GHANA BIRDING ADVENTURE WITH AMAZING FORESTS WOODLAND SAVANNAH TOURS
SHAI HILLS RESOURCES RESERVE/SAKOMONO RAMSAR SITE
Morning birding will commence from shai hills,being rather small reserve it produces blue bellied roller,double toothed barbet, fllapet lark,swallow tailed bee-eater, croaking cisticola,black bellied bustard, Abyssinian roller.The reserve rocky outcrops will be able to see mocking cliff chat,stone partridge,blackap babbler, violet turaco etc, from there we set off to Sakumono ramsar site where we will be able to see migrated waders and residence birds as well.Then we birding along the way to cape coast searching for little rush warbler,eurasian wryneck,African crake and so forth.
KAKUM NATIONAL PARK
We depart for early morning and late afternoon birding at kakum national park canopy's platform,kakum one of the top tourist attraction centre.The canopy's swing bridge which was built on mid-level of huge trees gives good view, mostly arboreal birds species often in pairs or mix flock behind the canopy's platforms,and forest foor melodious song birds like forest robin,green tailed bristlebills,white tailed ant thrush.white tailed alethe and distinctive calls from various birds.
KAKUM REGENERATION FOREST
Kakum regeneration forest edges,which provide good view of yellow browed cameroptera,red chested goshawk,grey kestrel,violet backed starling,red necked buzzard,puvel's illladopsis the list goes on to see rock Pratincole,white headed lapwing,African finfoot,white throated blue swallow,from there we will proceed to coastal lagoon,is an open area for feeding and staging habitat for hundreds of terns,gulls, plovers,sandpipers, godwit,medium egrets, black herons with it unique umbrella technics for feeding.
PRA SUSHIEN FOREST
This morning we set off for pra sushien forest,it produces well serve as stop over, offers forest dwell birds species such as woodpeckers,starlings, greenbuls,cuckoo, honbill, hoopoes,honey guide, sparrow hawk tinkabirds,bristleills, malimbe's and farm bush birsds will be able to see.Then en route to Ankasa with many stops to see African pygmy goose,African darter,reichenbach's sunbird,spur-wing goose and many others.
ANKASA CONSERVATION RESERVE
Ankasa forest hidden all rare birds,today we spend the day searching for,such takes regular visit hard walk to see white breasted guinea fowl,grey ground thrush,blue moustache bee-eater,yellow beaded greenbul,red fronted ant pecker,black collared lovebird and so on,it takes effort and good luck to see.This state rain forest reserve has enclosed massive canopy trees will be able to see high up canopy's species such as forest base kingfisher,casque hornbills, malimbe's,,cuckoo's,Illadopsis,parrot,weavers and many others.
ANKASA ANCIENT FOREST
This morning walk takes us to the forest swampy trails which shows casin`s flycatcher,blue billed malimbe,swamp palm bulbul,dwarf bittern,hartlaub's duck,white bellied kingfisher,white spotted fluftail, brown sunbird and we will able to see canopies mid level birds species.After dusk bring out akun's eagle owl,fraser’s eagle owl,African wood owl and nku-lengu rail.
ANKASA FOREST EDGES
Morning preparation begin thereby spending time studying forest edges and surrounding searching for dusky blue flycatcher,olive green camaroptera, blue headed crested flycatcher, kemp`s long billed and we continue birding from ATLANTIC MARITIME FOREST which givesn interesting birds like black bee eater, shining blue kingfisher,Carmelite sunbird, white spotted flufftaile,that boost every birder checklist.
ASSIN ATANDASO FOREST RESERVE
This morning we drive to assin atandanso forest reserves where we will walk through country sides road.The vegetation was dense liana tangles forest,reported birds species mostly naked faced/bristle nose barbet,violent backed hylliota, ussher's flycatcher,fire bellied woodpecker, lemon bellied crombec and many more.Note that through this walk we visit incredible rare bird nesting sites with great success.Yellow headed picathartes is amazing and recommend to others for an exciting experience.
NORTHEN SAVANNAH WOODLAND
This morning we are going to explore northern savannah region,it a long way and requires a lot of stops to see other species,thus woodland savannah dominates land scape has an open land for viewing medium sizes and large eagles,vulture,ibis, buzzard,hawk,snake eagles,herons,storks, ,owls,finches, Flycatchers,sunbirds and so forth.
MOLE NATIONAL PARK
Mole,Ghana largest national park were birds species associated.We start the morning walk from front of the mole motel which shows pygmy sunbird,red cheeked cordon blue,senegal batis, familier chart, lavender waxbill and so on.The motel escarpment view platform where water holes below we will be able to see knob billed duck,hadada ibis,greater painted snipe,white crown robin chat,oriol warbler and many more.Afternoon safari walk we will be able to see terrestrial birds such as stone partridge,sun lark,forb's plover,helmeted guinea fowl,denhan busterd white throated francolin can be see at large flat and treeless area,We roam till dusk, after wards there's opportunities to see African scops owl,greyish eagle owl,nothern white face owl long tailed/standard wing-Night jars.
MOLE WOODLAND SAVANNAH
This morning we will start from the southern boundary of mole park, birds occur are red coloured lovebird,blackap babbler,violent turaco,blacked bellied firefinch, bearded barbet, African paradise flycatcher.At noon we depart birding along the way to techiman nut plantation.The plantation however the habitat is good for few migrated birds among several residence birds.
TECHIMAM NUT PLANTATION
Techiman abandoned nut plantation,the scenic was not as forest or savannah the birds does not seem to care about, here's are migrated birds such as willow warbler,western olivaceous Warbler, Winchat,common red start, Wood chart shrike and residents birds as well.
BOBIRI BUTTERFLIES SANCTUARY
Birding in this forest relatively easy on dirt track road cross the forest. Birds such as black dwarf honbill, little green wood pecker,least honeyguid,red billed helmet shrike, narina's trogon and high up and mid strata level birds will be able to see.
ATIWA FOREST RANGE
Atewa forest range,a high hill gallery forest reach high elevation. Last day is the opportunity for adding new birds of an appropriate ending of the whole tour.We climb the hill trail elevation not steep bring out Black cap apalis blue moustached bee-eater,eagle, long tailed hawk,the list goes on. For birders point the forest range is home for rare nimba flycatcher, many coloured bush-shrike, lowland akalat,yellow throated cuckoo ,red-tailed leaflove,forest scrub robin it's existence by chance to see such this birds.