Kruger Park Birding Tours

Name: Kruger Park Birding Tours
Address: 82 Ehmke Street, Mbombela, 1200, ZA
Telephone: +27824486444
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Specialist Birding Tours in the Kruger National Park & beyond. We have our own open safari vehicles that we use to conduct our birding safaris.
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Wild Photo Africa Birding specializes in guided birding safaris in the Kruger National Park and Southern Africa. We are based in Nelspruit (Mbombela), South Africa, right on the doorstep of the Kruger National Park. We offer birding day trips and multi day birding safaris into the world renowned Kruger National Park and other destinations in Southern Africa. If you are an avid birder (beginner or

experienced), or a bird photographer, we will help you to plan that perfect birding safari! For more information, please contact us on [email protected] or visit our website at www.wildphotoafrica.com

06/07/2024

African Scops Owl | Skopsuil

These little beauties are quite common in the rest camps and picnic sites in the Kruger National Park. They are often overlooked because of their exceptional camouflage.

13/06/2024

Wow what a bird we found yesterday on our birding day trip!! A White-Breasted Cuckooshrike!

Not only is this a very difficult bird to see in South Africa and is usually found in well developed tall mopane woodlands where they normally forage quite high up in the vegetation.
We were extremely lucky when we spotted this guy well out of range in the South of the Kruger National Park, close to Skukuza. If I say lucky, I mean it! We were driving along the s22, about a 100 meters from the s114, where I was chatting to my birding guests when something “out of place” looking caught my eye, we were on our way to a lion kill and for a second, I almost drove on!! Luckily my curiosity got the better off me and I decided to reverse and double check… I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!!
Luckily he was very obliging and I managed to get a few good shots of him before he decided to fly deeper in and disappeared.
This was a Lifer for me and all my guests and I was thrilled that I could share this special sighting with them!

One thing is for sure… when something looks odd or doesn’t seem right, its definitely worth stopping and checking it out!

Planning to visit the Kruger National Park to do some birding, contact us at [email protected] or whats app on +27824486444

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22/05/2024

Southern Ground Hornbill in flight with breakfast

17/05/2024

Martial Eagle

With a wingspan of 2.4m, it is one of Africa’s largest eagles. They prey on a variety of animals which range from guinea fowl, small mammals, reptiles, to small antelope.

27/02/2024

Natal Spurfowl | Natalse Fisant

We got down low for this guy and the photo is spectacular!!

17/02/2024

Caspian Plover | Asiatiese Strandkiewiet

This stunning bird has been hanging around close to Crocodile Bridge for a while now! A very relaxed bird!

27/01/2024

Stunning Swee Waxbill’s this morning at Bourkes Luck Potholes.

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25/01/2024

Burchells Coucal enjoying the morning sun after a hefty storm the previous night.

25/01/2024

White-crowned Lapwing | Witkopkiewiet

There is a definite range expansion for this species as it used to be confined mostly to the north of the park, however we now have frequent sightings of them in the far south of the park.

25/01/2024

Sedge Warbler | Europese Vleisanger

They like flooded grass, vegetation, weeds and sedges rather than established reed beds.

25/01/2024

Stierling’s Wren-Warbler | Stierlingsanger

Can be commonly heard in the Kruger National Park, but not so easy to see and photograph! This one we found while out on a bushwalk near Malelane Gate.

25/01/2024

What are you looking at?

Found this beauty not in Kruger, but in Nelspruit! The steiltes nature reserve is a good place to find these beauties!

17/01/2024

African Pygmy Goose | Dwerggans

An uncommon bird in the Kruger National Park. There is a pair that frequent Leeupan in the summer months if the conditions are right and if there are plenty of water lilly’s at the pan.

10/01/2024

Although not a bird, but we found this Gaboon Adder today on our afternoon bird walk here in St.Lucia with

Thank you Ian for an incredible outing!!

Gaboon Adders are not a common sight, normally very well camouflaged in the leaf litter of dense forested areas, however this one was resting in a very open area!

30/12/2023

How many bird species can you see and identify?

We had this special sighting yesterday in the Kruger National Park on the s25, Mlambane Causeway.

27/12/2023

White-breasted Cormorant | Witborsduikers

Gathering some nesting material

27/12/2023

Swainsons Spurfowl | Bosveldfisant

A common spurfowl in the Kruger National Park. They also love to sit up on a perch and announce their presence, which in turn offers fantastic photo opportunities!

21/12/2023

On a recent birding day trip with Kruger Park Birding Tours, we had the pleasure to watch this Fork-tailed Drongo repeatedly dive bomb this beautiful Lizzard Buzzard. Eventually the Drongo succeeded and the Buzzard took off into some thickets.

Book a day trip birding with Kruger Park Birding Tours for this festive season!
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13/12/2023

We went for a short visit at Marievale Bird Sanctuary near Nigel the other day! What an amazing place!! Soooo many birds! We spend about 3 hours there and racked up just under 90 species! There are photographic hides all over the place and we wish we had more time to spend in them! All in all, its a wonderful place and a must visit for any birder!! So why not include a visit here when coming to kruger for a birding tour with us?? Here are a few snaps of the day…

01/12/2023

A great comparison of Yellow-billed Oxpeckers and a Red-billed Oxpecker.
The YBO are now quite common in the South of the park, compared to just a few years ago when they were still a rarity! I remember a few years ago when I reported a YBO on a Giraffe in the Lower Sabie region and I got feedback that, that was the first sighting of them in that region. What a success story for this bird that was once almost completely locally extinct in the Kruger National Park due to pesticides that were used to dip cattle to get rid of ticks.

