Showing the 170 Most Recent Trip Reports Posted

South Africa 1st July - 27th August 2005, author Nick Moran (added September 9, 2005)
(Pel's Fishing Owl, Taita Falcon, African Boradbill, African Finfoot, Lesser Jacana, 112 endemics, near-endemics & breeding endemics)

Algulhas Plains and the Garden Route, South Africa - August 17th - 20th, 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created September 8, 2016)

Namibia - Sept 13, author Mark Kirk (link created September 8, 2014)
(Caprivi, Botswana, hippo, Namibia, Kunene, Pel's Fishing Owl, Angola Cave Chat, Grey Kestrel)

Namibia - Dec 13, author Mark Kirk (link created September 5, 2014)
(Namibia)

Mozambique - Dec 13 , author Mark Kirk (link created September 4, 2014)
(800 Challenge, Big Year, Pitta)

Cape Pelagic Birding Trip - 8th August 2015, author Birding Ecotours (link created September 29, 2015)

South Africa - 6th - 22nd April 2018, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created September 27, 2018)
(Oribi Gorge, Ntsikeni Vlei, Karkloof, Wakkerstroom, Kruger National Park, Sabi Sands Game Reserve, Hermanus and Cape Agulhas)

Eastern South Africa - 17th - 27th January 2018, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created September 27, 2018)
(This 11-day tour focused on birding along the eastern/subtropical route in South Africa, taking in the birding Meccas of Wakkerstroom, Mkhuze Game Reserve, St Lucia, and the Sani Pass)

South Africa: Escarpment and Kruger National Park - September 2014, author Lawson's Birding (added September 25, 2014)
(Tonteldoos, Mount Sheba, Blyde Canyon, Kruger National Park. )

South Africa — the North-east and the Cape, 13th-30th August 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 25, 2004)

Crozet Islands, author Hugh Venables (link created September 21, 2005)
(Amazing trip, 37 'tubenose' species including both Northern and Southern Royal Albatross)

Hluhluwe Game Reserve and Lake St Lucia - August 2005, author Mike Johnstone (added September 20, 2005)

Korsman Sanctuary, Johannesburg, South Africa - 7th May 2013, author Martin Birch (link created October 8, 2013)

South Africa: Northern and Western Cape Birds and Mammals - August 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added October 6, 2022)

Zaagkuildrift and Wakkerstroom - 17th - 20th September 2015, author Birding Ecotours (link created October 5, 2015)
(A quick four-day trip on the Zaagkuilsdrift region north of Pretoria, along with the rich grasslands surrounding Wakkerstroom, further to the south.)

Western Cape, South Africa - September 12th - 27th 2007, author Steve Dark (added October 27, 2007)

Cape, Namaqualand and Kalahari Trip Report Aug2016, author Birding Ecotours (added October 25, 2023)
(Cape Sugarbird, Orange-breasted and Southern Double-collared Sunbirds, Cape Bunting, Karoo Prinia, Grey-backed Cisticola, Cape Rockjumpers,Cape and Sentinel Rock Thrushes, Cape Grassbird, Yellow Bishop, Cape Siskin, Victorin’s Warbler, many highly-prize)

Cape, Namaqualand and Kalahari Trip Report Aug2016, author Birding Ecotours (added October 25, 2023)
(Cape Sugarbird, Orange-breasted and Southern Double-collared Sunbirds, Cape Bunting, Karoo Prinia, Grey-backed Cisticola, Cape Rockjumpers,Cape and Sentinel Rock Thrushes, Cape Grassbird, Yellow Bishop, Cape Siskin, Victorin’s Warbler, many highly-prize)

South Africa - Western Cape, 14-23 October 2006, author Benjamin Schwartz (added October 25, 2006)

West Coast, Tanqua Karoo, Wilderness, and Cape Peninsula Custom Tour Apr2017, author Birding Ecotours (added October 24, 2023)
(Sombre Greenbul, Cape Bulbul, Cape Canary, Cape White-eye, Olive Thrush, Cape Robin-Chat, Southern Double-collard Sunbird, African Dusky Flycatcher, Lemon Dove, Spotted Eagle-Owl , Chinspot Batis)

