Trip Reports
Birding trip reports are a fantastic information resource on where to go and what birds to see in South Africa. The trip reports listed below have mostly been compiled by South African tour companies who are professionals in their field and know the area intimately. In addition to this site, birders looking for trip reports should also visit travellingbirder.com which acts a library for trip reports from birding destinations around the world and which includes over 200 trip reports featuring South Africa.
Avitourism Articles
(13-15 Nov 2009) Glendower Magoebaskloof Birding Weekend
The annual Glendower Magoebaskloof Birds and Forest Festival took place in the magnificent Woodbush indigenous forest along BirdLife South Africa's Greater Limpopo Birding Route this past weekend. Although there were reduced participant attendance following last year's event, the Festival successfully raised a total of R 20 000 to go towards bird guide training in Limpopo Province.
Tour Operators
Birding Africa - Linked to www.birdingafica.com
- 2010 - 1+ Day Western Cape Tour and Day Trips - Cape Eagle Owl seen!
- 2010 - 2 Day West Coast and Cape Mountains Trip - Cape LEOPARD seen!
- 2010 - 1 Day Cape Peninsula Trip
- 2010 - 2 Day Cape Peninsula & Hottentots Holland Trip
- 2009 - 1 Day Cape Fynbos and Coastal Endemics Trip (Hottentot's Holland)
- 2009 - 1 Day Hottentot's Holland Day Trip
- 2009 - 1 Day Cape Fynbos Endemics and Hottentot Buttonquail Trip
- 2009 - 4 Day Cape and Karoo Endemics Tour
- 2006 - 1 Day West Coast Day Trip - 130 species
Honeyguide - PDF documents
- 2008 - 13 day Western Cape Birding Trip (Honeyguide)
- 2009 - 14 Day Cape and Garden Route Birding Trip (Honeyguide)
Lawson's Birding Tours - PDF documents
- 2009 - 13 Day Highveld and Lowveld Birding Trip (Lawsons)
- 2010 - 11 Day Limpopo and Kruger Birding Trip (Lawsons)
RockJumper Birding Tours - PDF documents
- 2008 - 28 Day SA Endemic Mega Tour (Rockjumper)
- 2009 - 19 Day Eastern South Africa and Western Cape Birding Trip (Rockjumper)
- 2009 - 6 Day Eastern South Africa Birding Trip (Rockjumper)
- 2009 - 6 Day Western Cape Birding Trip (Rockjumper)
The Travelling Naturalist - PDF documents
- 2007 - 15 Day Cape and Garden Route (The Traveling Naturalist)
- 2007 - 15 Day Kruger and Drakensberg Birding Trip (The Travelling Naturalist)
- 2009 - 16 Day Kruger and Drakensberg Birding Trip (The Travelling Naturalist)
Others - PDF documents
- 2006 - 7 Day Cape Birding Trip
- 2008 - 7 Day Cape to Kuger Birding Trip (Bacher brothers)
- 2010 - 12 Day Free State & Lesotho (Ornitholidays)
- 2010 - 7 Day Highveld and Kruger Birding Trip (Naturetrek)