Your Travel Experience with Shemeji Safari team
See Lake Manyara's Feathered Jewels: Guided Birdwatching
Bird watching in Mto wa Mbu offers a wonderfully intimate and diverse experience, focusing on the rich avian life found within the village's unique mosaic of habitats. Typically explored on a guided walk, the journey takes you from the lush riverine forests along the water's edge to the open acacia woodlands and through the green corridors of local banana and rice plantations. This isn't about the vast flocks of the nearby park, but rather the rewarding search for colourful and charismatic resident species. It’s an opportunity to spot iridescent sunbirds sipping nectar, various types of weavers tending to their intricate nests, and vibrant bee-eaters perched on branches. This ground-level birding adventure reveals the surprising biodiversity thriving right alongside a bustling human community, offering a perfect complement to the grand spectacles of the national parks.