - angalau si kwa sauti. Tumekuwa katika safari nyingine kadhaa za kimataifa za kutazama ndege, na Chris bado ni kiwango chetu cha kulinganisha na viongozi wetu wengine wote. Na bado yeye ndiye namba moja. Kwa hivyo, tunafanya safari ya pelagic nje ya Afrika Kusini katika siku zijazo zisizo mbali, na tutaipanga ili Chris atusaidie. - Kuhusu Chris na Afrika Kusini Safari hii maalum inazingatia ndege wa Angola na ndege maalum na ilikuwa nzuri sana katika suala hilo. Mbali na hayo, kusafiri kulikuwa vizuri sana: chakula, vyumba vya kulala, viongozi wa mahali hapo, bora zaidi ya ilivyotarajiwa.