17-Day Tanzania Birding Tour | Expert & Exciting Bird Watching

Arusha National Park

Begin your 17-Day Tanzania Birding Tour in Arusha National Park, renowned for acacia woodlands and alkaline lakes. Look for Great Sparrowhawk, African Crowned Eagle, and Taveta Golden Weaver. Afterward, unwind at Rivertree Country Inn. 

Overnight at Rivertree Country Inn

Arusha -Mkomazi Game Reserve

Next, journey east to Mkomazi’s dry savanna. Keep an eye out for Pygmy Falcons and African Hoopoes. Later, retreat to Elephant Motel.

Overnight at Elephant Motel, Same

West Usambara

These may include Shelly’s, Mountain & Yellow-streaked Greenbuls, Usambara Ground Robin, Fülleborn’s Boubou, Black-fronted Bush Shrike, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Double Collared & Green Banded Sunbirds, Yellow-throated Woodland, Evergreen Forest & Red-capped Forest Warblers, Bar-throated & Black-headed Apalis’, Cabanis’ Bunting. At night we hope to locate the Usambara Nightjar.

Overnight at Muller’s Mountain Lodge

West Usambara – Amani Nature Reserve

Our Tanzania Birding tour transfers to the eastern parts of the Usambaras. Hope to find the Usambara Eagle Owl, Uluguru Violet-backed & Purple-banded Sunbirds, among Half-collared Kingfisher, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, White-eared Barbet, Kurrichane Thrush, Kenrik’s Starling, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Fischer’s Turaco among many others.

Overnight at Amani Rest House

Amani Nature Reserve -Tanga fly- Pemba Island

Birding tour in the forest and later drive to Tanga via villages in search of a few extra species. On arrival to Tanga will take a local flight to Pemba Island and after checking in to our hotel we will leave for a nocturnal birding into the nearest forest in search of Pemba Scops Owl and in case we miss it then we have a back-up night drive again tomorrow.  

Overnight at Pemba Paradise Hotel

Pemba Island

Our Pemba Birding Tour will focus on the local endemic birds of the island namely Pemba White-eye, Pemba Green-Pigeon &  Pemba Sunbird. Other birds from the island may include Mangroove Kingfisher, Black-bellied Starling, Java Sparrow, Palm-nut Vulture, Madagascar Bee-eater among others

Overnight at Pemba Paradise Hotel

Pemba Island -fly Arusha

Birding on the island before our flight to Arusha
Overnight at Korona House

Arusha - Lark Plain -Tarangire National Park

Our Tanzania Birding Tour takes us to North of Arusha for the endemic Beesley’s Lark on the plains near Kenya-Tanzania Border.

Other birds on the area may include Pygmy Batis, Southern Grosbeak Canary, Red-throated Tit, Mouse-Coloured Penduline-Tit, Tiny Cisticola among others. 

We later transfer to Tarangire National Park, characterized by Acacia wooded savannahs with large concentration of Baobab Trees and with superb birding and big game. Birds may include endemic Ashy Starling & Yellow-collared Lovebird. Secretary Bird, Tawny, African Fish & Martial Eagles, Pigmy Falcon, Lappet-faced & White-headed Vultures, Magpie Shrike, Banded Parisoma, African Scops Owl, Southern Ground Hornbill, Grey Kestrel, Mottled Spinetails among many others.

Overnight at Tarangire Safari Lodge

Tarangire National Park – Lake Manyara National Park - Karatu

Birding tour Tarangire National Park and later transfer to Lake Manyara National Park huge concentrations of waterfowl including Lesser Flamingo, Spur-winged & Knob-billed Ducks. Others may include Black-backed Puffback, Slate-coloured Boubou, Sulpur-breasted Bush-shrike. Silver-cheeked Hornbill among many others

Overnight at Country Lodge, Karatu

Karatu – Ngorongoro Conservation Area

We’ll transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area birding in the forest part and later along the rim area near our lodge. 

Overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge

Ngorongoro Conservation - Serengeti National Park

Tanzania Birding Tour in the forest before driving in to Ngorongoro Crater, with a higher density of mammals concentration s as well as bird on the crater lakes. We later in the afternoon transfer to Seronera area .  Birding on a our in to the lodge.

Overnight at Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge

Serengeti National Park

Two full days of Tanzania Birding Tour in Serengeti National Park. The open plains filled with Wildebeest, Common Zebra, Topi, Kongoni, Impala, Grant’s and Thomson’s Gazelles are trailed along with the no less than species 5 vultures (African White-backed, Lappet-faced, White-headed Ruppell’s and Hooded) while other birds of prey may include Black-chested Snake, Martial, Bateleur, Long-crested Eagles, both Eastern and Pale Chanting Goshawk, , Magpie Shrike, Brown-crowned Tchagra. We spend our time birding on the stake out for the Grey-crested Helmet-shrike, Tanzania Red-billed Hornbill, Karamoja Apalis, Schallow’s Turaco, Hilderbrant’s Francolin, Black-headed Gonolek, Black-backed Cisiticola, amang many others.

Overnight at Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge

Serengeti National Reserve – Mwanza

Birding tour en-route to Mwanza located on the shores of the Lake Victoria for the papyrus endemics and specialties such as Papyrus Canary & Gonolek, Swamp Flycatcher, Carruthers’s Cisticola and others.

Overnight at Speke’s Bay Resort.

Mwanza – fly- Arusha

Our last day of Tanzania Birding Tour on the shore of the lake and after lunch we will transfer to the nearby Mwanza Airport for a local transfer flight to Arusha. Dinner and transfer to the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight.