
Overview
14 DAYS SOUTHERN TANZANIA BIRDING TOUR
Itinerary for 14 day, on the Southern Circuit. The trip it will start from Iringa and it will end Dar es Salama. On this trip most of our time we will be spending on the different habitat type, from Miombo, acacia woodland, rain forest and swamp
- Iringa- Alive at Iringa and you will meet our guide at the airport. This day you will do birding around Iringa town and you will overnight at Iringa town at Neema craft. On this evening you will do the itinerary review with your guide.
- Iringa- Hill Top lodge– waking up 600 and you will have a breakfast at the hotel, and then you will start your trip toward Ruaha national park. Birding on the road all the way to the lodge, where you will have a lunch, after lunch you will have 2 hours break. After break you will have a soft drink then you will go for the evening birding around the lodge. Back to the lodge for refreshment. Dinner it will be at the lodge. After dinner you will do the review with your guide.
- Hill top- Ruaha National Park– waking up 600, then breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast then we will start driving to Ruaha National Park gate. The guide he will do all the payment and you will continues with birding and game driving to your accommodation, where you will have a lunch. Birding and animal experience it will be on the evening. Dinner and overnight it will be at Ruaha River Lodge.
- Ruaha national park– Full day inside the national with pack lunch, and we will be spending most of our time on the acacia woodland and river line for the water birds. We will come back at the lodge for the dinner. After dinner we will do the review for the day.
- Ruaha national park– Full day inside the park. We will do our birding on the different habitat (Miombo Woodland) for the Miombo special.
- Ruaha national park- Full day in the park. We will have a park lunch.
- Ruaha np-kisolanza oldfarm- Breakfast at the Ruaha River Lodge, then we will do a short birding inside the national park then we will start driving back towards Iringa town where we will have a lunch at Neema Craft. After lunch we will drive to Old Kisolanza farm for the evening birding around the farm and we will overnight at Old farm Kisolanza.
- Kisolanza old farm- Full day birding at Kisolanza swamp and on the Miombo Woodland.
- Kisolanza-Mufindi- we will live early in the morning to Mufindi Fish Lodge, the drive it will take 2 hours birding speed. We will spend most of our day in the rain forest and we will be doing birding. Lunch it will be packed and dinner we will have at the lodge where we will overnight
- Mufindi fish lodge- Full day birding on the rain forest and on the swamps. Lunch and dinner it will be at the lodge.
- Mufindi – Iringa tawn- waking up 600, then you will have a breakfast at the lodge, and we will have a park lunch. After breakfast we will start driving towards Iringa town via Kiponzero swamp. Lunch at Kiponzero swamp. Birding it will be taking place on the road and at Kiponzero swamp. Dinner it will be at Iringa town (Neema Craft)
- Iringa-uluti (udzungwa scap)-It will be a day trip- waking up 500 then you will have a coffee at the lodge, after coffee we will start driving toward Dabaga, then Uluti village. We will have a park lunch. Birding it will be inside the forest. Dinner it will be at ( Neema Craft)
Trip Costs
Total cost for the trip is 20,541 usd for 10 persons sharing which is equal to 2054.1 usd per person
What is Included:
- Vehicles for pick up, all transfers and all game drives from Iringa town
- Services of experienced English speaking drivers guide
- Accommodation
- All park entry fees in
- 18% VAT in park fees and accommodation
- All meals and refreshments
Not Included:
- Travel, Health and personal accidents insurance
- Items of personal nature (Alcohol drinks, cigarettes, phone calls)
- Visa fees, Departure tax (If any)
- Tip for the driver/guide (recommended)
- Any extra activities not included on the itinerary