Western and Northern Cape, South Africa - 15th July - 29th August 2008, author Oscar Campbell (added October 20, 2008)
(albatrosses and whales galore, 28 species of raptor, 18 species of lark, rockjumpers and Narina Trogon)

South Africa: Kruger and KwaZulu-Natal, July 19th - August 20th 2007, author Oscar Campbell (added October 2, 2007)
(Kruger, Drakensburgs, Zululand coastal reserves, Wakkerstroom, African Broadbill, Pels Fishing Owl, Drakensburg Rockjumper, Drakensburg Sisken, Rudd's Lark, mammals galore)

South Africa: Cape to Kruger - Birding and Mammals - August 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added October 19, 2022)
(Cape Rockjumper, marine cormorant species, Bank, Cape, Crowned, and White-breasted Cormorants, Greater Crested (Swift) Tern and Common Tern, Spotted Thick-knees)

South Africa - September - October 2018, author Greg Roberts (added October 13, 2018)
(Suikerbostrand, Kruger National Park, western Cape Province)

South Africa (Cape Town to Port Elizabeth areas) - 10th - 26th September 2009, author Alan Miller (added October 12, 2009)
(In two-and-a-half weeks we enjoyed wonderful scenery, superb wildlife viewing, delicious food and wine and excellent hospitality. With 187 species of birds and 44 species of mammals it was an experience we can thoroughly recommended.)

Southwest South-Africa Dec. 2015, author John van der Woude (link created October 10, 2016)
(mainly Karoo)

Kwazulu Natal - 10th -18th September 2019, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 9, 2019)
(On this tour we recorded 272 species including African Broadbill, African Wood Owl, Narina Trogon, Neergaard’s Sunbird and Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon)

South Africa, Natal Midlands home of www.Buttonbirding.com, author Malcolm Gemmell (link created November 7, 2005)
(Blue Swallow, Cape Parrot, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Amur Falcons, Orange breasted Waxbills, crowned Cisticola, Cuckoo Finch, Lammergeier, Drakensberg Rock-jumper, Drakensberg Siskin, Yellow Canary, feiry-necked Nightjar)

South Africa, Cape Town - 16th to 19th November 2006, author Andy Lovering (added November 24, 2006)
(Cape Sugarbird, Cape Rockjumper, Southern Black Korhaan, Victorin's Warbler & Black Harrier)

Western Cape, South Africa - 24 April – 2 May 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 23, 2017)

Wakkerstroom, South Africa - September 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 23, 2017)

Rooiels, Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens and Stony Point - 18th March 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 23, 2017)

Western Cape and Subtropical South Africa - 11 – 25 March 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 23, 2017)

South Africa - Western Cape Birding and Wildlife Tour - September 2008, author Lawson's Birding (added November 18, 2008)
(Cape Peninsula (including pelagic trip); Hermanus; Swellendam and Ceres.)

South Africa - Mpumalanga Highlands and Kruger National Park - September 2008, author Lawson's Birding (added November 17, 2008)
(Dullstroom, Blyde Canyon and KNP; includes special notes on the endemics / near endemics seen.)

North-eastern South Africa - 27th September - 11th October 2008, author Ian Merrill (added November 14, 2008)
(Highlights: Taita Falcon, Barrow's and Blue Korhaans, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Cape Parrot, Cape Eagle Owl, Knysna Woodpecker, Short-clawed, Rudd's and Botha's Larks, Blue Swallow, Spotted Ground-Thrush, Drakensberg Rockjumper, Pink-throated Twinspot)

South Africa 11th - 31st October 2007., author Benjamin Schwartz (added November 13, 2007)
(Fairest Cape to Kruger with a Drakensberg extension)

South Africa - Pilanesberg and Mabalingwe - 3rd to 24th September 2004, author Georges Olioso (added November 13, 2004)

Western Cape, South Africa - 8th - 12th October 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 1, 2016)

Cape, Namaqualand and Kalahari, South Africa - 15th - 27th August 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 1, 2016)

Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Western Cape, South Africa - July - August 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 1, 2016)

Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve and Marievale, South Africa - 12th September 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 1, 2016)

Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve and Marievale, South Africa - 4th September 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created November 1, 2016)

