Caprivi Birding Tour 2024

This Caprivi Birding Tour has been tailor-made for 3 clients who are seeking more birders to join their group (maximum 7 pax). The tour starts in Windhoek and ends in Katima Mulilo. We would be happy to add any pre- and/or post-tour accommodations and transfers according to your needs. It is also possible to add a few extra days of birding and wildlife viewing before or after the tour.

It is possible to fly out from Katima Mulilo (Namibia), Kasane (Botswana) and Vic Falls (Zimbabwe). It is also possible to backtrack to Windhoek / Swakopmund with our guide.

The key species for this trip include: Rufous-bellied Tit, Souza’s Shrike, Sharp-tailed Starling, Racket-tailed Roller, Slaty Egret, Pel’s and African Barred Owlet, African Skimmer, Rock and Collared Pratincoles, Arnot’s Chat, Shelley’s and Purple-banded Sunbirds, African Finfoot, Western-Banded Snake-Eagle, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Eastern Nicator, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Trumpeter Hornbill, Schalow’s Turaco, Lesser Jacana, Wattled Crane, Brown Fire-finch, Allen’s Gallinule, Luapula Cisticola, Saddle-billed Stork, Pennant-winged and Swamp Nightjar, African Pygmy Goose, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Southern Ground Hornbill, Green-capped Eremomela, Green-backed and Brown-backed Honeybird, Greater Swamp Warbler and Stierling’s Wren-Warbler.

Other species we will keep an eye out for include: Crested and Black-collared Barbet, Bearded and Bennett’s Woodpeckers, Grey-hooded (Chestnut–bellied), Pied, Giant, Brown-hooded, Half-collared and Malachite Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, Village, Southern Brown-throated, Thick-billed, Village, Golden (Holub’s) and Spectacled Weaver, Tinkling and Chirping Cisticola, White-backed Night Heron, Goliath Heron, Black Heron, Cattle, Intermediate, Little and Great Egrets, Swamp and Tropical Boubou, Kurrichane Buttonquail, African Golden Oriole, African Yellow White-eye, Southern Black Tit, Dark Chanting Goshawk, White-browed, Black, Coppery-tailed and Senegal Coucal, Hartlaub’s and Arrow-marked Babbler, White-browed (Heuglin’s) Robin Chat, Bearded and White-Browed Scrub Robin, Little, White-fronted, Blue-cheecked and Southern Carmine Bee-eaters and Broad-billed Roller.

Habitat: A good selection of habitats is on offer from broad-leafed, brachystegia and riparian woodlands, to vegetated dunes and ancient drainage lines with established Acacia, Terminalia and Combretum woodland and permanent rivers, swamps, and floodplain areas.