Crane's Cape Travel - Geoff Crane

18/09/2024

Fantastic wildlife sightings on a recent 'natural history' short tour in the Cape.

28/08/2024

Snowing on Table Mountain!!!

13/08/2024

West coast / Namaqualand spring flowers. This photo was taken this time last year. The flowers are later this year but I'm hoping that in the next couple of weeks the flowers will start blooming... we just need a week of blue skies and sunshine!

We will have scheduled day trips out of Cape Town to the West Coast National Park.

02/08/2024

Namibian mammals..... There's no end to the photo opportunities! You start pre-dawn with a cup of coffee and you finish well after dinner at the floodlit waterhole.

02/07/2024

We are on our way......

Global Birdfair July 2024
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02/07/2024

17/06/2024

Cape to Kalahari
August 2024

During our two-week Cape to Kalahari Safari, we travel through many different vegetation habitats which in turn play host to a multitude of birds, mammals, flowers, reptiles & insects. We start off the trip with four days in the spectacular Cape. We then drive north through the Cederberg Mountains and the Namaqualand spring flowers to Springbok. Ending the trip with 5 days mammal & bird watching in the Augrabies Falls National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. In total we will be visiting 5 National Parks, 7 Botanical Gardens and Flower Reserves, 2 Wilderness Areas and 4 Nature Reserves, as well as numerous sights of interest.

The Cape is known for its dramatic mountain scenery and unique fynbos vegetation, both at sea level and up in the mountains. The coast around the Cape has some excellent wetlands and is one of the best places in the world for shore-based whale-watching. We hope to see Southern Right Whales doing some dramatic display activities close inshore.

We travel on to one of the world's most famous spring flower areas – Namaqualand. After winter rains, this area is transformed in to a kaleidoscope of colour, with hundreds of different species of flowering plants. This region also has a high concentration of endemic birds and is an excellent birding area.

The Kalahari National Park, recently renamed the Kagalagadi Transfrontier Park, is a chance to see one of the last true wilderness reserves in the world. The park is made up of three countries, with no border or boundary fences. Kalahari Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Gemsbok and many other mammal species can be seen in the park. The park is characterised by it’s red sand dunes with sparse vegetation and the dry riverbeds of the Nossob and Auob rivers, where camel thorn, raisin bush and black thorn attract over 215 bird species to their welcoming cool shade.

For more information: [email protected]

The tour is designed and operated by Geoff Crane, who has been operating birding and natural history tours throughout Southern Africa for the past twenty-five years.

13/06/2024

South Africa
2024 & 2025
Western & Eastern Cape overland tour....... for a full itinerary with prices send us an email.
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26/05/2024

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