Perched on the elegant necklines of handsome giraffe snacking on acacia thickets or pecking away on the backs of Cape Buffalo in verdant savannah, Africa offers the most unique birding adventure in the world. From the deep forested escarpments of the Great Serengeti to the famous Okavango Delta in Botswana, the numbers and range of feathered species across the continent is as astounding as the myriad activities to seek them - on game drives, guided walks, on quadbikes, by canoe, afloat in hot air balloons, biking and even, on horseback. Of notable interest to birdwatchers planning a safari in Africa is the Great Rift Valley panning all the way from the Dead Sea to Mozambique. Formed 35 million years ago, the resulting landscape of shifting tectonic plates that annually split the African continent by a couple millimeters, the Great Rift Valley is an impressive topography of habitats soaring from the tallest volcanic ranges in Africa to serene, picturesque craters rich in avifauna.
