Short Birding Tours

Tour Duration: 5nights and 6days

Transportation: 4x4 car/Minibus/Coaster Bus

Day 01.

Arrival and get assist with your luggage and transfer to your hotel for overnight Ghion hotel Addis Ababa.
Note: Although there are many higher standard hotels in Addis Ababa the reason why we put you in Ghion hotel is paradise for birds. However, if you wish to stay in higher standard hotel, we can arrange that too.

Day 02. Sululta and Jamma Gorge

An early morning start we drive to the Mt. Entoto/Sululta Plain with short grassland habitat searching for unique birds such as White-backed Black Tit, Blue-winged Goose, Wattled Ibis, Ethiopian Siskin, Ethiopian Cisticola, White-collared Pigeon, Abyssinian Longclaw, Erlanger fs Lark, Tawny Eagle, Cattle Egret and Yellow-billed Duck. Jamma Valley escarpment (upper Nile valley) is adjacent to Debre Libanos natural forest and thickets home to the endemic Banded Barbet, White-cheeked Turaco, Abyssinian Woodpecker, Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole, Lammergeyer, Egyptian Vulture, Vieaux Eagle, Lanner Falcon and Griffon Vultures. The nearby gorge attracts the endemic White-billed Starling, Ruppell's Black Chat, White-winged Cliff-chat and Mocking Cliff-chat. Scrub lures Eckel’s Francolin, Stout Cisticola and Tekeze Sunbird
Overnight at the Ethio-German Lodge nearby the so-called Portuguese Bridge.

Day 03. Drive to Ankober

Today we drive to Jamma Valley to locate the rare Harwood's Francolin and Abyssinian Black-wheatear. The road climbs steeply through highland fields and traditional villages. The cliffs and boulder-strewn slopes of the Jamma Valley may have flocks of White-billed Starlings, the extremely rare Salvador Serin, Singing Cisticola, Isabel line Shrike and Abyssinian Black Wheatear. In the afternoon, we drive to Debre Birhan town while enjoying another sector of plain grassland bird including Erlanger's Lark, Pectoral-patch Cisticola and Ortolan Bunting.
Overnight at Eva Hotel Ankober Lodge.

Day 04. Bishoftu Creator Lake

An early start exploring the road to Tarmaber scenic view outlook. Our main interest is to find the rarest endemic Ankober Serin feeding in the highland grass field. In the lower fields, we can expect Yellow-crowned Canary, Brown-rumped and Streaky Seed-eater. Overhead we may locate Saker Falcon, Lammergeyer, Augur Buzzard and Alpine Swifts.

After late breakfast we drive towards Bishoftu east of Addis towards fascinating Crater Lakes such as Lake Chalalaka, an important shallow lake for migratory waders and significant numbers of Cranes, Marabou storks and Cormorants. Hora a fresh water lake holding Little Grebe, Pelican, Malachite Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater, Black-billed Barbet, African Paradise Flycatcher, Masked weaver and Starlings. The area named after the crater lake Bishoftu, meaning gtasteless Water support large numbers of Weavers, Seed-eaters, Thrushes, Doves, Sunbirds and Finches in the adjoining sedges and thickets. Late afternoon proceeds to
Overnight at Dreamland Hotel with an excellent view of Bishoftu.
 

Day 05 Drive to Hara Langano

After early morning birding and breakfast, we drive to Hara lodge which is located on the eastern bank of Lake Langano adjacent to the Chilalo chain of mountains on the southern edge of the Great Rift Valley. Here we find the remnant of typical tropical rain forest and en route we search for Nubian Woodpecker, Speckled Moosebirds, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, African Mourning Dove and many more colorful forest birds.
Overnight Hara-Lodge.
 

Day 06: Drive to Addis Ababa

Driving back to Addis Ababa we bird on the way and detour to Lake Ziway looking for Giant Kingfisher, Black Heron, Spur-winged Goose, White-faced Duck and many water birds. Arriving in Addis Ababa late afternoon we have farewell dinner before transferring to Bole International Airport.

End of Tours