08 Days Birding Tour in Senegal

Senegal being a top birding destination . We will be explore with worldwide birding sites of great interest: Podor , The Djoudj , Saint Louis , Kousmar and Toubacouta

Senegal is a country a top destination for birdwatching. Here is recorded 660 species of birds .

In our Senegal Birdwatching tour ,we will focuss upon the most sought after or rarely seen species . Among these ,we have : White-backed Night Heron ,Scissor-tailed Kite, Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle, Fox Kestrel, Savile’s and Arabian Bustards, African Finfoot, Quail-plover,Black-crowned Night Heron , Egyptian Plover (a monotypic family), Adamawa Turtle Dove ,Four-banded Sandgrouse, , African Collared Dove, Golden Nightjar, Little Grey Woodpecker, Sun Lark, Black Scrub Robin, Dorst’s Cisticola, River Prinia, Cricket Warbler, Sennar Penduline Tit, Pygmy Sunbird, Sudan Golden Sparrow, Mali (or Kulikoro) and Black-faced Firefinches, Lavender Waxbill, Sahel Paradise Whydah, White-rumped Seedeater and Gosling’s Bunting, Neumann’s and Long-tailed and Chestnut-backed Startling .

Around The Djoudj Birds Reserve and surrounding ,we will look for more Sahel specialities : the endangered Arabian Bustard,The River Prinia ,and also some highly sought sahelian birds :The Golden Nightjar ,Quail Plover , Egyptian Plover and so on . It’s recorded 320 species of birds without forgetting the thousands of Great White Pelican . Around Podor , it’s easy to see : Sudan Golden Sparrow , Cricket Warbler ,Senegal Eremomela , Sennar Penduline and Yellow-bellied Penduline ,Senegal Bâtis and so on ….

In the Saloum Delta ,we will have the great opportunity to look for the rarely seen : White-crested Tiger Heron ….And in Kousmar ,Kaolack ,we will see the most important gathering of : Swallow-tailed Kite and some Lesser Kestrel and so on ,

Itinerary

Day 1 : Arrival ,welcome at airport and transfer to small hotel in Mbour : Blue Africa .

Pension Regime : Full board according to your arrival

Day 2 : Saint Louis

En route we will have many birding stops . In so doing , it’s possible to see : Vinaceous Dove , Yellow-crowned Gonolek , Chestnut – bellied Starling, Blue -naped Mousebird , Red-billed Hornbill, Long-tailed Glossy Starling ….And some vulture such as the : Lappet-faced and Hooded-Vultures and so on . Overnight at Ranch De Bango or Lampsar Lodge .

Pension Regime : full board

Day 3 : - Trois Marigots - Podor

We will also explore another birding sitr of great interest : Les Trois Marigots,where we can spot : Ruff , Black – winged Stilt . Black-headed Lapwing and .Then ,we drive Northwards,the edge of the Sahara where some keys species await us , ,crossing forest of acacias . Among those species ,we have the iconic Cricket longtail and Golden Nightjar . It’s easy around Podor ,to see the :Sudan Golden Sparrow, Black Scrub Robin ,Sennar Penduline Tit and so on

Dinner and overnight at Gîte d’Etape

Pension Regime : full board

Day 4 : Birding in Podor

So we are heading Northwards to Richard Toll and Podor . In Podor we are pretty much at the edge of the Sahara Desert ,the landscape is mainly composed of acacias . Here we can see species :Tawny-Flanked Prinia ,flocks of Sudan Golden Sparrow ,Cricket Warbler ,Sennar Penduline Tit ,Grey Woodpecker ,Black Scrub Robin and so on

Lunch in Richard Toll and we drive to Podor .

Dinner and overnight at Gite D’Etape.

Pension Regime : full board

Day 5 : Birding in the Djoudj Birds Park And Ross Bethio .

The morning will dedicated to do some birdwatching in the most important birds habitat in Northern Senegal ,with of the Djoudj Birds Reserve ,where were recorded 320 species of birds. Here we can see : the river prinia ,white-faced whistling duck ,garganey ,spur-winged geese ,greater and lesser flamingoes ,knob-billed geese ,great flock of white pelican , African darter ,African fish eagle and so

Lunch at NDiagabaar Camp and the afternoon ,we will go for a boat to see the pelican in their and other species of birds .

Dinner and overnight at Ranch De Bango or Cap Saint Louis or Lampsar Lodge

Pension Regime : full board

Day 6 : Kousmar – Toubacouta

We will have some stops on the way to Kaolack . In this arid areas ,we can see a lot vultures , including : Lappet-faced Vultures , Rüppel Griffon Vultures ,White-backed Vultures and the most common Hooded vultures . Lunch in Kaolack at Blue Bird Restaurant and the afternoon ,we head to Kousmar ,where we are supposed to the scissor-tailed kite .

Dinner and overnight at Auberge Les Coquillages or similar

Pension Regime : full board

Day 7 : Toubacouta

We will plan our birding tour according to the tides .The low tide is the most appreciated time to see the iconic :Tiger-Crested heron .We will have a boat ride at low to see our iconic birds .And the afternoon we keep on birding on the way to Toubacouta .Here we can spot the Blue-bellied roller ,Bronze mannikin, Pearl-spotted Owl ,Lavender Waxbill ,Bearded-Barbet Violet -backed Startling , Western Grey plantain Eater, Rose- ringed Parakeet , Wire-tailed Swallow…..

Dinner and Overnight at Auberge Les Coquillages or Hotel Chez Saloum

Pension Regime : full board

Day 8 : Transfert to airport

Pension Regime : Bed and Breakfast

Per person price : 2390 €

Single supplement : 200 €

Notice :The single supplement will not be applied, if you decide to share a room

What’s included :

An air conditioned vehicle according to group size .

Bird guide

All entrance fee

All boats ride

Accomodations in full board ( double room )

Water

What’s extra :

Beverage