Amazing birding and wildlife encounter at Lake Kariba including the mighty African fish eagle. Driving with the pontoon through the narrow channels full of hippos, crocodiles, elephants and a huge variety of different species of birds. The pontoon is the perfect way to explore the shallow channles along the border of Lake Kariba. Once we reached the end of the channels we changed over to the Land Rover and continued our safari on land with a wonderful game drive. Later we used the speedboat to explore the islands located further out in the lake full of wildlife and birds.
Welcome to our birding and wildlife safari to Lake Kariba in August 2021. We stayed three nights at the wonderful Musango Island Safari Camp. We would like to thank the Steve, Wendy and Graham for this unforgettable safari experience.
For animal identification, please refer to the video subtitle or to the species list below.
With best regards,
Sandra and Markus
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List of species in order of appearance:
00:09 Musango Island
00:14 Landing at Bumi Hills airstrip
00:26 Speed boat transfer to Musango island
00:41 Musango Island Safari Camp
00:49 Bushbucks living in the vicinity of the camp
01:25 Visiting the hide for birding
01:33 Blue-breasted cordon-bleu
01:45 Yellow-bellied greenbul
01:50 Red-billed firefinch
01:54 Common bulbul
02:50 African fish eagle
06:51 African jacana
07:00 Pied kingfisher
07:14 Goliath heron
07:28 Black-winged stilt
07:39 Nile crocodile
07:48 Water thick-knee
08:04 Nile monitor
08:16 Malachite kingfisher
08:28 White-fronted bee-eater
09:08 Giant kingfisher
09:23 African darter
09:48 Striated heron
09:56 Sacred ibis catching crayfish
10:19 White-headed lapwing
10:35 Transfering from pontoon to Land Rover
11:00 Scarlet-chested sunbird
11:06 Chinspot batis
11:12 African elephant
11:40 Impala
11:48 Hippopotamus
11:56 Kittlitz's Plover
12:48 Crested Francolin
12:52 Small buttonquail
12:56 Lilac-breasted roller
13:05 Continuing with the speed boat
13:24 Cape buffalo
14:01 African elephant
14:14 Plains zebra and impala
14:30 Egyptian goose
14:39 Yellow-billed stork
14:47 Great white egret
14:51 Gray-hooded gull and collared pratincole (left)
15:04 Common waterbuck
15:11 White-faced whistling duck
15:20 Little egret
15:28 Chacma baboon
15:49 Great cormorant
16:09 Long-tailed cormorant
16:16 Bushbuck
16:22 African darter
16:35 African elephant
17:05 Little bee-eater
17:27 Nile crocodile
17:34 Glossy ibis
17:45 Squacco heron
17:57 Hamerkop
18:13 Egyptian goose
18:20 Blacksmith lapwing
18:25 Saddle-bill stork
18:42 Hippopotamus
19:12 African grey hornbill
19:20 African harrier hawk
19:28 Lesser striped swallow
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Chapters in this video:
0:00 Arriving at Musango Safari Camp
2:12 African Fish Eagle Encounter
6:42 Birding from the Pontoon
10:34 Game Drive with Elephants
13:04 Wildlife Safari with the Speedboat
15:59 Birding and Wildlife at Lake Kariba
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