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INTRODUCTION This tour commencing in Windhoek, Namibia will take us northbound to the Angola border. We will have the opportunity to do some roadside birding en route and will stay in accommodation for the first night within Namibia. From here we will have an early start to do the normal trans-border and customs clearing before entering Angola. The southern part of Angola comprising mixed Mopane scrub and woodland supports most of the northern Namibia species. Here is also first possibility to see Grey Kestrel, which can normally be seen perched on the huge baobab trees scattered along the route.
NOTES
INCLUDED IN PACKAGE
Destinations:
Ruacana/Lubango/Tundavala/Lobito/Kissama Park/Kumbira Forest/ N’Dalando/
Calandula/ Camabatela/ Uige/ Luanda
Dates: 17 September
2012 – 06 October 2012
Duration: 20 days/19
nights
Accommodation:
Hotels, Guest Houses and camping
Meals: As listed in itinerary
Transport: Use of 4 x 4 vehicles
Included extras:
Drinks (except day 1, 12 & 13), park fees,
all guiding services (including local guides and tour leaders)
EXCLUDED FROM PACKAGE · All International flight and/or domestic flights · Pre and post safari accommodation · Gratuities · Optional activities · Travel Insurance · Laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature
·
Items not
specified
DAY 1:
Windhoek - Ruacana
This overland adventure from Namibia starts in
Windhoek.
After an early start, we will travel
northwards towards the Angolan border and overnight in lodging en route
at Ruacana.
Accommodation: Lodge
Meals:
Dinner
Included activities:
Birding en route.
DAY 2:
Ruacana - towards Lubango
After an early start we travel to the Namibian/Angolan border to do the
normal cross border formalities before heading for Lubango our stop over
for two days where we should encounter our first endemic specials, these
include Angola Cave Chat, Angola Slaty Flycatcher, Ludwig’s
Double-Collared Sunbird, and Swierstra’s Francolin one of the most
sought after birds in Angola and to date only seen by a hand full of
birders. We will do wild camping en route and will arrive at Lubango
tomorrow.
Accommodation:
Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route.
DAY 3:
Camping – Tundavala area
We travel the rest of the morning to arrive in Lubango, from here, we do
a short drive to Tundavala escarpment where the real birding really
begins! All the species mentioned earlier will be searched for here as
well as other specials such as Bocage’s Akalat, Perrin’s Bush Shrike,
Wailing Cisticola, Oustalet’s Sunbird, Striped Pipit, Miombo Rock
Thrush, Grey Apalis, also several birds of prey.
Accommodation: Camping at Tundavala
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding at Tundavala
DAY 4:
Tundavala area
The entire day will be spent here to try to cover
as many of the endemics specials of the
area.
Besides the birding, the escarpment lends itself
to the
most breathtaking views and often Verreaux’s
Eagle, Booted Eagle, African Gymnogene,
as well as Lanner and Peregrine Falcons may be seen.
Accommodation: Camping at Tundavala
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included Extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding at Tundavala
DAY 5:
Tundavala area – via Cacula - Lobito area
We leave Tundavala and travel via Cacula towards
Lobito on the coast, en
route we will camp wild and search for
Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, Pale- Olive Greenbul and Red-backed
Mousebirds. Along the route, we should see many White-tailed Shrikes,
Böhm’s Spinetail, White-crowned Shrikes, Damara and Southern
Yellow-billed Hornbills, Grey Kestrels and other raptors.
Accommodation: Camping Lobito area
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 6:
Lobito area – Kissama Park
Today we travel northbound parallel to the coastline to Kissama Park
where we spend the next two nights camping. En-route we shall do some
brief stops to search for various species, but should encounter the
common Bubbling Cisticola, Palmnut Vulture, Grey Kestrel, Bare-cheeked
Babbler, Purple Roller, as well as some raptors.
Accommodation: Bungalows
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 7:
Kissama Park
We spend the entire day in the area looking for
Gabela Helmet Shrike, Grey-Striped Francolin, Bubbling Cisticola,
White-fronted Wattle-eye as well as many
other good species such as Angola Batis and Red-crested Turaco.
Accommodation: Bungalows
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding around the Park
DAY 8:
Kissama Park – Kumbira Forest
From Kissama we backtrack to the road that takes
us eastward on to the
Eastern scarp forests of the Gabela area
where we travel to Kumbira forest.
We put up camp in the forest and spend two
nights here. These forests are secondary forests with old shade-coffee
plantations and are very rich in bird life.
