Birding tours Highlights: for 16 days

Style: Bird watching /lemur viewing

BIRD expected: 130 specimen or more

Transportation: 4WD /Mini van/ Bus

 Birding tours information

This birding tour   start from 1st of August to the end of December .During this tour you will have your own specialist bird’s guide , a comfortable car for your disposal . During your visit ,a  private local professional bird  guide will lead  your  visit  in each park.

During this birding tour we will visit two main rain forest parks

• Andasibe NP
• Mantadia NP
• Ranomafana NP
• Isalo NP
• Zombitse NP

 Protected private area to see birds

• Alarobia Lake
• Mosa reserve
• Vakona reserve
• Anja community run park

 The hike is not difficult but depend of anybody capability.

Our experimented bird guide get no less than 10 years’ experience of birding, they are professional and knowledgeable.

Of course it’s a birding tour but some other specimen can be seen during the visit. Most of the National park and  to the forest we can see  different species of lemurs ,and assortment of chameleons and reptiles .To make our visit as easier as possible most of our accommodations are close to the park .Approximately the rainforest birds can be find during this tour include some of the six families endemics to Madagascar such as MESITORNITHIDAE(Mesites)  BRACHYPTERACIIDAE (Ground -rollers).LEPTOSOMIDAE(Cuckoo roller), PHILEPITIDAE (Asities) BERNIERIDAE and VANGIDAE (Vangas)

Ranomafana National Park :. Ranomafana national which located in the South eastern parts of Madagascar with 41 600 Hectare of tropical rainforest .The park was established in 1991  with purpose of conserving the unique biodiversity  of the local ecosystem. Home of the rare species of fauna and flora include Golden Bamboo Lemurs ,Milne  Edwards Sifaka ,and others lemurs species We’ll take time out to find rain forest  birds including :Pitta-like ,Short legged, Scaly Ground-roller ,Rain forest Scops owl ,Brown Mesite ,Cuckoo roller ,Wood rail,Common Sun-bird ,Grey crowned Tetraka, Wedge tailed Jerry ,Yellow Sun Bird Asity ,Brown Emutail ,Madagascar Pranticole ,Madagascar Snipe ,Malagasy Harrier ,Henst’s Goshawk, Pollen’s/red Tailed Vanga ,Velvet Asity ,Greater Vasa Parrot ,Crested Drongo, Madagascar Fly Catcher ,Madagascar Rail,Madagascar Green Pigeon

Mantadia and Perinet National Park : Mantadia National Park is a Rain forest ,It’s the closer Park from the city .Most of the rain forest birds can be seen to Mantadia and Perinet national Park .Short legged an Scaly Ground Rollers, Madagascar Flufftail,Madagascar Owl ,Grey crowned tetraka ,Red Breasted Couas ,Pitta –like and Rufous Ground Rollers ,Crossley Vanga ,Spectacle Tetraka ,Wedge tailed ,green and Stripe –Throated Jeries ,Common and Dark Newtonia Cryptic Warbler ,Forest Fody ,Blue and Red Breasted Couas Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher ,Ward’s Vanga Madagascar Blue Pigeon,MadagascarSartling ,Madagascar Spinetail,Nelicourvi Weaver, Cuckoo Roller,Tylas/White headed /Chabert/Blue/Red tailed and Hook Billed Vanga ,Madagasar Wood Rail, Madagascar Cuckoo shrike ,Common sun Bird Rain forest Scops Owl ,Collared Nightjar ,Red tailed Newtonia Dusky Tetraka ….

Zombitse forest

This park is the mixture of the rain forest to the north and the spiny forest sub aride to the south

Appert’stetraka ,Madagascar  crested Ibis ,Madagascar harrier hawk  Coquerel’s and crested couas Cuckoo roller Madagascar cuckoo Shrike ,Long –billed Tetraka , Malagasy paradise flycatcher ,Madagascar  starting