Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival We will pick you up and take you to Maunsa(Conduwi) Where you are going to spend your first night.

Overnight: Conduwi Lodge � this Lodge consists of Bungalow�s with twin beds in each & en suite shower, toilet. There is a veranda dining area where meals are served.

Day 2: Maunsa Maunsa is a great birding destination it�s on the eastern side of the park Mausa�s habitat is low land forest and got a variety of exciting and rare birds.

Target species: Blue-throated Sunbird, Silvery cheeked Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Singing Cisticola, Wattle-eyed Flycatcher, Black-fronted Bushshrike, Gorgeous Bushshrike, Narina Trogon Angola Pitta (October-April), White-chested Alethe, Gunning�s Robin, Blue-throated Sunbird.

Overnight: Conduwi Lodge

Day 3: Maunsa - Catapu We will spend the morning birding in Maunsa and then head off to Catapu which is on the Zambezi River just before it goes in to the Indian Ocean the birding is fantastic Catapu has a range of exciting and rare birds.

Target Species: Retz� Helmet Shrike, White-crested Helmet Shrike, Orange-breasted Bush Shrike, Tropical Boubou, Swamp Boubou, Southern Boubou, Blue-mantled Flycatcher, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Woodward�s Batis, Mozambique Batis, Vanga Flycatcher, Ashy Flycatcher, Green Coucal, Black Coucal, Bohme�s Bee-eater, Southern Hyliota, Red-winged Warbler, Yellow-breasted Hyliota, Short-winged Cisticola, Chestnut-fronted Helmet Shrike, Livingstone�s Flycatcher.

Overnight: Catapu Lodge � This Lodge has Bungalows with twin beds in each & en suite shower, toilet. They each have a veranda overlooking the Zambezi River, which includes a dining area where meals are served.

Day 4: Catapu We will be birding in the lowland forest for the day.

Target species: Blue-throated Sunbird, Livingstone�s Flycatcher, Orange-breasted Bush Shrike, Black-backed Cisticola, Miombo Wren-warbler, Red-faced Crombec, Black-headed Apalis, Broad-tailed Warbler, Ayres� Hawk Eagle, Bateleur Eagle, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Crested Guinea Fowl, Red-necked Francolin, Crowned Crane, Long-toed Plover, Lesser Black-winged Plover, Lesser Jacana.

Overnight: Catapu Lodge.

Day 5: Catapu - Gorongosa National Park Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique is one of the best birding spots in Southern Africa having great diversity. It covers four thousand square km and encompasses Gorongosa Mountain and two major rivers; the Musakadzi and Urema, which come off the Mountain and flow into the Urema lake and then in to the Pungwe river. It is the most Southern point of the Great Rift Valley before going in to the Indian Ocean. The park contains 4km of caves with lime stone gorges full of low land forest. It is extremely good birding because of its diverse habitat with montane evergreen forest, riverine forest, lowland forest, flood plains, open plains, marsh, Miombo woodland, Mopane savanna, wetlands, montane grassland, fynbos, fevertree forest, palm forest all within the area. What is more it has a �Jurassic Park� appearance. We will also be seeing some big game and plains game. We are going to be birding in the Gorongosa area for three days.

Target species: Racket-tailed Roller, Broad-billed Roller, Crested Guinea fowl, Crowned Cranes, Wattled Cranes, Cape Parrot, Brown-headed Parrots, Purple-crested Turaco, Red- throated Twinspot, East african Swee, Grey Waxbill, Fire-crownd Bishop, Yellow Bishop, Green Coucal, Ayres hawk Eagle, Black Coucal, Pels fishing Owl, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Mashona Hyliota, African Broadbill, Spotted Creeper, Vanga Flycatcher, Short- winged Cisticola, Southern-banded snake Eagle, Collard-palm Thrush, Woodwards Batis, Mozambique Batis, Madagascar squacco Heron, Red-faced Crimsonwing, Bohms bee-Eater, Livingstones Flycatcher, Wattle-eyed Flycatcher, Chestnut- fronted Helmet Shrike, Little spotted Woodpecker, Eastern Honeyguide, Yellow-bellied Hyliota.