Eastern South Africa - Custom Trip Report February 2023, author Birding Ecotours (added May 5, 2023)
(Swamp Nightjar, Blue Korhaan, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Red-chested and Buff-spotted Flufftails, Grey Crowned, Wattled and Blue Cranes, Bearded Vulture, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, African Grass and Marsh Owls, Southern Ground Hornbill, Sooty Falcon, )

Northern South Africa - 31 October - 5 November 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created May 30, 2018)

Western Cape, South Africa: February 2022 , author Birding Ecotours (added May 3, 2022)
(Western Cape Province of South Africa,Cape Peninsula,Tankwa Karoo , Garden Route, Grey-winged Francolin, Fulvous Whistling Duck, South African Shelduck, Denham’s Bustard, Karoo and Southern Black Korhaans, Pink-backed Pelican, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Ch)

South Africa - Cape and Kruger: Birding and Wildlife September - October 2023, author Birding Ecotours (added May 29, 2023)
(Cape Rockjumper, Black Harrier, Cinnamon-breasted Warbler, Karoo Eremomela, Gurney’s Sugarbird, Cape Eagle Owl, Orange Ground Thrush, Knysna Turaco Southern Ground Hornbill, Kori Bustard, Saddle-billed Stork)

Kalahari and Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa - 2nd – 17th April 2019, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created May 24, 2019)
(A total of 358 bird species were recorded)

South Africa - 9th - 20th March 2020, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created May 14, 2020)
(Rust de Winter, Magoebaskloof hills, Tankwa Karoo, Langebaan)

Western Cape, South Africa, Custom Birding - Trip Report April 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added May 13, 2022)
(Grey-winged Francolin, South African Shelduck, Karoo and Southern Black Korhaans, Namaqua Sandgrouse, Blue Crane, African Oystercatcher, African Penguin, Cape Gannet, Cape, Crowned and Bank Cormorants, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Rockjumper, Fairy Flycatcher,)

South Africa: 3-Day Tankwa Karoo Birding Report - March 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added May 13, 2022)
(Grey-winged Francolin, Freckled Nightjar, Namaqua Sandgrouse, Verreaux’s Eagle, Acacia Pied Barbet, Pririt Batis, Fairy Flycatcher, Spike-heeled, Karoo Long-billed, Karoo and Large-billed Larks)

South Africa - February 2010 - Naturetrek Bargain Birds, author Lawson's Birding (added March 9, 2010)
(Dullstroom, Blyde River Canyon and Kruger National Park. )

Subtropical South Africa - 18th October - 2nd November 2013, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 8, 2014)

Namaqualand, Kalahari, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape plus Garden Route Extension, South Africa - November - December 2013, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 8, 2014)

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique - 12th November - 5th December 2015, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 4, 2016)
(Covering a grand total of three countries, a vast array of different habitats and ecological regions were visited, resulting in not only good, varied birding, but also in very exciting birding.)

South Africa - Northern Cape to Zululand - 7 - 16 March 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 30, 2016)
(This bespoke cleanup birding tour was especially designed to try and find a short list of difficult species (such as flufftails and coursers) and remote endemics (such as the Northern Cape Larks))

Lawson's Best of KwaZulu-Natal, Jan / Feb 2014, author Lawson's Birding (link created March 3, 2015)
(Umhlanga, Oribi Gorge, Creighton, Sani Pass, Eshowe, St Lucia, Wakkerstroom. )

Complete South Africa: Birding and Mammal Tour Report August - September 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added March 28, 2023)
(Scaly-feathered Weavers, Black-chested, Grey-backed Sparrow-Larks, Chat Flycatchers , Kori Bustards, White-backed and Lappet-faced Vultures , Tawny Eagle, Burchell’s and Namaqua Sandgrouse, Ashy Tit, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Common Scimitarbill)

Eastern South Africa - February 2021, author Birding Ecotours (added March 28, 2022)
(Drakensberg foothills, Cape Parrot, Blue Swallow, Wattled Crane, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coast, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Spotted Ground Thrush, Green Barbet, Swamp Nightjar, Green Twinspot, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Livingstone’s Turaco, Woodward’s Bati)

