Below is a list of lodges we would recommend specifically for birdwatching in South Africa. You may read more about each lodge by clicking on the lodge name. We suggest you take a closer look, and then if you like what you see you can add the lodge to your list of favourites, and go from there...

5 lodges found for birdwatching in South Africa

Augrabies Falls Restcamp Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa

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 include Verreaux's eagle, African fish eagle, bee-eaters, kingfishers, falcons and smaller species such as rosy-faced lovebirds, weavers and bulbuls. - View lodge details

Mata Mata Rest Camp Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

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 in Southern Africa can also be seen in the Kalahari, including the Pygmy Falcon, Bateleur and Pale Chanting Goshawk to name just a few. - View lodge details

Grootbos Private Nature Reserve Hermanus, South Africa
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, Cape bulbuls, black harriers, kites and kestrels as well as many others. - View lodge details

Twee Rivieren Rest Camp Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
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 shrikes and the African hoopoe. - View lodge details

Point Lodge Garden Route, South Africa
Situated on the Knysna Lagoon this is the ideal spot to do a bit of birdwatching. - View lodge details

Alternatively, click below for more ideas of places to consider for birdwatching throughout our specialist region:


Birdwatching in Africa | Birdwatching in Botswana | Birdwatching in Malawi | Birdwatching in Mozambique | Birdwatching in Namibia | Birdwatching in Rwanda | Birdwatching in Seychelles | Birdwatching in South Africa | Birdwatching in Tanzania | Birdwatching in Zambia | Birdwatching in Zimbabwe


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