Overnight: Chitengo Safari Lodge

Day 6: Gorongosa Mountain We leave chitengo at 4am in the morning to start birding early. It is a 1 hour drive from Chitengo camp and we drive half way up the Mountain and start birding from there. The Mountain is 18 km long and 1,860m high rising about 1.5km from the surrounding plains, the mountain habitats range from Montane evergreen forest, Low level grassland and Fynbos at the top. We will be birding on the Mountain for the whole day.

Target species: Green Twinspot, Red-throated Twinspot, Livingstone�s Turaco, Purple crested Turaco, Grey Waxbill, Gurneys Sugarbird, Violet-backed Sunbird, Zambezi Indigobird, Narina Trogon, East african Swee, Olive Thrush, Forest Weaver, Crested Flycatcher, Swynnerton�s Robin, Ayres Hawk Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Delegorgue�s Pigeon, Blue spotted Dove, Moustached Warbler, Green headed Oriole, Niassa seed Cracker, Red faced crimson Wing, Blue spotted Dove, Short-winged Cisticola, Eastern broze-naped Pigeon, Marsh Tchagra, Black-headed Apalis, Chirinda Apalis, Olive-headed Weaver, Lemon-breasted Canary, Gunnings Robin, Singing Cisticola, Blue-throated Sunbird, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill.

Overnight: Chitengo Safari Lodge

Day 7: Urema Basin During our third full day we are going to bird the eastern side of the park - the Urema Lake and river basin. Here we are going to see a lot of water birds. The Urema basin�s habitat has a lot of flood plain, grassland and palm forest and the Lion population is still very good here. Urema also has a breeding ground of Yellow-billed Storks in June-July. The birding is fantastic.

Target species: Sacred Ibis, Hadeda Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Breeding grounds of Yellow billed Storks, Saddle-billed Stork, Marabou Stork, Goliath Heron, White-backed night Heron, African marsh Harrier, African Spoonbill, Senegal Lapwing, Long-toed Lapwing, Open-Billed Stork, Bronze-Winged Courser, Temminick�s Courser, White-crowned Lapwing, Black-bellied Korhaan, Red-crested Korhaan, Crowned Crane, Wattled Crane, Red-necked Francolin, Secretarybird, White-headed Vulture, Palm-nut Vulture, Dark chanting Goshawk, Olive bee-Eater, Ground Hornbill, Crowned-Hornbill, Madagascar squacco Heron, Green Malkoha, Black Coucal, Eastern green Tinkerbird, Speckle-throated Woodpecker, Little-spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Bittern.

Overnight: Chitengo Safari Lodge

Day 8: Gorongosa-Bvumba The Bvumba Mountains are truly a magnificent birding destination with lots to offer. We are going to spend the morning birding at Gorongosa. We will leave after lunch for the two hour drive to the Bvumba which is going to take us up to about 3000m where we are spending the night. We will start birding early in the morning.

Target species: Blue spotted Dove, Copper Sunbird, Malachite Sunbird, Bronzy Sunbird, Miombo-double collared Sunbird, Swynnerton�s Robin, Variable Sunbird, Violet-backed Sunbird, Western-olive Sunbird, Blue-throated Sunbird, Marsh Tchagra, Black-fronted bush Shrike, Starred Robin, White-tailed crested Flycatcher, Black-winged Bishop, Gurneys Sugarbird, Broad-tailed Warbler, Red-winged Warbler, Mashona (southern) Hyliota, Yellow Warbler, Barrett�s Warbler, Orange Thrush, Tiny greenbul, Senegal Coucal, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Spotted Creeper, Swynnerton�s Robin, Bronzy Sunbird, Blue-spotted Dove, Woodward�s Batis, Marsh Tchagra, White tailed crested Flycatcher, Stripe-cheeked Bulbul, Western olive Sunbird, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Violet- backed Sunbird, Roberts Warbler.)

Overnight: Seldomseen lodge - This Lodge has chalets with double or twin beds in each & en suite bathroom, shower, toilet. Each has a veranda with views of the Bvumba mountains There is a Restaurant and bar.

Day 9: Bvumba Mountains Birding in the Bvumba Mountains � We will be birding the Seldomseen area on day nine.