We will concentrate on the Gabela endemics
such as Gabela Akalat, Gabela Bush Shrike, Monteiro’s Bush Shrike,
Pulitzer’s Longbill,
Red-crested Turaco, other specials are Pink-footed Puffback,
Yellow-throated Nicator, Falkenstein’s
Greenbul, Dusky Tit and the
common but beautiful Yellow-bellied
Wattle-eye.
Accommodation: Camping in the Kumbira Forest
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 9:
Kumbira Forest
We spend the full day in the forest searching for
all the above-mentioned
species and many more.
Accommodation: Camping in the Kumbira Forest
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding around the forest
DAY10:
Kumbira Forest – N’Dalando area
We pack up and travel via Quibala to N’Dalando
area and camp nearby for the night,
there are also various West African species
which reach their
most southerly limit such as Speckled Tinkerbird, Honeyguide Greenbul,
Great Blue Turaco, Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo and a variety of other
forest species.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding around the forest
DAY 11:
N’Dalando area - Calandula
Today we travel towards Camabatela and go through
a huge diversity of biomes from open grasslands, degraded Miombo as well
as other forest similar to that of the Kumbira area, but supporting
different species. Once we reach our campsite, we will be on the look
out for Black-backed Barbet, Black-collared Bulbul, various Cisticolas,
Sooty Chat, Pale Wren-Warbler, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow and
hopefully Brown Twinspot.
We
spend the entire day birding this area, the riverine forests support a
host of West African species and we may encounter Ross’s Turaco, African
Broadbill, Grey-winged Robin Chat, Double-toothed Barbet, Narina Trogon,
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Brown Illadopsis, various cuckoos and
Brown-headed Apalis.
Accommodation: Camping in Calandula area
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 12:
Calandula area
Birding all day in the neighbouring forests and general area, searching
for the above-mentioned species and many others.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included activities:
Birding in the forests
DAY 13 Calandula area
Birding all day in the area a repeat of day 12.
Accommodation:
Hotel
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included activities:
Birding in the nearby forests
DAY 14:
Calandula area – Camabatela region
We leave Calandula area and travel to the
Camabatela region where we go
through a variety of habitats. In the
morning we will wake up to the hoots of Gabon Coucals and will encounter
many of the species, which we would possibly have encountered since
Kumbira, however there are several specials to look out for.
The
target in this area will be the White-headed Robin Chat, but there are
also many other good species to be found in the area.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 15:
Camabatela region
We bird the same area notching up new species for the trip, we may also
encounter some specials and species not seen previously, but concentrate
our search for the enigmatic Braun’s Bush Shrike.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding around the Camabatela area
DAY 16:
Camabatela region
We bird the area and neighbouring habitats once
more and then prepare to
move on to the Uige area the following
morning.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:Birding around the Camabatela
region
DAY 17:
Camabatela region – Uige area
Travelling after breakfast we head for Uige area, we will continue
birding en route and search any suitable habitat for Braun’s Bush Shrike
should we not have found it in the previous few days.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route.
DAY 18:
Uige area
We spend the day birding the Uige area.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding around Uige area
DAY 19:
Uige area – Luanda
Today we travel on a good road in a Southwesterly
direction towards the Capital Luanda; we camp in the forest for the last
night and will have ample time to do birding.
Here we may encounter Great Blue Turaco,
Blue-spotted Wood Dove, African Pygmy Kingfisher, Green-backed
Woodpecker, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Forest Scrub Robin, also a host
of various sunbirds, Greenbuls and with luck Black-casqued Wattled and
Piping Hornbills.
Accommodation: Camping
Meals:
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Included extras: Drinks
Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 20:
Luanda area
We pack up and drive to Luanda airport where this trip will end.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals:
Breakfast
Included activities:
Birding en route
QUOTED PRICE – 2012:
Days 1 – 20
USD 6600 per person sharing
USD 440 single supplement
NOTES:
a)
The costing for the Tour Program is based on a minimum of eight (8)
guests.
b)
This is a quotation and is valid for set departures for 2012 tours only.
c)
No reservations have been made and all accommodation, flights and
transport are subject to availability.
d)
Should any of the accommodation mentioned not be available, we reserve
the right to substitute it with an alternative suitable venue, which
might affect the final quoted price.
e)
Quoted price is also subject to availability, fuel/gas price and
possibly exchange rate fluctuations.
f)
20% non-refundable deposit is required on confirmation of safari.
g)
Full payment is required forty five (45) days prior to arrival.
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