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24 September 2019: Tarangire National Park
On our way to the Tarangire National Park we stopped at Nanja village where a Rose-coloured Starling, a vagrant from Asia, had been...
Sep 24, 20192 min read
23 September 2019: Birding Tanzania
My flight left Johannesburg at 0315 in the morning to Kigali in Rwanda where I boarded another flight to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Per...
Sep 23, 20191 min read
17-18 September 2019: Zambia
Malawi delivered a total of 60 new birds for my 2019 Big Year list and my Africa Year list now stood at 1166 species. We were heading...
Sep 18, 20192 min read
14-15 September 2019: Vwasa Marsh Wildlife Reserve
Vwasa Marsh was the stuff that birding dreams and nightmares were made of. (My teachers taught me never to end a sentence on “of”), so …...
Sep 15, 20193 min read
12-14 Sep 2019: Nyika National Park
Nyika is the foremost birding hotspot in Malawi, but is only reached by an atrocious 110 km dirt road of corrugations and potholes. We...
Sep 14, 20192 min read
10-12 September 2019: Viphya Plateau
Heading north-east, our next destination was the Viphya Plateau, an undulating, sprawling plateau of high grasslands, granite hills, pine...
Sep 12, 20191 min read
9-10 Sep 2019: Kasungu National Park
Kasungu, a National Park bordering Zambia, was a convenient stop between birding hotspots. We camped on the shores of a dam and watched a...
Sep 10, 20191 min read
7-9 Sep 2019: Dzalanyama Forest Reserve
Situated 58 km south-west of Lilongwe along the Mozambique border, Dzalanyama is one of the premier birding sites in Malawi. The...
Sep 9, 20191 min read
5-7 Sep 2019: Chongoni Mountain & Cape Maclear
Our next birding destination was Chongoni Mountain, a forestry area situated between Liwonde and Lilongwe, a few kilometres from Dedza....
Sep 7, 20192 min read
3-5 Sep 2019: Liwonde National Park
Liwonde, in the southern Rift Valley, stretches along the Shire River and offers excellent woodland and riverine birding. Maans and...
Sep 5, 20192 min read
2-3 Sep 2019: Zomba Plateau
A quick drive south-eastward to Mount Mulanje showed that the mountain slopes were too deforested for serious forest birding. A policeman...
Sep 3, 20192 min read
31 Aug – 2 Sep 2019: Satemwa Tea Estate
The first hotspot we birded in Malawi was Mount Thyolo, some 60 km south of Blantyre, with the Green-headed Oriole, Thyolo Alethe and...
Sep 2, 20191 min read
30-31 Aug 2019: Into Malawi
We stocked up on supplies and diesel at Chimoio before turning off the main Beira road to Tete. The road north to Malawi was the usual...
Aug 31, 20192 min read
29 Aug 2019: Gorongosa
We decided to deviate southwards to Van Zyl’s Camp in Gorongosa and then take the tar road over Tete to Malawi; as the road conditions on...
Aug 29, 20191 min read
Franchise Opportunity
I am becoming an expert on African road conditions. That is why I want to open a road paint franchise throughout Africa. There is a...
Aug 29, 20191 min read
26-28 Aug 2019: Mpingwe
Having dipped on the Kirk’s Francolin, Mpingwe Camp compensated in good views of Eastern Nicator and Little Sparrowhawk, both new birds...
Aug 28, 20191 min read
25 Aug 2019: Dondo to Gorongoza
We decided to travel the back road around Gorongoza National Park to Mpingwe Camp. While still on the Beira road Maans, who was driving,...
Aug 25, 20191 min read
24 Aug 2019: Rio Savanne
Most of Rio Savanne turned out to be a total bust, although the morning started on a very positive note. We found a Bat Hawk nesting in a...
Aug 24, 20191 min read
23 Aug 2019: Cecil Kop and into Moz
From Aberfoyle we headed back to the Bvumba Highlands near Mutare, and had an early dinner at the White Horse Inn before booking in at...
Aug 23, 20192 min read
20-22 Aug 2019: Aberfoyle Lodge
Heading towards Aberfoyle we first birded the miombo woodlands at Cecil Kop outside Mutare. Our birding efforts were hampered by a strong...
Aug 22, 20191 min read
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