Grand Tanzania Birding
The Anniversary Route
Birding, Photography & Big Game
31 Days Private Tour – Departs Anytime
Tour departs anytime – your style – your group size
| Tour Location and Duration: | Grand Tanzania Birding Safari - 31 Days Ground only |
| Arrival/Departure Port: | Arusha Kilimanjaro & Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere Intl Airport |
| Featured Destinations: | Lake Victoria, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, Arusha, Lark Plains, Mkomazi NP, West and East Usambaras and Pemba Island Endemics and Beach, Mikumi NP, Udzungwas, Kilombero Flood Plains, Miombo Woodlands, Ruaha National Park. |
| Highlights: | Lake Victoria Specials, Northern/Eastern Tanzania Endemics, the Big Five, Forest, Miombo Woodlands and Acacia Birding, Kilombero Flood Plains, Pemba Endemics, Dar es Salaam Urban Coastal Birding and plenty of Photographic opportunities. |
| Best time to visit: | Anytime |
| Traveling pace: | Your style - your group size - your pace |
| Local Bird Guide: | On request and subject to availability |
| Accommodation style: | Standard Tourist class to Eco Medium Tented camps and best available in remote mountains |
| Tour Details, Bird and Mammal List, Price and availability: | Email tours@tanzaniabirding.com |
Grand Tanzania Birding – The Anniversary Route
Itinerary at a glance
| Day | Itinerary | Hotel Name | WiFi *** |
| 1 | Arrive Arusha Kilimanjaro Intl Tanzania, Meet and Transfer to Korona Villa | Korona Villa | Yes |
| 2 | Meet Field Crew this morning at 8:00am, drive to Arusha NP, Birding and Big game viewing rest of the day. Late afternoon return to Arusha at your hotel for Dinner and over night. Activity: Birding, Photography and Big game viewing. | Korona Villa | Yes |
| 3 | Depart your Hotel at 7:00am, start the official day of the safari, drive West wards towards Lake Victoria, and the Serengeti. We will take a picnic Lunch out of Arusha, being along day of driving, we will have limited birding stops on the way as our target will be to get to the Serengeti on time. Once on the Serengeti we will commence our Birding and Big game viewing on the way to our accommodation Activity: Optional Bird Walk around the Hotel grounds before or after. Mostly driving the rest of the day. | Tented Camp on the Serengeti | Yes |
| 4 | All the Birding and Big game viewing on the Serengeti, trying to catch up with the Serengeti Big Cats and the Serengei Endemics. Activity: Big game viewing, Photography and slow pace birding | Tented Camp on the Serengeti | Yes |
| 5 | This morning we will drive West words of the Serengeti to Lake Victoria crossing the Serengeti`s Western Corridor to Lake Victoria. Activity: Big Game viewing, Photography and slow pace birding | Spekebay Lodge | No |
| 6 | Day scheduled bird walks on the Spekebay Lodge grounds and surroundings .7 Activity: Big Game viewing, Photography and slow pace birding | Spekebay Lodge | No |
| 7 | Early Breakfast, Take a picnic Lunch and drive to the Ngorongoro Crater, Once on the Crater Floor, Birding & Big game viewing the rest of the day. Here is our chance for the endangered Black Rhino. After the excitement on the Crater Floor ascend the Crater walls and drive to Tloma Hotel near the Karatu Village on the slopes of the Ngorongoro Highlands. Activity: Big Game viewing, Photography and slow pace birding | Tloma Lodge | Yes |
| 8 | After a relaxing Breakfast, we will embark on an Optional Bird walk (short hike) to the Ngrongoro Highlands, birding for high altitude birds and Nature close-ups on the slopes. For those with the option of an exotic birding style, will relax on the Gibbs farm Grounds, inspecting Feeders with birds coming in and out. After Lunch, drive to Tarangire National Park. Activity: Optional Bird Walks and Hikes | Tarangire Safari Lodge | Yes |
| 9 | Visiting the Baobab Led Country of Tarangire National Park,at this time of the year Elephants use the Baobab tree for both shed and “snack”. Day will be birding & Big game viewing. Breakfast, Lunches and Dinners at the Lodge. Activity:Big Game viewing, Photography and birding | Tarangire Safari Lodge | Yes |
