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INTRODUCTION This 11-day package will take
us northward from the capital Windhoek.
We travel through a variety of different
habitats from Acacia thornveld to the sandstone massive of the
Waterberg, then onwards to the broad leafed woodlands of the Kavango
region and the wetlands of the caprivi.
This tour was planned for those birders
requiring species only found in the Northeastern section of the country,
Rufous-bellied Tits, African Yellow White-eye, Sharp-tailed Starling,
Racket-tailed Roller, Black-headed Oriole, Grey Penduline-Tit and
wetland species such as Rufous-bellied Heron, Slaty Egret, White-backed
Night Heron as well as various Kingfishers and Bee-eaters. We shall also spend some time
in the Mahangu game park where we can see African Buffalo, Hippopotamus,
Elephant and various antelope species including the mighty Sable
Antelope.
NOTES
INCLUDED
IN PACKAGE Destinations:
Waterberg Plateau Park, Grootfontein area, Rundu
and Kavango River area,
Mahangu Game Park area, Kwando River area,
Katima Mulilo. Dates:
11 April 2012 – 21 April 2012
03 December 2012 – 13 December 2012 Duration:
11 days/10 nights Accommodation:
All accommodation will be in good standard
hotels/lodges/guesthouses with en suite facilities Meals:
As
listed in itinerary 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:
Hosea Kutako International
Airport – Waterberg Plateau Park
You will be met by one of the
Batis Birding team Hosea Kutako International Airport (Windhoek).
After completing all the airport
formalities and loading your luggage we then drive to the Waterberg
Plateau Park where birding will be done en route as well as on arrival
at the Park.
The Namibian specials to search for here
are Rockrunner, Hartlaub’s Francolin (Spurfowl), Violet Wood-Hoopoe,
Rüppell’s Parrot as well as White-tailed Shrike, this is also a good
locality for Bradfield’s Hornbill and other Bushveld species. Accommodation:
Waterberg Resort Meals:
Dinner Included activities:
Birding en route DAY 2:
Waterberg Plateau Park –
Grootfontein area
Today we leave for the Okavango River via
Grootfontein where we stop to search for Black-faced Babbler north of
Grootfontein. Accommodation:
Guest farm in Grootfontein area Meals:
Breakfast / Picnic Lunch / Dinner Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 3: Grootfontein area – Rundu/Kavango River
South of Rundu we enter a
different biome with broad-leafed woodland and it is here that the real
birding begins and the ideal habitat for Rufous-bellied Tit, Tinkling
Cisticola, Kurrichane Buttonquail, African Golden Oriole, African Yellow
White-eye and Southern Black Tit. We travel via the first broad-leafed
woodland south of Rundu and spend time in this change of habitat to
search for Tinkling Cisticola, Rufous-bellied Tit, African Yellow
White-eye, Yellow-fronted Canary, Red-headed Weaver and our first chance
of Dark Chanting Goshawk.
We later reach the Kavango River where we
lodge for the night.
Late afternoon the calls of Coppery-tailed
and Senegal Coucals can be heard as well as many other species such as
Hartlaub’s and Arrow-marked Babbler, White-browed (Heuglin’s) Robin
Chat, and White-Browed Scrub Robin.
Along the river we should find Pied, Giant
and Malachite Kingfishers as well as Little and Southern Carmine
Bee-eaters. Accommodation:
Hotel/Lodge in Rundu area Meals:
Breakfast/Picnic Lunch/Dinner Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 4:
Rundu/Kavango River area
After some early morning
birding we travel to another lodge on the Kavango River and en-route
will stop and search for Racket-tail Roller, African Black Flycatcher,
Black-headed and African Golden Orioles, Kurrichane Thrush, Southern
Black Tit and hopefully also spot some accipiters, Gabar Goshawks and
Little-banded Goshawks
(Shikra) are normally fairly common here.
We should arrive at our lodging for some
late afternoon birding as well as doing some owling after dinner in the
evening, African Wood Owl.
