Dar es Salaam Coast Birding
Tour Overview
An amazing birding day trip that showcases the vibrant birds, resulting in a great balance of discovery and appreciation for Dar es Salaam's fortune. The city, cradled between natural harbors and low hills, provides a backdrop to your birding adventure. Feel the coastal magic as you explore tidal mudflats, river inlets, salt pans, and mangroves. The diversity, from Dimorphic Egret to African Spoonbill, unfolds in every step.
Highlights
Explore the feeding grounds of seabirds rarely venturing inshore of Msasani Bay and Kunduchi salt pans or Ununio.
Species: Costal Cisticola, Black-headed heron, Black Heron, Water Thick-knee, Little Stint, Mangrove & Pied Kingfisher, Reed Cormorant, Black-winged Stilt, Little Egret, Hammerkop, African Palm Swift, Zanzibar Boubou, Common Sandpiper, African Spoonbill, Little Bee-eater, African Sacred Ibis, Gray Heron, and many more.
Tour Details
Indicative Price
1 Pax - $220
2 Pax - $305
3 Pax - $425
What to Bring?
Hiking (or Comfortable) shoes
Hat and sunscreen
Snacks
Light sweaters / Raincoat (March-May)
Binoculars / Camera / Field Notes
Excluded
Personal items
Snacks
Tips
Included
Transportation (Pick-up & drop off within City Center)
Bird guide
Entry fees
Water
FAQs
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The quoted price is for non-EAC citizens aged 16 years and above. EAC citizens, Tanzania residents, and children below 15 years (including non-EAC citizens) please contact us for discounted rates.
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Families with Children are welcome. children under the age of 5 can join the tour for free. The tour is designed to be family-friendly and can be enjoyed by all ages.
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The tour typically commences from 6 a.m to 2:30 p.m, with hotel or accommodation pickup from the Dar City Center (Kisutu, Kivukoni, Upanga, and Kariakoo areas). If we are picking you up from your hotel, please request a packed breakfast the day before, as pick-up will be before breakfast is served. Alternatively, you may bring along your snacks.
Kindly note that pickup and drop-off point is outside of the city center and requires taking a different route to the birding site, there will be extra transportation fee. For instance, if you plan to go birding in Kunduchi, picking you up in Mbezi (on the way) wouldn't cost anything extra, but picking you up in Ukonga or Nyerere Road would cost more because it requires a different route.