Target species: Orange-winged Pytilia, Violet-eared Waxbill, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Golden Weaver, (large Weaver), Chin-spot Batis, Pale Flycatcher, Bar-throated Apalis, Purple Roller, Broad-billed Roller, African Pygmy Kingfisher, Mottled Swift, Mottled Spinetail, Scarce Swift, Blue Swallow

Overnight: Seldomseen lodge

Day 10: Bvumba Mountains - Lake Chikamba It will be a one hour drive from the Bvumba to the lakeside Chikamba is thick with Brahestygia woodland and und undulating hills. We will spend the day birding looking for the Miombo rock Thrush at the lake. The lake has very good birding and has a lot of grassland birds such as Whydah�s, Widow Finches, Larks, Bishops as well as water birds.

Target species: Zambezi Indigo bird, Broad-tailed paradise Whydah, Fire crowned Bishop, Fan tailed Widow, Plain- backed Sunbird, Retz` Helmet Shrike, Orange-breasted Bush shrike, Gorgeous bush Shrike, Swamp Boubou, Woodward�s Batis, Pale Batis, Croaking Cisticola, Black- backed Cisticola, Short-winged Cisticola, Red-faced Crombec, Miombo rock Thrush, Miombo Tit, White-eared Barbet, Miombo Rock Thrush, Fire-crowned Bishop.

Overnight: Cassa Misika Lodge - This Lodge has chalets with double or twin beds including en suite bathroom, shower & toilet. Each has a veranda overlooking Lake Chikamba. There is a bar, restaurant and swimming pool.

Day 11: Lake chikamba-Vilukulos We will depart in the morning and start heading down to the Bazaruto Archipelago which is a National park consisting of five islands lying roughly 15-25km from Vilunkulos we are going to be visiting Bazaruto and Benguerra islands. Day eleven we will spend the evening birding in Vilunkulos.

Target species: Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Purple Heron, Hamerkop. Greater Flamingo, African Spoonbill, African Rail, African Snipe, Lesser Jacana, African Jacana, Senegal Lapwing, Crab Plover, Pied Avocet, Brow-headed Parrot, Purple-crested Turaco, Burchell�s Coucal, Green Coucal, Pel�s Fishing Owl, Eastern Saw-Wing Swallow, Olive Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Carmine Bee-eater, Boehm�s Bee-eater, Mangrove Kingfisher, Racket-Tailed Roller.

Overnight: Vilanculos Beach Lodge

Day 12: Benguerra Island Benguerra Island lies 14km from Vilankulos and is 11km long 5.5km wide which makes it the second-largest island in the archipelago. The island supports an impressive range of birdlife. The most popular time for birding on the island is October and November when the wading birds stop in on the island during there annual north-south migration.

Target species: Black-bellied Glossy Starling, Black Coucal, Purple-Crested Turaco, White-throated Robin, Black-headed Apalis, Rudd�s Apalis, Red-throated Twinspot, Livingstone�s Turaco, Red-headed Quelea, African Spoonbill, Crab Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Terek Sandpiper, Eleonora�s Falcon, Greater Sandplover, Greater Flamingo, Green Coucal, Crab plovers, Blue-throated Sunbird, Neergaard�s Sunbird, Mangrove Kingfisher.

Overnight: Vilunkulos Beach Lodge.

Day 13: Bazaruto Island The 30km strip of land that forms Bazaruto Island lies about 25km from Vilankulos.Ecologically similar to Benguerra Island. The habitat is (coconut palms, milkwood trees, mlala palms, cashew trees and casaurina trees).That supports a range of bird life Including fresh water lakes with Crocodiles. There are about 150 Species of birds on the islands.

Target Species: African Broadbill, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Black-collared Barbet, Golden-rumped Tinkerbird, Eastern Green Tinkerbird, White-eared Barbet, Trumpeter Hornbill, Red-winged Pratincole, Water Dikkop, Black-winged Stilt, Crab Plover, Eleonora�s Falcon.

Overnight: Vilunkulos Beach Lodge

Day 14: Dugong Bay Dugong bay is in the Vilunkulos Marine Coastal Sanctuary 30,000 hectares of marine and wildlife territory. The birding is fantastic there.

Target species: Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Green-backed Camaroptera, Square-tailed Drongo, Green-capped Eremomela, African Penduline Tit, Rudd�s Apalis, Black-headed Apalis, White-throated Robin, Slender Bulbul, Yellow-spotted Nicator, White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Mangrove Kingfisher, Pink-throated Twinspot, Pink-throated Longclaw.

Overnight: Vilunkulos Beach Lodge

Day 15: Day of Departure You will be dropped off at the airport until your departure in Vilunkulos. There are at least 5 flights out of vilunkulos back to South Africa a day