| 10 | This morning we will depart Tarangire NP for the Lark Plains North of Arusha, Birding for the endemic and special Larks and related dry country birds in the area Activity: Birding Lark Plains and Acacia Woods | Korona Villa House | Yes |
| 11 | Pre breakfast Bird walk on the Lodge grounds, to catch up with the Mt Meru specials and anything that may be at its last western edge towards the East Coast. We start the Second Leg of the tour driving East Words into the Dry Masaai Steppes that is full of a bunch of special dry country birds, after several birding stops, we will check in at the Elephant Motel near Same Village. Activity: Just Birding and Bird Photography | Elephant Motel | Yes |
| 12 | Pre breakfast Birding around the South Pare Mountains dry country bushes and then have the rest of the day in Mkomazi National Park. Lunches locally. Activity: Just Birding and Bird Photography, a few Mammals may be seen | Elephant Motel | Yes |
| 13 | Morning driving to high elevation of the South Pare Mountains for the South Pare White eye endemic and midafternoon drive to the West Usambara Mountains. Activity: Just Birding the endemics and Bird Photography | Mullers Mountain Lodge | Yes |
| 14&15 | Day Birding the West Usambara for the Usambara Endemics and Specials. Activity: Just Birding the endemics and Bird Photography | Mullers Mountain Lodge | Yes |
| 16 | This morning we will check out of the West Usambaras to the East Usambaras as we get closer to the East Coast. Birding stops on the way and arriving in time for local birding around the East Usambara Lower forest before getting high into the Amani Nature reserve. Activity: Just Birding the endemics and Bird Photography | Amani Rest House. | Yes |
| 17&18 | Big Day Hunting for the Amani Nature Forest – East Usambara Specials and coastal endemics. Activity: Just Birding the endemics and Bird Photography | Amani Rest House. | Yes |
| 19 | Long day drive connecting the North East to the Southern part of Tanzania Activity: Mostly driving with a couple of scheduled stops on the busy Tan-zam High way | Tan Swiss Cottages | Yes |
| 20 | Pre Breakfast Dawn and Mid Morning Bird walks in the Miombo woodlands, Birding for Miombo Specials. Afternoon Check out and drive insite Mikumi NP Activity: Miombo Woodlands Birding | Tan Swiss Cottages | Yes |
| 21 | Morning and afternoon Birding & Big game viewing in Mikumi National Park. Activity: Big game viewing, Photography and slow pace birding | Tan Swiss Cottages | Yes |
| 22 | Check out of Mikumi and Drive South words into Udzungwas and Kilombero Flood Plains. Afternoon Birding for the Kilombero Flood plains endemics Activity: Birding the Kilombero Valley Endemics | Twiga Hotel near Udzungwa NP | Yes |
| 23 | Birding on Foot / Hiking the East Udzungwa forest for forest Birds and endemic Primates. Activity: Forest Birding and walks | Twiga Hotel near Udzungwa NP | Yes |
| 24 | Long Day drive, Connecting the Udzungwas to the Great Ruaha National Park. Driving Past Mikumi and Iringa Towns into Ruaha. Late Afternoon Check in. Activity: Long Transit Day, possible bird stops and Game as we transverse through the Park. | Ruaha River Cottages | Yes |
| 25,26,27 | Big Days of Birding and Game viewing in Ruaha NPs Activity: Big game viewing, Photography and birding | Ruaha River Cottages | Yes |
| 28 | Morning Local Flight to Dar es Salaam. Evening Catch Flight to Pemba Island. | Pemba Paradise | Yes |
| 29 | Day Birding on Pemba Island, Birding the endemics | Pemba Paradise | Yes |
| 30 | Just Relaxing day by the beach. Or Optional Night birding for the Pemba Scopes Owl if went missing!!!! | Pemba Paradise | Yes |
| 31 | Catch Local Flight to Dar es Salaam via Zanzibar. Depending on International Flight will be in time for onward Intl Departures out of Dar Es Salaam Julius Nyerere Intl Airport | End |