Itinerary 
Friday 24th January
Welcome meeting at the Pool Bar in Bakotu Hotel at 6.30pm.
Saturday 25th January
Meet in Bakotu Hotel reception at 6.30am for departure.
Depart for Denton Bridge - riverboat cruise including breakfast and the opportunity to try fishing from the boat. The boat is covered with an open upper observation deck and has toilet facilities.
Area is mangrove creeks.
Birds – Goliath Heron, osprey, pelicans, spoonbills, kingfishers, terns and wetland species
At 12.30pm, we continue to Cape Point for time at Calypso bar and restaurant overlooking the lagoon with its birdlife and crocodiles. Refreshments are available for purchase.
Birds – herons, sandpipers and waders
Return to hotel at 3pm, afternoon at leisure.
Sunday 26th January MORNING
Meet in Bakotu Hotel reception at 6.30am
Depart to Mandina Ba
Area is mangrove creeks, walking is flat with some wet sand, open unshaded.
Birds – Goliath Heron, osprey, pelicans, spoonbills, kingfishers, terns and wetland species
Continue to Farasutu (packed breakfast provided by Bakotu Hotel to have at Woodland Bar at around 9.30am). Areas include woodlands/vegetable gardens/fields/freshwater ponds.
Birds – Spotted Eagle Owl, White-backed Night Heron, Red-shouldered Cuckoo-Shrike, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, Black-shouldered Kite plus woodland and scrubland species
Sunday 26th January AFTERNOON
Meet in Bakotu Hotel reception at 4pm
Stay in Kotu Area.
Areas include swamps, Badala Park Pond, Kotu Stream, cycle track and rice fields (all on foot). Walking is flat with some wet sand, and open unshaded areas.
Birds – Painted Snipe, Black Egret, Cattle Egret Roost, waders, kingfishers and scrubland birds
Monday 27th January MORNING
Meet in Bakotu Hotel reception at 6.30am, Bakotu guests have tea and coffee at the Pool Bar, Bakotu Hotel.
Depart to Lamin rice fields, Tambi wetlands and Abuko Forest, Refreshments are available for purchase. Area includes vegetable gardens and mangrove edge. Walking is flat, generally dry with some wet sand, and is partially shaded.
Birds – Pearl Spotted Owlet, Black Crake, Western Bluebill, Green Turacao, Paradise Flycatcher plus farmland and wetland species
2.30pm - Return to hotel for afternoon at leisure.
Please note this is a proposed itinerary but we reserve the right to make any changes as necessary. You will be escorted on your tours by Megan McCubbin and Malick Suso. Please ensure you take along your own bottle of water for both morning and afternoon tours.
