Sierra Leone is a core West African destination offering visitors a diverse range of exciting Upper Guinea forest birds and mammals. Rockjumper pioneered this tour during reconnaissance trips in 2005 and we led three successful tours in the course of 2006 to Sierra Leone, these being the first ever birding tours to the country. Sierra Leone’s biologically rich rainforests support no less than 15 of the 16 Upper Guinea endemic bird species, including the fabled White-necked Rockfowl that will form the basis of our tour. Forest specialties abound and we will focus on finding the rare Gola Malimbe, Hartlaub’s Duck, Brown-cheeked Hornbill, Sharpe’s Apalis, Kemp’s Longbill, White-breasted Guineafowl and Red-cheeked Wattle-eye, while the wooded savannas are home to the stunning Emerald Starling, Crimson Seedcracker and Turati’s Boubou, to name but a few.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1, Arrival in Freetown
Day 2, Freetown and Western Peninsula Forest Reserve
Day 3, Regent Forest and transfer to Bo
Day 4, Bo to Tiwai Island
Day 5, Tiwai Island
Day 6, Tiwai Island to Kenema
Day 7, Kenema to Lalehun (Gola North)
Day 8&9, Lalehun (Gola North)
Day 10, Lalehun and transfer to Kenema
Day 11, Kambui North and Kambui South
Day 12, Kenema to Koidu
Day 13, Koidu and Tingi Hills
Day 14, Koidu to Makeni via the Nimini Hills
Day 15, Bumbuna area
Day 16, Makeni to Lungi International airport and departure
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Rockfowl & Upper Guinea Specials: 5 - 20 December 2011 (16 days)
US$ 4,975 pp, US$ 500 ss
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