The Northern & Southern circuits are frequently visited by a lot of our guests. This doesn’t state that, the Eastern & Western circuits of Tanzania don’t stand a chance when compared to its diversity of wildlife and magnanimous landscapes. During our recent visit to Amani Natural Reserve (pangani), Saadani & Mkomazi national parks we proved this correct.
The birdlife we can across was just spectacular. We even came across a lion sighting in Saadani and a cheetah sighting in Mkomazi both on our first game drive & a snake killing a Green winged Pytilia on our last day at the beautiful Mkomazi national park.
Although it was not the best season to visit the park, we definitely enjoyed every bit of it. Be it rain or the picturesque sunshine. From the 120 species of birds spotted during this 7 days trip, many were in our must see list. We also did manage to get good pictures of these birds whenever light allowed.
Below are some pictures of what I personally consider as breath-taking moments. Amongst the numerous species sighted the best (in our opinion) were the Cabanis’s Bunting, Ayres Hawk Eagle, Purple crested Turaco, Sulphur brested Bush-shrike, Grey headed bush-shrike, Straw-tailed Whydah, Golden-brested Starling , Caramine Bee-eater and the African paradise flycatcher (White – Morph).
Many thanks to Chettan Bhatt, Karachi (Greg Duwe) &
Nahumu for their good company and friendship!
Next blog scheduled 2013…….. Lets hope the next year beholds
fabulous moments as this year did.
