Pre and Post Congress Bird Tours
Travel Portfolio, a Harare-based travel agent and tour operator and Birdlife Zimbabwe, a registered not-for-profit Nature Conservation NGO have joined forces to design and promote BIRDING TOURS around Zimbabwe and contribute to the conservation of Zimbabwe`s Key Biodiversity Areas through travel. The tours are professionally guided and feature Zimbabwe’s prime birding hotspots. For further information and details contact info@travelportfolio.co.zw
Victoria Falls and Hwange
A 10-day, 9-night experience, the safari takes guests on a guided tour of the Falls, 2 days birding in Victoria Falls, three and a half days in Hwange National Park, and a day and a half in Kazungula on the Zambezi River.
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Harare, Hippo Pools – Umfurudzi
The nine-day, eight-night birding safari includes three days birding at Hippo Pools in the Umfurudzi Area, and four days in and around Harare, with an opportunity to see raptors, Whyte’s Barbet, Green-backed Honeybird, and Wood Pipit of the Miombo region and wetlands.
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Harare Wetlands
The four-day, three-night excursion includes two and a half days in Harare wetlands and miombo woodland with bird sightings including wetland species such as the Yellow-mantled and White-winged Widowbirds, Yellow Bishops, the Streaky-breasted Flufftail and Striped Crake.
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Harare, Gonarezhou and Eastern Highlands
This 19-day, 18-night birding experience includes three days birding in Harare, a half-day day in Masvingo, three days in Gonarezhou, and seven and a half days in the Eastern Highlands. Bird sightings include the Sterling Wren-warbler, Southern Hyliota, Green-capped Eremomela, and Red-faced Crombec.
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Harare, Mana Pools
An eight-night, nine-day itinerary includes birding in the Harare area, and a safari to Mana Pools. Both areas support a large number of birds through diverse habitats and Mana Pools offers the chance of big game sightings too.
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Harare and Bvumba
A seven-night, eight-day safari includes birding tours across Harare and the Eastern Highlands, with sightings including the Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Miombo Double-collared Sunbird, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, White-eared Barbet, and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird.
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Eastern Highlands
The eight-night, nine-day itinerary includes birding in Honde Valley, Bvumba and Chimanimani. The Eastern Highlands has over 450 species of birds, including 23 Afrotropical Highland biome birds. Sightings include the Swynnerton’s Robin, Pale Batis, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher and White-tailed Crested Flycatcher.
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Masoka
The six-night, seven-day birding safari focuses on the African Pitta with additional sightings that may include Arnott’s Chat, African Emerald Cuckoo, Red-throated Twinspot, Böhm’s and the Mottled Spinetail.
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Harare, Mana Pools, Kariba
This itinerary includes birding in the Harare area, a safari to Mana Pools and a visit to Lake Kariba. All areas support a large number of birds through diverse habitats and Mana Pools and Kariba offer the chance of big game sightings too (Lion, Buffalo, Painted Dog, Hyena, Hippo and Elephant)
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Harare, Bvumba, Save Valley Conservancy
This tour includes birding in and around the Harare area before departure for Bvumba, Eastern Highlands where a number of specials are to be found in lush vegetation. Save Valley Conservancy is an area with a range of habitats including granite hills, mopane woodland, acacia savannah and the Save riverine and as well as numbers of bird species, with sightings of big game too.
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