Birding Africa Tours

02/01/2025

What better way to start the new year than a look at the spectacular blooms from our Cape Orchid Tour completed just 2 weeks ago! Over 2 weeks we travelled across the Cape finding 49 species of orchid amidst spectacular scenery and the full splendour of the fynbos.

24/12/2024

28/10/2024

Its been a month since Mayur Prag took the Alpine Garden Society to Namaqualand and we're still dreaming about the hills covered in flowers and the over 500 species we recorded throughout out two weeks in the region!

10/10/2024

orchids of angola

~ some of the spectacular orchids that can be found in the peatlands of the angolan highlands ~

23/08/2024

Time for some spring "cleaning".

Ahead of our upcoming Spring and Summer South African tour season, we have partnered with the Rooi Els Conservancy to replace the existing Cape Rockjumper signage. The effect of five years of African summers and Cape winters was obvious on some of the old signs. Photos are courtesy of Gavin Lundie - Rooi Els Conservancy.

Details of our ever-popular Cape Rockjumper day trips can be found at: https://birdingafrica.com/blog/tour/cape-town-kogelberg-day-trip/

03/07/2024

And success with the (undescribed) Sao Tome Storm Petrel!

23/05/2024

Fancy chances for almost 30 endemics and a pelagic for "Sao Tome" Storm-Petrel? We have 1 - 2 last minute places on our short Sao Tome & Principe tour off West Africa, 26 June - 3 July, led by Michael Mills. No camping on this itinerary! Thanks to Chris Craig for the photo of the storm petrel, taken on our last tour to the island.

17/05/2024

~ the second most handsome harrier (after black harrier 🙂) in world is the madagascar harrier, but sadly both are endangered and getting more difficult to see every year ~

10/05/2024

Our tour leaders love a good twitch.

Several members of our team rushed to see a recently reported Whinchat in Cape Town. This species is a major Southern African rarity, with this being only the 30th record for the region.

Whinchats overwinter in Sub-Saharan Africa as far south as Zambia, and normally migrate back north to their European breeding grounds for the northern summer. To reach Cape Town this bird flew south instead of north. This an example of reverse migration, where a bird migrates in the opposite direction typical of their species.

This photo was taken by Principal Tour leader Tertius Gous. To learn more about Tertius and his upcoming tours please visit: https://birdingafrica.com/blog/personnel/tertius-gous/

08/05/2024

The Cinnamon-breasted Warbler (Euryptila subcinnamomea) is a true skulker.

A combination of small size and secretive habits makes this a challenging species to see, let alone photograph.

Tour leader Vincent Ward recently led two trips into the arid Tankwa Karoo where he successfully showed his guests this very-sought after Southern African endemic.

If you would like to focus on this, and other Karoo specials, consider booking a personalised overnight trip: https://birdingafrica.com/blog/tour/cape-town-tankwa-overnight/

This species is also a target on our upcoming Cape Endemics: https://birdingafrica.com/blog/tour/south-africa-cape-endemics-ba2480/

and Ultimate Endemics tours: https://birdingafrica.com/blog/tour/south-africa-ultimate-endemics-ba2467/

19/03/2024

Spring time in the Cape is filled with an endless assortment of bulbs of every colour. This is the richest region in the world for bulb species and is a must see floral event every September!

Contact us at [email protected] for more info on joining us on an exploration of the Cape Flora

29/02/2024

Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda is one of the largest high altitude montane forest in Africa and is home to a diverse range of Albertine Rift endemics as well as 13 primate species. It is the only accessible place to find the unusual Red-collared Mountain Babbler which travels around in small parties in the canopy.

Contact [email protected] for more info on joining our upcoming tour with Michael Mills from the 1st to 7th of June 2024

25/12/2023

We hope everyone is managing at least a small holiday and look forward to planning lot of bird-filled travel in Africa with you in 2024!
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