South Africa - 22nd - 29th October 2004, author Steve Bird (added March 20, 2007)

Nairobi to Cape Town, 5th Jan -1st March 2007, author Neal Warnock (added March 20, 2007)
(Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

Eastern and Southern Africa - 2003, author Scott Bowers (link created March 2, 2011)

Eastern South Africa - 22 - 27 September 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(Kruger National Park and the Drakensberg escarpment)

Eastern South Africa - 13 - 24 August 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(This trip focused almost entirely on KwaZulu-Natal, taking in the high mountains of the Drakensberg, the lush coastal forests, grassland, and bush of the east coast, and the montane grasslands around Wakkerstroom)

South Africa - 1 – 18 September 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(With a total of 377 bird species (plus seven heard only), including many endemic and/or sought-after species, and considering that the majority of our time was spent in the less diverse arid regions of the country, along with this not having been the prim)

Cape Peninsula, South Africa - 10 January 2018, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(African Oystercatcher, Cape Spurfowl, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Olive Woodpecker, Cape Bulbul, Cape Grassbird, Cape Batis, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Swee Waxbill, Cape Siskin, Forest Canary)

West Coast, South Africa - 17 January 2018, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(Chestnut-banded Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Cape Spurfowl, Southern Black Korhaan, Blue Crane, African Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Large-billed Lark. and Cape Bulbul.)

False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa - 18 December 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(Cape Gannet, Bank and Crowned Cormorants, Peregrine Falcon, African Oystercatcher, African Penguin, Cape Spurfowl, Cape and Sentinel Rock Thrushes, Cape Rockjumper, Cape Bulbul, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Cape Sugarbird, Swee Waxbill, Cape Siskin, Bryde’s)

False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa - 20 October 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created March 17, 2018)
(Bank and Crowned Cormorants, African Oystercatcher, Verreaux’s Eagle, African Penguin, Cape Spurfowl, Cape Rockjumper, Cape Bulbul, Victorin’s Warbler, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin)

Report of a mammal - and (not a hardcore) bird watching trip to South Africa - 18 December 2014 to 7 January 2015, author Dick Meijer (link created March 15, 2015)
(Cape of Good Hope area, Kruger NP - our goal was primarily to enjoy and photograph South African wildlife)

Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa - 18-25 October 2008, author John Bowler (added March 12, 2011)

South Africa - Eastern - October 2009, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 11, 2011)

South Africa - East & West - Aug 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 11, 2011)

South Africa - East & West - Aug-Oct 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 11, 2011)

South Africa, A. O. S. tour; 4th - 12th March 2008., author Lawson's Birding (added June 23, 2008)
(Dullstroom, Kruger National Park and Nelspruit - 34 bird of prey species!)

South Africa - Kruger and Cape: November 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added June 14, 2023)
(Leopard, Lions, Cheetahs, Hadada Ibis, Black-headed Heron, Speckled Pigeon, both Speckled and Red-faced Mousebirds, Fiscal Flycatcher, Karoo Thrush, Cape Robin-Chat, Black-throated Canary, Southern Masked Weaver, African Marsh Harrier)

South Africa - Western Cape Extension IV, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created June 14, 2017)
(South Africa, Cape Town, Knysna Woodpecker, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Blue Crane, Cape Sugarbird, Southern Tchagra, Bokmakierie, Cinnamon-breasted Warbler, Cape Penduline Tit)

South Africa - Comprehensive IX Nov 16, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created June 13, 2017)
(South Africa, Kruger National Park, Drakensberg, Cape Town, Bateleur, Swainson's Spurfowl, Yellow-billed Hornbill, Lilac-breasted Roller, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Giant Kingfisher, Secretarybird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Crowned Eagle, Drakensberg Rockjumper, C)

Eastern South Africa II Feb 17, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created June 13, 2017)
(South Africa, Kruger National Park, Drakensberg, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Karoo Thrush, Violet-eared Waxbill, Red-headed Finch, Namaqua Dove, European Roller, Woodland Kingfisher, White-bellied Bustard, Red-throated Wryneck, Botha's Lark, Rudd's Apalis)

