Complete Birding
A must for every avid birder
The Complete Package is the best all round birding package that we offer for the local species. We offer 3 daytrips in this package - the Inhambane Coastal Wetland, Coastal Dunes, and the Panda Forest trips. One excursion may be repeated in-case a target species is missed.
The Panda Forest is the key journey in the package and presents opportunities to see the Olive-headed Weaver. The Olive-headed Weaver and its habitit (the Miombo forest of the Panda region) is in great danger of being wiped out.
Do not miss the opportunity to see the Olive-headed Weaver, and many other species that are endangered, while there is still time.
With the usual luxury Villa Castellos experience, this package includes:
Daily gourmet breakfast and dinner
Daily housekeeping
DSTV/Fire TV
Laundry service
Free Starlink WiFi
Private beach access
Free private airport transfers to and from Inhambane International Airport
See itinerary below for a short description of the excursions and for more information please contact us directly.
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Itinerary
Inhambane Coastal Wetland
Variety and Diversity
On a daytrip to Inhambane we travel to the coastal mangroves and lagoas of the local wetlands.
This trip offers 3 habitat types, coastal, coastal mangroves as well as inland bush. Across the vast mud-flats we have the chance of encountering numerous species of waders including:
Tibetan and Greater Sandplover
Steppe Whimbrel
Great Knot
The coastal mangroves includes species such as:
Mangrove Kingfisher (seasonal)
Purple Sunbird
Black-Throated Wattle-Eye
When we travel inland to the beautiful wetlands (lagoas), we encounter many species en-route to our target species:
Lesser Jacana
Great Bittern
Rufous Bellied Heron
Pigmy Goose
This is a highly diverse area and offers some great birding. This is why the Inhambane Coastal Wetland trip is a standard across all our packages.
Coastal Dunes
Unforgettable Views
A short drive south will take you to the most magnificent coastal dune forest boasting species like:
Livingstons Flycatcher
African Hobby
Dickenson’s Kestrel
Green Malkoha
Woodwards Batis
Black-Headed Apalis
Plain-backed Sunbird
Livingstons Turaco
We’ll stop on the way back for a light lunch at a local establishment and enjoy a delicious South African “Vetkoek”. From there we take a slow-drive back to Villa Castellos and, as always, bird en-route
Panda Forest
Extraordinarily special
An early morning trip to the forest holds the exciting prospect of ticking the Olive Headed Weaver and some other specials which include:
- Southern Hyliota
- Neergaard’s Sunbird
- Pale Batis
- White-Breasted Cuckoo Shrike
- Madagascar Cuckoo (seasonal)
As always you will be served a snack lunch with cold-drinks, coffee, and water in the beautiful Panda Forest.
Panda is an unprotected Miombo (Brachystegia) Forest and is slowly decreasing in size and diversity due to human settlement and logging. The only known habitat for the Olive-headed Weaver in the Southern African birding region is, therefore, in danger.
This is an exclusive trip not only because of the destination, but also because, of the limited time we have to see the extraordinary birds the Panda Forest holds.
Rates
ZAR10900 or USD630 per person sharing.
Rates are inclusive of all mentioned excursions, facilities, and amenities.
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