Birdwatching in South Africa
Our 5 favourite places for birdwatching in South Africa
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Augrabies Falls Restcamp
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77% (6 reviews)
Despite its apparent aridity, a wide variety of habitats can be found at Augrabies Falls, including riverine vegetation, reedbeds, cliffs, acacia thickets and rocky scrubland. Because of this, the park has a relatively high diversity of birds: over 180 species. Favourites ... More about Augrabies Restcamp -
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
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97% (6 reviews)
With such a vast number of floral species found at Grootbos amongst the fynbos vegetation and the Milkwood forest, a diverse range of birds (including endemic species) can be sighted here. We saw southern double-collared sunbirds, orange-breasted sunbirds, Cape sugarbirds, ... More about Grootbos Reserve -
Mata Mata Rest Camp
|70% (2 reviews)
264 species of birds have been recorded in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Resident species, such as the colourful crimson-breasted shrike, are augmented by many migrants who cannot survive year round in the harsh Kalahari climate. Two thirds of the raptor species found ... More about Mata Mata Rest Camp -
Point Lodge
|80% (1 review)
Situated on the Knysna Lagoon this is the ideal spot to do a bit of birdwatching. More about Point Lodge -
Twee Rivieren Rest Camp
|74% (13 reviews)
264 species of bird can be sighted in the Kgalagadi, some of them migrants; the conditions here can be pretty harsh. Two-thirds of Southern African raptor species can be found in the park along with smaller, more colourful species such as lilac-breasted rollers, crimson-breasted ... More about Twee Rivieren
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