2024 & 2025 Pricing: ZAR 148,950, $8,105 USD*, or £6,347 GBP* for 17 Days and 16 Nights

 

Inclusions: 

 

• The Tour package includes all lodging, meals*, and access fees to reserves, parks, and other birding sites. 

• Premier Bird Guide: All of our tours use the services of an excellent bird guide, often a well-recognized expert on birding in this area. Most trips have two excellent local birding guides.

• Top-Rated Preparation Services: We support your preparation for the trip. We provide information on the birds you will see and all the travel details, including all logistic details (arrival plans, trip itinerary, lodging details, and more), information on entry into Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia, and information on travel health issues, packing information and more. Most of our clients comment that our Trip Participation Guide is the best they have ever seen.  

• Transport and Airport Transfers: 

  • Local ground transport is included. This includes a large transport van for most of the trip and jeeps in some locations.

  • We also have a driver pick you up at the airport upon arrival, and we arrange for a transfer back to the airport at the end of the trip.  

• Acre for Bird Conservation: As part of our efforts to support bird conservation, we purchase in the name of customers (for each booking) at least one acre (but averaging between three and four acres) of wilderness to support bird conservation. As our trip prices are often 20% (and often even a better deal) less than our competition, this does not cost you more and it is a great way to support bird conservation around the world.

• Small-Group Pricing: All the prices mentioned above are for tour groups of seven participants. We are happy to provide pricing for private groups with fewer than seven participants.

• Private and Custom Group Pricing: We are glad to provide pricing for smaller groups (including couples) or custom groups.

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*Pricing Notes and More Details:

 

• Trip fixed in ZAR: Most trip costs in South Africa are fixed in South African Rand (ZAR). However, we have fixed the tour price in US Dollars. The price above is based on 18.4 ZAR to USD, and an exchange rate supplement will be charged if the US Dollar to ZAR changes substantially. On most tours in the past, the US Dollar has improved against the ZAR, and most clients have been able to pay less for the tour. Over the last decade, we have not charged an exchange rate supplement.

• US Dollar Pricing: (1) Our 2025 (and late 2024) price estimates are mostly based on US Dollars; so, our GBP/British Pound pricing is based upon an exchange rate of .79 GBP (British Pound) per US Dollar (the exchange rate on March 19, 2024). (2) We will charge you the actual transaction rate here, but please note that we work to minimize transaction costs. Using Transferwise, we usually pay under one-half a percent (and sometimes less) on the actual exchange. (3) Due to costs related to UK travel regulations, our tours booked and paid through BlueTailBirding.com (for the UK and European clients) will cost 200 GBP more. Please contact us anytime with questions. 

• Bank Fees: We do not charge bank fees for wire transfers for clients paying into our accounts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and/or Canada.

• Note on Meal Inclusion: Meals include three meals per day during any full day of the trip. The arrival day does include lunch and supper, as most flights arrive in the morning. The departure day includes only breakfast, as most flights leave in the morning.

• Note on Beverage Inclusion: Most of our meals are provided by the lodges, and we follow their practices in providing beverages at meal time. Most beverages are your choice and are an additional expense that you pay to the restaurant directly. We provide water at the table for supper. We also provide bottled water during the birding day. 

• Group Size: We anticipate a group of 7 participants, and pricing is based on this group size.

 

Optional Costs for Booking the Trip:

 

Single Room Supplement: 

ZAR 14,500 ($789 USD*, or £618 GBP*) for 2024 and 2025

Is the price we charge for the additional cost of anyone not sharing a room with another birder (and/or a spouse). If you want a single room, please let us know. We are often able to find a roommate for those wanting to share a room with a person of the same sex.

 

Pre-Paid Tipping for Meals/Lodging: Gratuities for drivers, hotel staff, restaurants, etc. are included on this tour. However, this does not include your trip leader/bird guide. If therefore, you feel that he/she has given you excellent service, it is entirely appropriate to tip him/her.

 

Notes on Other Tour Costs: Exclusions: 

• You will need to pay for any flight costs involved in this trip. 

  • This will include flights to the city at the start of the trip (either Windhoek in Namibia or Livingstone in Zambia) and then your return flight at the end of the trip. Trips rotate starting points and ending points. Half the trips start in Windhoek and end in Livingstone. The other half of the trips start in Livingstone and end in Windhoek. As most clients fly to Johannesburg in South Africa first, these flights end up costing about the same. If this is confusing, please contact us, as we are always glad to provide free advice on minimizing your flight cost.

• The tour fee does not include taxes/fees for entering or exiting these countries, telephone calls, laundry, and other items of a personal nature.

• Tips for birding guides are not included in the tour price.

 

Want More Tour Information or Have Questions about Pricing?

 

Please call Charles (in the USA at 720-320-1974 in Colorado or toll-free at 888-203-7464, ext. 912) or Jennifer (in the UK at +44 7500 185 058, in Suffolk), and/or email info@pibird.com.

 

We are happy to answer any question you may have and/or provide you with trip reports (reports of birds and other wildlife seen on our trips) or more details on trip logistics (from vehicles used to lodging details).

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Like to Book these Trips:

 

Booking by Phone in the USA: Call Charles at the Partnership for International Birding toll-free at 888-203-7464, ext. 912. Charles can also be reached on his cell phone at 720-320-1974.

 

Booking by Phone in the UK: You often reach Leio or Jennifer De Souza in the UK (at Bluetail Birding and the PIB UK Office). Leio can usually be reached at +44 7881 685 779. Call Jennifer at +44 7500 185 058.   

 

Tour Pricing Update Note: These tour prices were updated on May 27, 2024, for all 2025 tour dates.