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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

Situated slap-bang on the Zim/Mozambique border, this used to be one of the most productive birding sites in the country. I can speak from experience that this place should only be accessed by a 4 x 4 vehicle. And, if you plan to bird the Mozambique side beware of old landmines, souvenirs from the brutal civil wars.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

10,000 Birds

Those large international agencies use reputable local ground agents, and in my experience this creates a safety cocoon around the travellers. These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions.

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