Southern White-faced Owl and with great
luck a Pel’s Fishing Owl!
which are not only rare but also extremely
difficult to locate. Accommodation:
Hotel/Lodge in Rundu area Meals:
Breakfast / Picnic Lunch / Dinner Included activities:
Birding en route
DAY 5:
Kavango River area – Mahangu Game Park area
The full day will be spent in
the Mahango Game Park where not only new birds, but also several new
game species should also be seen for the trip.
Species to look out for are Barred Owlet,
Crested Barbet, Bearded and Bennet’s Woodpeckers, Grey-hooded
(Chestnut–bellied) Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, Western Banded
Snake-Eagle, Spotted backed (Village) Weaver, Southern Brown-throated
and Spectacled Weaver, Chirping Cisticola, Greater Swamp Warbler.
We may also have some luck here with
White-backed Night Heron and Slaty Egret, Goliath Heron and Wattled
Crane. African Elephant, Hippopotamus, Red Lechwe, Sable Antelope,
Reedbuck and Tsessebe may also be seen here. Accommodation:
Lodge in Mahangu Game Park area Meals:
Breakfast / Picnic Lunch / Dinner Included activities:
Game and bird drive through Mahangu Park
DAY 6:
Mahangu
Game Park area – Kwando River Today we travel through the
West Caprivi to the Kwando River and should see several species of
raptors including Dickinson’s Kestrel, Brown Snake-Eagle and Martial
Eagle.
We will arrive at our lodging early
afternoon and will have plenty of time to scout the area hoping to find
more for our list, by which time the numbers would have grown
tremendously.
We have an opportunity for Narina Trogon in
this area as well as several wetland species, which we may have missed
in Mahango; however, there are species such as Black Coucal and
Rosy-breasted Longclaw to search for.
Accommodation:
Lodge on Kwando River Meals:
Breakfast / Picnic Lunch / Dinner Included activities:
Bird walks in the lodge area
DAY 7:
Kwando River area – Katima Mulilo
We drive eastwards to Katima
Mulilo birding along the way, on arriving in
Katima Mulilo we will first book into our
lodge and bird the Mopane woodlands to
the south of the town searching for
Arnott’s Chat and with luck Böhm’s Spinetail. Accommodation:
Lodge in Katima Mulilo Meals:
Breakfast / Picnic Lunch / Dinner Included activities:
Bird walks in the lodge area DAY 8: Katima Mulilo
We will spend the day in the
riverine woodlands of the Zambezi River,
Schalow’s Turaco, Emerald Cuckoo,
White-breasted and Black Cuckoo- Shrike also Lizard Buzzard, Ovambo
Sparrowhawk, African Goshawk and with luck Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle are all
possibilities. The wetlands at the local sewerage works often deliver
Pygmy Goose, African Rail and Baillon’s Crake; this is also a good
locality for Rufous-bellied Heron. Accommodation:
Lodge in Katima Mulilo Meals:
Breakfast/Picnic Lunch/Dinner Included activities:
Birding along the Zambezi river and
wetlands
DAY 9:
Katima Mulilo –
Grootfontein area
From today, we return and backtrack part of our
journey where we lodge once again near Grootfontein, en route to the
Waterberg Plateau Park. Accommodation:
Grootfontein area Meals:
Breakfast/Picnic Lunch/Dinner Included activities:
Birding en route DAY 10:
Grootfontein area – Waterberg Plateau Park Today we depart very early and
will spend the day in the Waterberg Plateau Park to try and catch up
with any specials we may have missed on, this is a good locality for
Rockrunner, Hartlaub’s Francolin (Spurfowl), Violet Wood-Hoopoe,
Rüppell’s Parrot,
as well as Bradfield’s Hornbill. Accommodation:
Waterberg Plateau Park Meals:
Breakfast/Picnic Lunch/Dinner Included activities: DAY 11:
Waterberg Plateau Park
We do some early morning birding and then travel
back to the airport to catch your flight back home or return to your
accommodation before departing the next day. Accommodation:
N/A Meals:
Breakfast Included activities:
Birding around Waterberg camp QUOTED PRICE: 2012 Days 1 – 11 USD 3200 per person sharing USD 390 single supplement
NOTES:
a)
The costing for the
Tour Program is based on a minimum of six (6) 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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