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DESTINATIONS - Mbeya , - Kitulo National Park , - Njombe , - Lake Rukwa , - Mount Rungwe , - Songwe
BOOK NOWThis 15 days Birding trip to Southern highland Tanzania will give you a great memory and you explore and wrap up attractions in just 15days. You will be able to visit Kitulo Plateau national park that will give you a chance to explore botanical nature, hiking to the plateau viewing spiced up by the fascinating landscape. The park is rich of plants, flowres and birds. Hiking in Mbeya to visit Ngozi crater, God's Bridge and Kaporogwe falls, visit Lake Rukwa explore several birds. This trip will be able to combine several activities ( Game viewing and hiking safari in Mbeya and Lake visit experience which is a life time adventure. Adding in a visit to Matema Beach, Lake Malawi to spice up your stay, relax at the Beach after the long road trip.
After breakfast, you
will be pickup from the hotel and drive to Ngosi crater lake is another
million-year-old volcano that can be climbed in just a few hours. After
climbing to the top through tropical vegetation you will be rewarded with a
spectacular view of the Crater Lake and different birds’ species within the
rain forest lying about 200 meters below. Dinner and overnight at Hotel
Desderia in Mbeya
After breakfast, will
be boarded to the safari vehicles and start our safari to the Reserve
consists of the Kipengere, Mpanga, Lugala, and Chafukwe Mountains, which
provides scenery of beautiful green mountains, sprawling plains, dramatic
valleys, and snaking rivers with unique waterfalls. Here you can enjoy hiking
and rock climbing as well as bird watching and a magnificent assortment of wild
flowers (from November to March). The Reserve is filled with beautiful plants
including the tuberous orchid. Like other attractions in the Southern
Highlands, it also has its fair share of endemic species. These wonders include
the nosed chameleon, marsh widow, Njombe cisticola, Kipengere seedeater, and
the very rare Fufumka bird. The reserve is also a home for migratory bird species
For the adventurous, bush camping facilities are available where evenings of
stargazing will delight any astronomer. Dinner and overnight at the cottages in
Mpanga Kipengere GR
6:30am after
breakfast, will be boarded to the safari vehicles and start our safari to the
Natured God’s Garden Kitulo National Park which will take us 2hrs to check in
the park for the Lunch around 12hrs.After Lunch we will start the game drive
and explore on the God’s garden with a different Flowers and beautiful
landscape of the plateau covered with the flowers and butterflies and feeling
on the undistracted weather that will breath us till 4:30pm and overnight at
the bandas in Kitulo National Park
After breakfast, drive to
Kiwira-Songwe where you can find a famous attraction; the bridge of God (Daraja
la Mungu). A million of years old rock forms a natural bridge that crosses the
river. Just a few kilometers up the kiwira valley is the ‘cooking pot’ where
the Kiwira River falls into a seething cauldron or sump and the Marasusa
waterfalls. Dinner and overnight at farm lodge in Tukuyu
After breakfast, Start a
fully day hiking tour (with packed lunch) on Mount Rungwe (2,960m) dominates
the area, on the slopes of the mountain and watching the sun come up over
Rungwe. During the night camping on the slopes of Mount Rungwe . Lunch and
dinner at farm lodge in Tukuyu
After breakfast start a
full day walking tour to kaporogwe waterfalls. This tour is not just
a trip to the beautiful Kaparogwe falls, but also includes a hike in to the
valley to see the German built hanging bridges. On the way to
the waterfall you will pass through the Crater Lake is the perfect
place to swim, picnic or even camp. It is especially known for its history. The
Germans dumped coins and other items in the lake when they were being chased by
the British forces during the First World War. Find out more about Rungwe’s
past during a nice walk around Lake Masoko. at Matema Lake shore Lodge
In the early morning
with a lovely sunrise from the living stone mountains can take a walk along the
beach and enjoy swimming thereafter at 7am the breakfast will be ready for you,
this whole day will be spend time in Matema beach of the lake nyasa, while in
Matema you will enjoy an attractive beautiful view of the beach, also have time
for swimming and experience the fishing culture activities at Matema market and
doing canoeing to a snorkeling to see coloured fish and take a visit to Ikombe
village where women are doing portly and being interested with their culture.
After sometime you will be taken back to the shore for relax and overnight.
In Mateam Beach To Utengule
Coffee Lodge Today at6:30am will start a hike to Mwalalo waterfalls for 1hr
hiking along and within the river channel of the mwalalo falls where will spend
some time there for swimming and breeze the water falls together till 12hrs
then back to the lake shore around 13hrs for Lunch and get ready back to Mbeya
and drop off to hotel in Mbeya for Overnight
After breakfast we will
head to Mbozi meteorite site, situated in Mbozi district inside Songwe Region.
Mbozi Meteorite site is the archeological site with different culture histories
then drive direct to Laela village town for dinner and overnight at Laela
village town
After early morning
breakfast, we will drive to Uwanda game reserve and welcomed with a spectacular
good view of the Lakeshore of lake Rukwa. Then will see different animal
species like large birds before exploring the range of different habitats that
include swamps, woodland, and lakeshore of lake Rukwa whereby we will also See
the largest groups/population of Crocodiles, Mountain buffalos and Elephants
without forgetting the
bushland with Miombo trees and acacias forests. Dinner and overnight stay at
the camp/local hotel
Morning will have a Hot
Bush breakfast prepared locally at our camp fire then will go for a walk to the
lakeshore for different activities like spot fishing, shorebird watching and a
visit to a local fish market before lunch. Then after lunch will departure
driving for 6-7Hrs from Uwanda direct to Mbeya city town for dinner and
overnight stay at the Utengule Coffee Lodge.
Costs
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