Kariba Houseboat Safari – Day 4

March 14, 2009 | Posted by Safari Guide

Kariba Houseboat Trip Report – March 2009

Day 4 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 5 & 6 |

Spurwing Island, Kariba
We decided to move on, around Spurwing Island finding a place stop on the northern shoreline of Spurwing, right next to Fothergill Island. As the houseboat moved at it’s leisurely pace past the Spurwing Island Lodge, I took the smaller boat with my father to go and check out the lodge. We spoke to the manageress, who was a little busy at the time as they were hosting a large wedding party. The whole lodge complex seemed in  excellent condition and for around $100 US, you can still spend a really comfortable night in one of their chalets and go for a game drive with one of their two full time field guides (safari guides), something well worth considering for our next trip.

Birds: Spurwing & Fothergill Islands, Kariba

• (Western) Redfooted Falcon
• African Fish-eagle
• White-crowned Lapwing (Plover)
• Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover)
• Spotted Thick-Knee (Dikkop)
• Woolly-necked Stork
• Cattle Egret
• Wire-tailed Swallow
• Grey-headed Gull
• Reed Cormorant
• African Darter
• Pied Kingfisher
• Egyptian Goose

Trip Report Menu
This post is part of a series of posts on a Lake Kariba Houseboat Trip in March 2009

• Day 1 – Harare to Kariba to Antelope Island
• Day 2 – Antelope Island to Palm Bay
• Day 3 – Palm Bay
• Day 4 – Palm Bay to Spurwing Island, Kariba
• Day 5 & Day 6 – Spurwing Island to Antelope Island to Kariba

For more Information Check out the Safari Holiday Guide to Lake Kariba Houseboats & Safaris

Kariba Photo Gallery
For more photos of this trip, check out my Kariba Wildlife Photographs.

Photographic Equipment Used
All the photos in this gallery were taken using the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Digital Camera. I also often used the Olympus TCON-17 1.7x Tele Conversion lens (TCON-17). For more information check out:

• The Best Digital Cameras for Safaris
• Telephoto Conversion Lenses for the Panasonic DMC-FZ28 & DMC-FZ18 Digital Cameras

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