South Africa - Comprehensive I Jan 17, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created June 13, 2017)
(South Africa, Kruger National Park, Drakensberg, Cape Town, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, African Darter, Blue Waxbill, Double-banded Sandgrouse, Striated Heron, Diederik Cuckoo, Cape Wagtail, Grey-winged Francolin, Narina Trogon, Gorgeous Bushshrike, Saddle-b)

South Africa - Sharks, Whales and Rare Mammals - July - August 2015, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created June 10, 2016)
(South Africa is one of only three of four places in the world where you are able to come face to face with this incredible animal)

South Africa, Kruger and Cape trip - June 2017 , author Andrew de Blocq (added July 7, 2017)
(Knynsa Turaco, Knysna Woodpecker, Kori Bustard, Lappet-faced Vulture, Secretarybird, Narina Trogon, Fairy Flycatcher, Southern Black Korhaan, Cape, Agulhas and Karoo Long-billed Lark)

South Africa: The Arid West: Bloemhof, Kimberley, Mokala National Park and Kuruman., author Lawson's Birding (added July 4, 2008)

Eastern South Africa VI Jun 17, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created July 26, 2017)
(Bateleur, Cape White-eye, Burchell's Coucal, Southern White-crowned Shrike, Southern Pied Babbler, Pied Starling, Kori Bustard, Bearded Woodpecker, African Hawk-Eagle, African Wood Owl, White-bellied Bustard, Grey-winged Francolin, Crowned Hornbill, Easte)

South Africa March 2007; highlands and lowlands of the east, author Lawson's Birding (added July 24, 2008)
(Mkuze and Ndumo Game Reserves and Wakkerstroom.)

South Africa, Hottentot Buttonquail and fynbos endemics in 1 day from Cape Town with Birding Africa, 21 June 2009, author Callan Cohen (added July 23, 2009)
(Hottentot Buttonquail, Victorin's Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Cape Rock-jumper, Sentinel Rock-Thrush, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin, Orange-breasted Sunbird, African Goshawk, Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, Black Sparrowhawk, Forest Buzzard, C)

12-day West Coast, Tanqua Karoo, Wilderness, and Cape Peninsula - 31 March - 10 April 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created July 19, 2020)

South Africa - June 2010 - World Cup Birding and Wildlife Tour, author Lawson's Birding (added July 19, 2010)
(Greater Kruger National Park. )

South Africa - Naturetrek Bargain Birds Tour, April 2008, author Lawson's Birding (added July 1, 2008)
(Dullstroom, the Blyde River Canyon and Kruger National Park: a compact and diverse itinerary.)

South Africa - 15th - 28th November 2009 - Birds and Wildlife, author Lawson's Birding (added January 5, 2010)
(Dullstroom, Blyde River Canyon, Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve and Nelspruit.)

South Africa - Birds or Whales -12th November 2010, author Ray Kite (added January 4, 2011)

Southern Africa - Nov 2009 - Jan 2010, author David Bryant (added January 31, 2010)
(South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Namib, Okavango panhandle, Mkhuze, Drakensbergs)

Eastern South Africa - October - November 2005, author John van der Woude (link created January 25, 2011)
(Polokwane, Kruger NP, Wakkerstroom, Mkuzi, St. Lucia, Eshowe, Memel)

South Africa - Western and Northern Cape - November 2010, author Julian Hughes (added January 25, 2011)
(Cape Town, Tankwa, Karoo, Garden Route)

Western South Africa - November 2006, author John van der Woude (link created January 25, 2011)
(Cape area, Karoo, South coast, Kalahari NP)

Western Cape and Subtropical South Africa - October 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created January 21, 2020)
(Tankwa Karoo, Cape Peninsula, Sani Pass and Lesotho, Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kruger NP)

South Africa - 31st October – 20th November 2019, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created January 21, 2020)
(Three weeks - 500 species!)

South Africa: two-day Southern Gauteng to Dullstroom Birding Trip - December 2015, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created January 19, 2016)
(The high altitude (about 2100 meters or 6900 feet), picturesque town of Dullstroom, midway between Johannesburg and the Kruger National Park, is a premier site for a good number of very exciting bird specials. )

KwaZulu Natal Province and Kruger National Park, South Africa - October - November 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created January 11, 2017)

Kruger, Garden Route and Karoo, South Africa - 4th -13th September 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created January 11, 2017)

Subtropical South Africa – October- November 2014, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 7, 2015)
(We had good weather for most of the trip with no rained-out days; in fact, northern KwaZulu Natal was again in the grips of a major drought.)

