Birding holidays
Yellow-headed Picathartes © Kókay Szabolcs
Africa/Ghana
Ghana is your dream come true, a treasure trove of birdlife, with 722 species observed so far! Our Bird Safari offers excellent birding opportunities on the “Gold Coast” of West Africa, with sunshine, breath-taking views, hospitable people, abundant wildlife and hundreds of exotic bird and butterfly species. The tour explores many superb habitats from the coastal wetlands, through lush broad-leaved Upper Guinea forests to the dry savannah of the Sahel. Ghana is the best place to see the enigmatic Yellow-headed Picathartes along with a long list of Upper Guinea endemic birds and other interesting species. As if this wasn’t enough, Mole National Park provides an excellent opportunity to observe African savannah mammals.
Due to the extreme friendliness and goodwill of its people and the political stability over the last decades, it remains the most secure country in the region. English is spoken everywhere, and this, coupled with the recent infrastructure development, ensures Ghana will prove an excellent choice for your African birding holiday.
Holiday in Ghana
Highlights
- Upper Guinea Forest Endemics
- Yellow-headed Picathartes
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill
- Hairy-breasted Barbet
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker
- Melancholy Woodpecker
- Western Bearded Greenbul
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul
- Grey-headed Bristlebill
- Green-tailed Bristlebill
- Finsch’s Flycatcher Thrush
- Fire-crested Alethe
- Sharpe’s Apalis
- Kemp’s Longbill
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis
- Copper-tailed Glossy Starling
- Mammals
- African Elephant
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Potto
- Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
- Ursine Colobus
- Guinea Baboon
- Mona Monkey
- Patas Monkey
- West African Genet
- Common Warthog
- Red-flanked Duiker
- Roan Antelope
- Bushbuck
- Waterbuck
- Kob Antelope
- Other birds of interest
- Long-tailed Hawk
- Congo Serpent-Eagle
- White-spotted Flufftail
- African Finfoot
- Pel’s Fishing Owl
- Fraser’s Eagle Owl
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Brown Nightjar
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
- Rosy Bee-eater
- Black Heron
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Palm-nut Vulture
- White-headed Vulture
- African Cuckoo-hawk
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
- Rock Pratincole
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Brown-necked Parrot
- Grey Parrot
- Green Turaco
- Great Blue Turaco
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Narina Trogon
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher
- Black Bee-eater
- Blue-headed Bee-eater
- Blue-throated Roller
- Blue-bellied Roller
- White-headed Wood-Hoopoe
- White-crested Hornbill
- Piping Hornbill
- Black-casqued Hornbill
- Black Dwarf Hornbill
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
- Yellow-billed Barbet
- Bristle-nosed Barbet
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide
- African Piculet
- Little Green Woodpecker
- Rufous-sided Broadbill
- Sun Lark
- Square-tailed Saw-wing
- Pied-winged Swallow
- Blue Cuckooshrike
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
- Forest Robin
- Mocking Cliff Chat
- Dorst’s Cisticola
- Oriole Warbler
- Red-winged Warbler
- Lemon-bellied Crombec
- Dusky-crested Flycatcher
- Forest Penduline Tit
- Spotted Creeper
- Tit-hylia
- Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike
- Sabine’s Puffback
- Narrow-tailed Starling
- Buff-throated Sunbird
- Slender-billed Weaver
- Preuss’s Weaver
- 4 Malimbe species
- Black-faced Firefinch
- Western Bluebill
