Itinerary

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

Day 2 : Birding in Technopole Dakar And Somone Lagoon
We head to Technopole Dakar , Worldwide known birds area, where we can spot some water birds and
land birds : Eurasian spoonbills ,Pink- backed pelicans ,pied kingfishers ,Purple swamphen , Eurasian teals, Senegal parrots, Bronze mannikins.
Lunch at Somone Lagoon. Then we go for a boat ride to spots some shores birds : Caspian terns, Royal
terns, Whimbrel, Green-backed nights heron, Ospreys and so on..
Dinner and overnight at Blue Africa.
Pension Regime: half board;

Day 3 : Djoudj Birds Park
Today, we are driving Northwards, the edge of the Sahara, crossing the Baobab trees, and wooded
acacia and palm trees areas. All the way to Djoudj, we do some birding, hoping to see some long-tailed glossy starlings, hooded vultures, Abyssinian rollers, chestnut-bellied starlings, rufous crowned roller
and so on..
Lunch in Saint Louis, Then we head for La Zone Des Trois Marigots, where, we can spots some Blackwinged stilt.
Dinner and overnight at NDiagabaar Campement in The Djoudj.

Day 4 : Birding in The Djoudj And Boat ride on The Djoudj
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 NDiagabaar Camp

Day 5 : Birding in the Djoudj Birds Park And Ross Bethio.
We will keep on birding to discover new species: Black-crowned crane, yellow-billed stork, common moorhen, pied avocet, greater painted snipe, collared pranticole, Kentish and kittlitz’s plovers, long-tailed
nightjar,zitting and winding cisticola and so on
Lunch at NDiagabaar Camp, and the afternoon, to head to Ross Bethio for some birding in the rice field.
Dinner and overnight at NDiagabaar Camp

Day 6 : Birding in Richard Toll and 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 : half board

Day 7 : Birding around Podor – Saint Louis
On our birding, we will focus on some Western African endemics : Senegal Eremomela, African Collared Dove, Senegal Batis, Vieillot’s Barbet and other species : Black-crowned sparrow lark, and Rufous-Tailed
Scrub Robin and so on.
Lunch in Podor, And we head to Saint Louis.
Dinner and Overnight at Diamarek or similar.

Day 8 : Saint Louis – Kaolack
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 Relais Kaolack Hotel.

Day 9 : wassadou
Here we are at the edge of the Niokolo Koba National Park. We will have a boat ride on the Gambia river to discover : the shikra, woodland kingfisher, African finfoot, hadada ibis, pied kingfisher, Yellowcrowned Gonolek, Egyptian Plover, Hadada Ibis and so on …
Lunch in Hotel Relais Tambacounda
Dinner and overnight at Wassadou Camp

Day 10 : Niokolo Koba Park.
We will board in a 4×4 to see the : bateleur, Egyptian plover, pel’s fish eagle, African harrier hawk, white
helmet-crested shrike, saddle-billed stork, wooly-necked stork, blue-bellied roller, black-billed wood dove, ground hornbill, bateleur, black-crowned crane, Red-throat Bee Eater, Carmine Bee Eater, Sadbilled Stork…. Lunch in the Park. Continuation to Kedougou, with the possibility to see the Abyssinian Ground Hornbill and Batteleur.
Dinner and overnight at : Wassadou Camp

Day 11 : Toubacouta or Saloum Delta
Upon arrival we will board on a motorized boat to look for the rarest Tiger- Crested heron and other species. we will also go to the birds islet. If we arrive late, the boat tour will be done the next day.
Dinner and overnight at Auberge Les Coquillages or Keur Saloum.

Day 12 : Saloum Delta And Palmarin Reserve
Beaudouin’s Eagle, African Harrier Hawk, Black-crowned Tchagra, Red-necked Falcon, Grey Kestrel and so on.
And during our boat ride on the Saloum Delta, we can spot the very sought after Goliath Heron, Whimbrel, Bar and Black-tailed Godwit, African spoonbill, Greater Flamingoes and so on….
Dinner and overnight at Ecolodge De Palmarin or Nouvelles Vagues Camp.

Day 13 : Birding Around NDiarogne Baobab Forest And Transfer to Mbour
This morning will be dedicated to do some birding on our way to Mbour. We will stop to look for the: Piac Piac, Purple Glossy Starlings, Speckled Pigeon, Temminck’s curser, Broad-billed Roller and so on…
Lunch in Mbour and relax on the beach.

Day 14 : Birding in Somone Birds Reserve
This day will be dedicated to have at boat ride in Somone Birds Reserve to see some shore birds:
Striated heron, Ruddy Turnstone, Eurasian Curley, Whimbrel, Caspian and Gull-billed Tern, Royal and Sandwich Tern, Malakite and Pied Kingfisher, Lesser-blacked and Grey-headed Gull and so on..
Lunch at Chez Rasta Restaurant.
Overnight at Nouvelles Vagues

Day 15 : Transfer to airport according your fly hours.