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ITINERARY 16-DAY TRIP TAFELBERG, RALEIGHFALLS & ARAPAHU
Day 1 Arrival at International Airport transfer to Overbridge. For information about birds at Overbridge click here. Day 2 Morning birdwatching Powakka. Possibly Pale-bellied Mourner & Rufous-crowned Elaenia. Breakfast in bus. Lunch Overbridge. Afternoon birdwatching forest Overbridge. Day 3 Depart Overbridge 4:30. Searching for Spot-tailed Nightjar in Accaribo. Breakfast in bus.Birdwatching in Cultuurtuin, Paramaribo. Lek Crimson-hooded Manakin. . For info birds Paramaribo click here Lunch in bus .Zorg en Hoop 13:00 Depart to Raleighfalls. For info birds Raleighfalls/Voltzberg click here. Arrival 13:45 Resting 16:00 Birdwatching Airstrip (Toucans, Macaws & Piping Guan). Day 4 6:30 Morning birdwatching Airstrip. 9:00 breakfast Birdwatching around Foengoe. Day 5 6:30 breakfast 7:30 Hike to research station, where lunch 13:30. Afternoon Cock- of-the-Rock lek. Night in Hammock camp research station. Day 6 4:30 breakfast 5:00 hike to voltzberg, sunrise on the mountain, rare swifts & Cliff Flycatcher. Afternoon hike to Foengoe island Day 7 Transfer Raleighfalls Kappel savanna near the Table Mountain. Day 8 Birdwatching in savanna forest and forest. Searching for the rare and little known Pelzeln's Tody-Tyrant, which recently was found here. Good chance for Black Manakin, Saffron-crested Tyrant Manakin & Bronzy Jacamar. Day 9 Morning birdwatching savanna, Red-bellied Macaw, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Point-tailed Palmcreeper & Black-billed thrush. For info birds Kappel Savanna click here. Day 10 Transfer Kappel Arapahu. For info birds Arapahu click here. During boat trip it will be difficult to miss the Drab Water- Tyrant. Day 11 Morning birdwatching in Muskita creek in dug out canoe. Green Ibis. Chance on all the 5 Kingfisher species & Sunbittern. Afternoon, Arapahu Island. Copper- tailed Hummingbird. Day 12 Birdwatching path opposite Arapahu. Band-tailed Antshrike. Day 13 Right river bank & Njun Presi bird watching in dug out canoe. Ladder-tailed Nightjar, Red-capped Cardinal. Day 14 Transfer Arapahu - Paramaribo. Afternoon free, resting or purchase souvenirs. Day 15 Breakfast in hotel. Depart 7:00 for Peperpot (Blood-colored Woodpecker & Arrowhead Piculet). Birdwatching around Paramaribo & Weg naar Zee, time depending tide, Rufous Crab Hawk and shorebirds. Lunch in bus. Dinner in restaurant. For info birds Paramaribo click here. Day 16 Birdwatching Paramaribo. Afternoon leave Suriname. [photo : Blood-Coloured Woodpecker] |
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