Angola Birding Tours

Summary of tours

Angola is one of Africa’s premier birding destinations. Recent improvements in both infrastructure and accessibility have opened Angola up to a broader range of birders. On our Angola birding tour, we travel across the country following a route that we have perfected over the years to give us the best possible chance at range-restricted and Angola endemic birds. We run this 17-day tour in June/July every year and typically record over 450 species!

Introduction to Angola

Our Angola birding tours target many of Angola’s endemic bird species and also plenty Guinea-Congo basin bird specials which are more easily seen here than in other neighboring central African countries. Officially, the Republic of Angola, although more frequently referred to as just Angola, was for many years considered a ‘no-go’ country due to the civil war that lasted nearly three decades, ending only as recently as the early 2000s. However, since the end of the civil war the country has experienced growing peace and stability, along with a massive surge in infrastructural advancements opening this once-war-torn country up to tourism. During the ‘early years’ after Angola opened up, Angola birding tours were deemed to be for the ‘hard-core’ tourists, and even the few bird watching tours available were typically overland camping adventures. Fortunately this has changed drastically in the last few years, and while a sense of adventure is still required, Angola’s ever-improving road network along with an increase in lodging establishments and the easing of visa requirements has opened this country up widely, allowing for the numbers of keen bird watchers to enjoy the country’s many prized and endemic birds.