Kavango Zambezi has launched a new cross-border birding route in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. The itinerary combines Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, connecting 12 key birding routes along the unified Rivers of Life system (the Kavango, Zambezi, Chobe, Kwando and Kafue rivers).
The route’s commercial viability will be bolstered by registered ambassadors charged with its promotion. Certified birding guides have been specially trained through partnerships with BirdWatch Zambia, BirdLife Zimbabwe, BirdLife South Africa, BirdLife Botswana and the Namibia Nature Foundation.
Nyambe Nyambe, Executive Director of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area Secretariat, highlighted the route’s significance in a media statement: “No single country in this region can offer what the five partner states offer together. The birding route makes that case in the most concrete way possible: 650 species, 12 key areas, ancient migration corridors and a certified guide network to bring it to life.”
Suggested itineraries are available on the Rivers of Life website.
