Experience the peace and beauty of the Umfurudzi Safari Area, 150km from Harare. It offers serviced, self catering chalets and campsites,on the cool, grassy banks of the Mazowe River. Enjoy game drives, bird watching, fishing, rafting, mountain biking and beautiful sunsets. Day trippers are also welcome to bring and enjoy their own picnics and braais.
Focus: Miombo and general birds
The Harare area supports a large number of birds through diverse habitats ranging from miombo woodlands to wetlands and dams, grasslands and granite formations, large and small. Miombo and wetland birds tend to be the primary focus but excursions can be catered according to the birdwatchers’ goals.
Visits to Christon Bank, Domboshawa & Ngomakurira, Ewanrigg Botanic Garden, Lake Chivero area and other birding spots in the city are all worthwhile. Further afield an overnight or longer trip to Hippo Pools can bring in a number of lower altitude species not found in Harare. A wealth of raptors occurs here!
Target birds
Miombo specialists including Whyte’s Barbet, Green-backed Honeybird, Wood Pipit, Striped Pipit, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Boulder Chat, Miombo Rock-thrush, Collared Flycatcher (in season), Stierling’s Wren-warbler, Southern Hyliota, Green-capped Eremomela, Red-faced Crombec, Miombo Tit, African Spotted Creeper, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Miombo Double-collared Sunbird, Miombo Blue-eared Starling and Black-eared Seedeater.
Hippo Pools (Umfurudzi Safari Area)
White-backed Night-heron, African Finfoot, Racquet-tailed Roller, Boulder Chat, Livingstone’s Flycatcher.
Ease of birding
Many birds will be easy to see whilst some are elusive or seasonal. Miombo woodlands tend to be quiet in the afternoons so there is the opportunity to sample other habitats for other species. These areas require some walking in hilly terrain but present no difficulty for persons of average fitness.
3 Nights
Bed and Breakfast
4x Twin Room
A quiet bed and breakfast nestled away in Greendale, Harare, Zimbabwe. Interior inspired by the colourful African birds with a spacious garden and swimming pool. Located close to the shops and is a 10 minute drive to town.
5 Nights
Bed and Breakfast
4x Twin Room
