NORTHERN TANZANIA BIRDING

July – August 2025

Birding & Wildlife in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater & Beyond

(18 July – 1 August 2025)

Participants: Hilger’s extended family

Guide and Driver: Roger and Moses

A SUMMARY OF THE TOUR

July 18th. Arrival into Kilimanjaro Airport, Arusha Tanzania: we all met up at departures in Schipol, Amsterdam airport for the direct KLM flight to Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania, departing at about 10am. Arrival was on schedule at about 8pm, but there was a large queue and a long wait in Immigration before getting out of the airport to meet our driver/guides Roger and Moses. Being close to the equator with more or less the same 12 hours light and dark each day, it was by now night-time and we made the 45 minute or more drive to Ngare Sero Lodge along badly lit roads with badly lit vehicles arriving with time for a quick check-in and a late, but welcome supper of bread and soup before getting to our rooms – including two useful and very large family suites.

July 19th. A day to relax at Ngare Sero: There was an 8.30am breakfast scheduled, but some folks were more tired than others and arrived a little later, enjoying a cooked breakfast out in the open beneath still quite cloudy skies. I was up earlier looking at the birds in the grounds, finding some of the special species such as a pair of African Black Ducks and Giant Kingfishers. Thereafter the morning was spent relaxing and recovering from the long journey from the USA to Tanzania. The extensive and attractive gardens and grounds of Ngare Sero provided lots to do including taking short walks around the lake, swinging on swings, petting the pet cats and closely watching a lovely group of Black-and-White Colobus Monkeys with their young.

To read the full Trip Report: NORTHERN TANZANIA TRIP REPORT  July 2025

To read full Birding List: Northern Tanzania Trip Bird List July 2025