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Abuko Nature Reserve is a well-established savanna woodland and good for seeing Giant Kingfisher, Green and Violet Turacos, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Western Bluebill, and several different types of heron. Spending a few hours in this reserve also gives you the chance to find 3 different types of monkey, baboons, bushbuck and more. Just outside the reserve is an area of rice fields and vegetable gardens, where you can see Lizard Buzzard, Shikra, African Spoonbill, Pearl-spotted Owlet, African Harrier Hawk, Jacana, sunbirds and many different wading birds.

Tujering and Kartong can be visited on the same morning. These are coastal regions and very attractive to lots of scrubland species, such as Vieillot's Barbet, Striped Kingfisher, Gabar Goshawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk and many Cisticolas and other African warblers. At Kartong you can find specialities like Senegal Batis, Black Heron, Palm-nut Vulture, Allen’s Gallinule, White-fronted Plover. In Kartong, you can also enjoy a boat trip on the Allahein river to see species including Goliath Heron, Purple Heron and African Fish Eagle.

Pirang lies a bit further inland and the network of wetlands and disused ponds are a brilliant place to find Black-crowned Crane, Greater Flamingo, White-throated Bee-eaters. In the nearby forests we can spot African Wood Owl, Verreaux Eagle Owl and Green Hylia. The woodland and surrounding farmland areas are great places to find several kinds of swallows, eagles and Northern Wheatear. Pirang is just a few minutes’ drive from Faraba Banta, where we can find Bateleur Eagles, Abyssinian Ground Hornbills and European Bee-eaters.