This exciting tour concentrates on the highlights of one of Africa’s most remarkable countries, offering vast areas of pristine wilderness and a great diversity of habitat. The tour visits a number of incredible sites within the country, and we will dabble in all the most important of habitats including the rich miombo woodlands, mushitus (riverine forest) and dambos (seasonally inundated wetlands). Key sites include the fabulous Victoria Falls – rightly considered one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World. From there, we head to the Choma region where we can expect to enjoy a wonderful selection of birds such as the endemic Chaplin’s Barbet together with Racket-tailed Roller, Red-capped Crombec and Fülleborn's Longclaw. Next, we drive to the Zambezi Valley, specifically the thickets along the Mutulanganga and Mbendele Rivers, where the highlights might include Barred Long-tailed and Emerald Cuckoos, African Pitta, River Warbler and the endearing Livingstone’s Flycatcher. We then make our way northwards, stopping first in Forest Inn where we stand another excellent chance at finding the Black-necked Eremomela and Chestnut-backed Sparrow-weaver. Finally, we will visit two sites in the north: the vast Mutinondo Wilderness and Kasanka National Park. Here we hope to find the rare Bar-winged Weaver, Anchieta’s Barbet, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Bocage’s Akalat, Böhm's Flycatcher, Blue Quail, Chestnut-headed Fullftail and Souza’s Shrike. Who knows – we may even see a Shoebill or, should our timing be right, witness the breath-taking sight of approximately 10 million African Straw-coloured Fruit Bats leaving their roost in the world’s biggest mammal migration! We are excited to share this incredible adventure, though one of Africa’s upcoming destinations, with you!
Chaplin’s, Miombo Pied & Anchieta's Barbets, Racket-tailed Roller, Red-capped Crombec, Fülleborn's Longclaw, Barred Long-tailed, Thick-billed & African Emerald Cuckoos, African Pitta, River Warbler, Livingstone’s & Böhm's Flycatcher, Black-necked Eremomela, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-weaver, Bar-winged Weaver, Chestnut-headed Flufftail, Anchieta’s & Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Bocage’s Akalat, Blue Quail, Chestnut-headed Fullftail, Souza’s Shrike, Shoebill, Schalow’s & Ross’s Turacos, African Spotted Creeper, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Rock Pratincole, African Finfoot, Half-collared Kingfisher, Collared Palm Thrush, Shelley’s Sunbird, Sooty Chat, Pennant-winged Nightjar, African Broadbill, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Orange-winged Pytilia,
Sitatunga, African Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
miombo woodlands, mushitus (riverine forest), dambos, marshes, dense thickets, riverine forest, wetlands, mopane forest, grasslands, swamps, mavunda’ forest, Brachystegia woodland
sub-tropical, hot and humid with showers
7 with 1 Rockjumper leader
easy, with long days in the field
comfortable
moderate with some localised, tricky species
10 million African Straw-coloured Fruit Bats,
good
Glen was very organised and knowledgeable. He gave clear directions as to what we would be doing the following day. He has a very calm and friendly manner. He has extremely good hearing and the ability to both hear the birds and point them out. He was very helpful to assist me when I did not see where the bird was. I would certainly like to travel with him again.
Greg is an excellent birder and worked hard to find as many species as possible, and also to make sure that everyone saw them. He was very genial company and took great care of everyone.
Greg is an excellent guide with great people skills. We appreciated him very much.
I enjoyed the trip… a nice mix of birds and other animals. Greg de Klerk did a great job. I hope there will be another trip that I can travel with him.
Thank you for a wonderful trip! Thank you, Andre Bernon, for all you did to make it so memorable!
Tour Leader: Nigel Redman