Western and Northern Cape – November 2014, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 7, 2015)
(This was a custom-made trip to the endemic-rich Western and Northern Cape provinces, where Kalahari sands meet the ageless Karoo in all its stark beauty.)

Western Cape - South Africa - January 16th - 20th 2008, author Mike Nelson (added February 5, 2008)
(Langebaan, Tankwa Karoo, Strandfontein, Betty's Bay, De Hoop, Overberg)

17 Days in The Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (added February 5, 2005)

South Africa Birds, Wildlife & the Total Eclipse, author The Travelling Naturalist (link created February 3, 2005)

South Africa - Dullstroom and Kruger National Parks - 17th - 22nd January 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 27, 2016)
(291 species in the high altitude grasslands on the eastern escarpment)

South Africa - Escarpment and Kruger National Park - 8th - 16th February 2014, author Lawson's Birding (added February 27, 2014)
(Dullstroom, Blyde River Canyon, Kruger National Park)

18-Day Subtropical South Africa - October 2019, author Birding Ecotours (added February 26, 2024)
(Cape Gannet, Southern Bald Ibis, Jackal Buzzard, Grey-winged Francolin, Blue Crane, Blue Korhaan, Northern Black Korhaan, Rudd’s, Botha’s, Eastern Long-billed, Large-billed Larks, Bush Blackcap, Cape Parrot, Cape and Sentinel Rock Thrushes, Buff-strea)

Eastern South Africa and Cape Town - September 2023, author Birding Ecotours (added February 26, 2024)
(African Finfoot, Cape Rockjumpers, Antarctic Terns, Bar-tailed Godwits, Red-faced Cisticolas, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Honey Badgers, Cheetah, Hewitt's Red Rock Hare, Lion,White Rhinos, Leopards, Afo-Asiatic Wildcat, Boomslang, Black-backed Puffback.)

South Africa: 8-day Western Cape Tour and 16-day Subtropical South Africa Tour - 9-16 October and 16-31 October 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 21, 2018)

South Africa: Gauteng and Limpopo - 2nd - 5th August 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 21, 2018)

The Western Cape, South Africa - 4th – 8th December 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 21, 2018)

South Africa: Photographing Difficult Mammals and Birds of the Northern Cape - 7th - 16th November 2017, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 21, 2018)

Western South Africa Endemics, November 2019, Lawson's Birding. , author Lawson's Birding (added February 2, 2021)
(Augrabies Falls, Springbok, Calvinia, Langebaan, Cape Peninsula, Struisbaii, Swellenam, Willderness)

south africa: eastern & western cape, author Robert Griggs Higbie (added February 18, 2024)
(naude's nek, hogsback, montagu pass)

Subtropical South Africa - 10th - 25th March 2017 , author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created February 18, 2020)
(This was a tour with incredible diversity, varying habitats, and a host of endemic South African bird species)

Expedition to South Africa, author Alexander Coke Smith (link created December 5, 2011)
(south african birds, wattled cranes, )

South Africa November 2005, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created December 3, 2005)
(Kruger, Cape)

South Africa and Lesotho - November - December 2011, author Dennis Vollmar (added December 27, 2011)

South Africa (and a little Namibia), 8th - 14th December 2006, author Josh Engel (added December 27, 2006)
(Bushmanland, Namaqualand, Fish River Canyon, Stark's, Sclater's, Red, and Barlow's larks)

Western Cape - 7th - 14th October 2018 , author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created December 26, 2019)
(This trip took us from the open ocean to the biologically-rich mountain fynbos to the desolate plains of the Tankwa Karoo)

South Africa - 3rd November - 3rd December 2014, author Andy Adcock (link created December 23, 2014)
(Kruger National Park, Dullstroom, Mount Sheba Nature Reserve, Magoebaskloof, Saddleback Pass, Peddlar's Bush and Wakkerstroom)

