Birdwatching
Bird watching safaris range from just a few hours long excursions up to a week long journey. Guided Bird watching tours are everything a true bird lover's heart desires. Some lodges and camps offer guided ornithological safaris around the camp site or in reserves and national parks. Bird watching safaris range from just a few hours long excursions up to a week long journey.
Tanzania has the highest bird count in Africa with over 1100 bird species! Kenya has the second highest bird species diversity in Africa with more than 1070 bird species. With the safari guides which are professionally qualified ornithologists you get the opportunity to spot many different bird species, even some rare, indigenous or endangered ones. Bird-watching is best during the warm season when you get the opportunity to spot endemic species as well as migratory birds from Europe and Asia.
Bird Watching in Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park has over 300 bird species including Eurasian migrant birds, acacia associated birds, raptors, and 3 endangered Tanzanian species. Lake Ma...
Bird watching in Eastern Arc Mountains
Eastern Arc Mountains are the most important bird habitat in Tanzania as the flora and fauna of this mountains is isolated from other highlands. A great number of Tanzania's e...
Bird watching in Mkomazi National Park
The Mkomazi National Park has a very hostile habitat for birds and is inhabited by over 450 bird species. Doves, weavers, guinea-fowls and hornbills are all present in large f...
Bird watching in The Udzungwa Mountain National Park
The Udzungwa Mountain National Park is inhabited by over 400 bird species ranging from the common Green-headed oriole to more than a dozen Eastern Arc endemics. The Udzungwa m...
Bird watching in Rumbodo Island
The Rubondo Island is also known as the “Bird Island”, since the 400 different bird species range from east, central and south African species and even European migrants. ...
Bird watching in Mikumi National Park
Mkata River Flood Plain in Mikumi National Park has a rich birdlife with over 400 different species with both northern and southern species. The northern species resident in t...
Bird watching in Selous Game Reserve
The Selous game reserve is a bird-watcher's paradise with over 440 bird species. The river banks offer important habitat for resident and migratory birds. Common birds in the ...
Bird watching in Arusha National Park
The Arusha National Park and particularly the Momella Lakes offer gorgeous bird-watching opportunities......
Bird watching in The Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Crater is a bird-watcher's paradise with birds ranging from annual migrants from Europe and Asia, grassland birds, sandy-grounds nestling birds, tree nestling b...
Bird watching in Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park and especially Lake Ndutu is a paradise for both birds and bird-watchers. The national park is inhabited by over 500 bird species such as Ostiches,...
Bird watching in Tarangire National Park
The park has with its 550 bird species the highest count of any Tanzanian park and about the third of all bird species in Tanzania....
Bird watching in Ruaha National Park
The Ruaha National Park is inhabited by over 450 different bird species including some endemics such as the Ashy starling and the Yellow-collared Lovebird. The resident birds ...
Bird watching in Kilombero Flood Plain
The Kilombero Flood Plain is also worth a visit as it has some endemic bird species such as the Kilombero weaver, Kilombero cisticola, Melodius cisticola, Iringa akalat and th...
