Seldomseen

17/03/2025

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There’s nothing quite like a birthday to provide the perfect excuse to escape the hustle and bustle of Harare and retreat into the wildernes

22/12/2024

04/12/2024

22/08/2024

This wonderful review was received from recent guests!

Seldom Seen Birding
Debbie and I have just spent 2 days at this Birding paradise!
It is such a delight to see so many birds, and such a lovely forest / montane variety of species in one place... that your head spins to try and catch all the delightful little characters flitting around you in that beautiful patch of Vumba forest! The dawn chorus is awesome... a bird walk with Bulwesi is a must... he has his forest birds on tap , including their nests, with a keen ear and sharp eye for the furtive species that are vocal but hard to see.... on a late walk in the forest he picked up the presence of a precocious little Swynnertons Robin that was investigating us within only a meter or two in the dense, dark, tangeled growth... like a little mouse on the forest floor, giving us only an occasional glimpse of his beautiful front..
Ken and Sue Worsley have done a great job of care taking & managing that patch of beautiful forest (and beyond it too), and making it accessible with a network of well sited, environmentally sensitive and maintained pathways... making it a sheer delight to explore.

05/06/2024

Hi everyone! Due to the changes in the Zimbabwe Company Tax Regulations we have been forced to register Seldomseen for VAT and therefore have had to increase our prices by the regulated 15%. We very much regret having to do this but do hope you will all continue to support us!! With kind regards, Ken and Sue.

01/02/2024

Twinstreams Cottage 🏡

Fashioned out of the old stables on the original property, this quaint and quiet forest cottage and separate twin bedroom cabin offers everything a mountain nature escape needs.

Peace
Quiet
Forest walks
Solar heating
Outside fire
Self catering kitchen
Comfortable beds
Plethora of bird life right outside your window
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For $30 per person per night and only 4 hours from Harare in the Bvumba Mountains, this could be just what you need from a weekend to reset after the start of a new year 🫶🌍

29/01/2024

Pocket views through fantasy forest scapes 🍃

13/01/2024

Swynnerton Cottage 🏡

Nestled in the heart of the forest gardens of , this bungalow offers a fully self catering kitchen, 1 double and 1 twin room, outside dining & braai area and the ability to immerse yourself in the stunning surroundings 💚

At $30 per person per night this could be your home in the mountains for however long you choose! DM us for details

31/12/2023

Goodbye 2023 🍂 Hello 2024 🍃

Thank you to all the wonderful guests, birders and adventures who have come through our forests and stayed this year! We are so grateful for all the wonderful people who share as much about the passion of nature and wild life as we do and can’t thank you enough for your support in maintaining these precious forest spaces! 🌳🦎🦋

We are so excited for another year of working to conserve our beautiful part of the world, meeting both new and olds guests and the progress to come!

We are also so grateful for our fantatsic staff Buluwesi, Martha & Isaac that work so amazingly behind the scenes and for their support this year too 🐝🐝🐝

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30/12/2023

Dark capped yellow warbler 🪶

Also known as the African yellow warbler, this bird moves between environments such as reeds, overgrown waterside vegetation and forest edges such as the Bvumba Mountains.

Climbing up to an exposed perch to sing before diving into cover and prey, the DCYW is to be seen darting between the forest levels in the areas around the cottages.

If you are lucky enough to spot a nest you will find a neat cup made of grass, typically situated in the fork of branches within a bush or between upright stems. 2 or 3 eggs are laid from September to March in southern Africa. After hatching the chicks are fed by both parent.

📸 Ronald Webb

25/12/2023

To all our Seldomseen friends we thank you for your patronage over the last year and wish you all the very best for the year ahead. May we all keep in good health and happiness! Seldomseen looks forward to seeing some of you again, and some of you for the first time in our lovely mountain paradise!! With kind regards from Ken and Sue Worsley.