South Africa - Cape Town Pelagics - 26 November 2009 (non profit seabirding), author swdzvspkcv (added December 20, 2009)
(Highlights: Great-Winged Petrel, Long-Tailed Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross)

South Africa - Cape Town Pelagics - 21 November 2009 (non-profit seabirding), author swdzvspkcv (added December 20, 2009)
(Highlights: Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Cory Shearwater, Pintado Petrel, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross)

South Africa - Cape Town Pelagics - 24 October 2009, author swdzvspkcv (added December 20, 2009)
(Cape Town, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Giant, Southern and Northern Petrel)

South Africa - Cape Town Pelagics - 24 October 2009 (non-profit seabirding), author swdzvspkcv (link created December 20, 2009)
(Cape Town, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Giant, Southern and Northern Petrel)

South Africa - Cape Town Pelagics - 21 November 2009 (non-profit seabirding), author swdzvspkcv (link created December 20, 2009)
(Cape Town, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Cory Shearwater, Pintado Petrel, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross)

South Africa - Cape Town Pelagics - 26 November 2009 (non-profit seabirding), author swdzvspkcv (link created December 20, 2009)
(Cape Town, Great-Winged Petrel, Long-Tailed Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross)

Western Cape, South Africa - 2nd to 21st November 2015, author Derek Marsh (added December 18, 2015)
(Western Cape, Knysna Warbler, Cape Rockjumper, Kori Bustard)

The Best of South Africa - September - October 2015, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created December 16, 2015)
(Photography tour with 436 species of birds observed)

A spate of amazing rarities thrills southern African birders in late 2019, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (added December 14, 2019)
(Saunders's Tern, King Penguin, Ross's Turaco, Spur-winged Lapwing)

Best of Cape Town and Beyond Set-Departure Trip Report Oct 2019, author Birding Ecotours (added December 12, 2023)
(African Penguin, Cape Gannet, Bank, Cape, Crowned Cormorants, Jackal Buzzard, Grey-winged Francolin, Cape Spurfowl, Blue Crane, Ludwig’s Bustard, Southern Black Korhaan, Large-billed, Cape Long-billed, Karoo Larks, Cape Rock Thrush, Karoo, Sickle-winged)

South Africa, Cape Endemics Tour with Birding Africa, 16-19 June 2009, author Callan Cohen (link created August 9, 2009)
(Cape Rock-jumper, Verreaux’s Eagle, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Protea Seedeater, Karoo Korhaan, Cinnamon-breasted Warbler, Karoo Eremomelas, Rufous-eared Warbler, Cape, Karoo and Agulhas Long-billed Lark, Cape Vulture, Blue Cr)

South Africa, Hottentot Buttonquail and fynbos endemics in 1 day from Cape Town with Birding Africa, 21 June 2009, author Callan Cohen (link created August 9, 2009)
(Hottentot Buttonquail, Victorin's Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Cape Rock-jumper, Sentinel Rock-Thrush, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin, Orange-breasted Sunbird, African Goshawk, Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, Black Sparrowhawk, Forest Buzzard, C)

South Africa, Cape Endemics Tour with Birding Africa, 16-19 June 2009, author Callan Cohen (added August 9, 2009)
(Cape Town, West Coast, Tanqua Karoo, Agulhas Plains; Cape Rock-jumper, Verreaux’s Eagle, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Protea Seedeater, Karoo Korhaan, Cinnamon-breasted warbler, Karoo Eremomela, Rufous-eared Warbler)

South Africa - 25th July - 11th August 2011, author Dave Horton (added August 31, 2011)
(Cape Town, West Coast, Swellendam to Garden Route)

KwaZulu Natal, 15th August- 29th August 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Kkazulu-Natal & Transvaal, South Africa, 8th October - 21st October 2000, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Bushmanland and the Kalahari Gemsbok, February 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Cape Provinces, South Africa, (17th September - 15th October 1997), author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Ezemvelo Game Reserve, Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces, April - May 2004, author Dave Flumm (added August 28, 2004)

South African Nine-day Wonder, 24th August - 1st September 2001, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

South Africa - Cape Region, 21 November - 5 December 1998, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

