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ZM06 · Zambia · Specialist Birding

Bangweulu Shoebill

Bangweulu Wetlands
Duration
5 Days · 4 Nights
The route
Bangweulu Wetlands
Style
In search of the shoebill
Best season
May – June · best
The route

4 nights, 1 stop — in search of the shoebill.

Bangweulu Wetlands.

Bangweulu Wetlands
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Shoebill
Bangweulu is its global stronghold.
Black lechwe
Endemic, in tens of thousands.
Wattled crane
On the floodplain.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Bangweulu Wetlands

Arrive Bangweulu Wetlands

The journey begins.

Arrive in Bangweulu Wetlands, met and transferred to your accommodation. For many birders the shoebill is the dream — and Bangweulu is where you go to find it.

02Bangweulu Wetlands

Bangweulu Wetlands

A full day in the field.

Search for the shoebill by boat and on foot across the black-lechwe plains. Arrive and settle in.

03Bangweulu Wetlands

Bangweulu Wetlands

A full day in the field.

Search for the shoebill by boat and on foot across the black-lechwe plains.

04Bangweulu Wetlands

Bangweulu Wetlands

A full day in the field.

Search for the shoebill by boat and on foot across the black-lechwe plains.

05Depart Bangweulu Wetlands

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Bangweulu Wetlands — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – June

Peak season

Falling water opens boat channels to the shoebill; lechwe gather on the drying plain.

July – August

Good season

Drier still; good general birding and walking, shoebill less certain.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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