South Africa - Transvaal & Natal, 2nd to 21st April 1999, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

North-East South Africa birding trip (25 September au 21 October 2002), author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

South Africa birding trip, (14th November -14th December 2002), author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

South Africa, November - December 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Birding trip to South Africa, 17th November - 20th December 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Simons Town Pelagic, February 2004 , author Surfbirds Admin (link created August 28, 2004)
(Shy Albatross, White-chinned Petrel, Spectacled Petrel)

The Western Cape, 17th to 26th January 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added August 28, 2004)

Cape Town Pelagics - 8 August 2009 Trip Report by Rob Leslie, author Callan Cohen (link created August 18, 2009)
(Antarctic Fulmar, Southern Royal Albatross, Northern Royal Albatross, Antarctic Fulmar, Pintado Petrel, Southern Giant Petrel, pelagic, Cape Town)

Cape Town Pelagic - 8 August 2009 (Trip Report by Rob Leslie), author Callan Cohen (added August 18, 2009)
(Antarctic Fulmar, Southern Royal Albatross, Northern Royal Albatross, Antarctic Fulmar, Pintado Petrel, Southern Giant Petrel; Cape Town - www.capetownpelagics.com)

Dullstroom, Mount Sheba and Kruger National Park - 19 – 25 March 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created April 8, 2016)
(A wide range of habitats, from higher altitude grassland, indigenous forest, broad-leafed woodland with open pockets of savanna, as well as riverine forests.)

Birdlife South Africa flock in Kruger - 10 - 13 March 2016, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created April 8, 2016)
(Skukuza offers a high diversity of not only avian but all forms of fauna)

South Africa, Naturetrek Bargain Birds, March 2009., author Lawson's Birding (added April 8, 2009)
(Dullstroom, Blyde River Canyon and Kruger National Park - 305 species.)

South Africa - November 2022, author Birding Ecotours (added April 4, 2023)
(Kori and Ludwig’s Bustards, Red-chested Flufftail, African Finfoot, Grey Crowned, Wattled and Blue Cranes, Spectacled Petrel, Bearded Vulture, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Parrot)

Zimanga, South Africa - 28th February - 6th March 2018, author Brian Clasper (added April 3, 2018)
(Wildlife photography)

South Africa, December 8-22, 2014, author Jim Moulton (added April 3, 2015)
(Cape White-eye, Knysna Turaco, Narina Trogon, )

South Africa and Swaziland; March 2012, author Lawson's Birding (added April 3, 2012)
(Dullstroom, Blyde Canyon, Kruger National Park, Mkuze Game Reserve, Wakkerstroom, Blue Swallow, African Finfoot)

South Africa Feb-Mar 06. Makulu Makete, Ndumo National Park, Hlane Royal National Park - Swaziland, author Andrew Forsyth (link created April 26, 2006)
(Birding Skills Course, Pell's Fishing Owl, African Scops Owl, Martial Eagle, Maribou Stork)

South Africa: Berg and Bush Safari: March 2005, author Mike Johnstone (added April 18, 2005)
(KwaZulu-Natal midlands and the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains)

South Africa: Magoebaskloof and Kruger National Park - 24th February – 2nd March 2019, author Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours (link created April 17, 2019)
(Short-clawed Lark and Gurney’s Sugarbird)

South Africa ( Cape and Western Cape) Namibia with brief forays in to Botswana, Zambia, 1st Dec -12th January 2011-2012, author Andy Adcock (added April 17, 2012)
(South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia)

South Africa (Cape and Western Cape) and Namibia with brief forays into Botswana and Zambia - 1st Dec -12th January 2011-2012, author Andy Adcock (link created April 16, 2012)
(A budget birding trip covering almost 13000km over six weeks in a Chevrolet Spark!)

South Africa 2nd-23rd February 2007, author Josh Engel (added April 13, 2007)
(Cape, Karoo, Drakensberg, St. Lucia, Wakkerstroom, Kruger)

South Africa Oct-Nov 2011, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)

South Africa Dec 2011, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)

South Africa Feb 2012, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)

South Africa & Namibia September 2011, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)

South Africa Sep-Oct 2011, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)