01/12/2023

Narina Trogon | Bosloerie

Just love these beautiful birds! They are absolutely amazing! Difficult to find but sooo rewarding if you do find them!

28/11/2023

Dusky Lark | Donkerlewerik

These beauties are often seen moving around shrugging their wings and this could possibly be a way to flush insects. Interestingly the Ground-scraper Thrush not only looks very similar but also shrugs its wings like the Dusky Lark. The Dusky Lark has quite long legs with a whitish/ light grey colour to them. The chest is boldly spotted with a dark back which is often quite scaly.

22/11/2023

On the 2nd of December we will participate in the annual Birding Big Day this year!

We encourage all birders to participate in this amazing day! Its a day for everyone interested in birds to go and have a day out birding while having fun doing it! Get a team together and enter! Here is a link to see how it works and how to enter https://www.birdlife.org.za/support-us/events/birding-big-day-2023/

I will post a link where you can follow the progress of the different teams on the day!

The aim is to see how many different bird species you can record in a 24hr period

Me (Mario Paul) and Viljoen Jordaan will be in team Kruger Park Birding Tours. We are looking forward to have a fun day out, learn and contribute.

Who else is competing?

22/11/2023

Secretary Bird | Sekretarisvoël

Always special to find these guys in the Kruger National Park.

22/11/2023

Burchell’s Coucal | Vleiloerie

Drying and preening itself in the early morning sun after a rainy night.

21/11/2023

Mosque Swallow | Moskeeswael

Along with the Broad-billed Rollers, they seem to be far more common in the south of the park this season!

21/11/2023

Emerald-spotted Wood-dove | Groenvlekduifie

Such a beautiful little dove, yet quite quite challenging to photograph!

21/11/2023

Bathawk | Vlermuisvalk

Our resident Bathawks love to pose for us!

21/11/2023

Squacco Heron | Ralreier

Had beautiful views of this Squacco Heron on the Skukuza Golf Coarse.

21/11/2023

Broad-billed Roller | Geelbektroupant

This year seems to be a good year for these rollers in the southern part of the park. We have seen way more breeding pairs than usual! Could be due to the fact that we had an abnormally wet winter!

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Wow what a sighting of this beautiful pair of African Barred Owlets! It was a windy and cold morning yesterday in the Kruger National Park yesterday, and we found these 2 beauts just basking in the sun a mere 7m of the road!! Definitely the highlight of the day!!

One of my favorite lion sightings I’ve had in Hwange National Park. 3 young male lions managed to kill an old buffalo bull in the man made watering hole. We spend most of the morning with them and returned again in the afternoon where we found a herd of about 500 buffalo approaching the waterhole where the lions were busy feeding. The lions gave the herd only one look and retreated to safety on a nearby termite mount. They only returned to the kill when the Buffalo moved off. . . . #lion #lions #lionking #big5 #lionsofinstagram #africa #zimbabwe #southernafrica #safari #photosafari #photography #wildphotoafrica #master_shots #animallovers #best_shotz #natgeo #natgeowild #naturephoto #africansafari #instagram #nature #wild #travel #travelafrica #wu_africa #natgeoyourshot #hwangenationalpark #hwange

Wow what a sighting this was!! This was a few months ago. Oh what I would give to be back there now! @makalali_aha never disappoints!!! . . . #lions #lion #lionking #malelion #big5 #makalali #makalaliprivategamereserve #gamedrive #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #safari #photosafari #photography #wildphotoafrica #krugerparkphotosafaris #master_shots #animallovers #best_shotz #natgeo #natgeowild #naturephoto #africansafari #instagram #nature #wild #travel #travelafrica #wu_africa #natgeoyourshot

Just a nice sighting of a herd of ellies crossing the road on their way to a water hole! . . . #elephant #elephants #elephantsofinstagram #big5 #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #safari #photosafari #photography #wildphotoafrica #krugerparkphotosafaris #master_shots #animallovers #best_shotz #natgeo #natgeowild #naturephoto #africansafari #instagram #nature #wild #travelsouthafrica #travelafrica #wu_africa #natgeoyourshot #krugerparkpage

Sometimes just enjoying a sighting without taking photos is more rewarding than that photo! We were watching this breeding herd of elephants this morning and this young bull decided to come and greet us 😊 he was very relaxed and as young bulls often do they try to show how big and intimidating they are. This is where knowing animal behavior is very important, however one must NEVER loose respect or become too complacent with these giants as they are still wild animals and deserve utmost respect !! O was doing a game drive for @vulatours with some german guests!! To book your next safari you can get in contact with me or book a safari with Vula Tours cc ([email protected]) and request me as your guide! 😉 . . . @wildphotoafrica www.wildphotoafrica.com (new website will be launched soon 😉) . . #germanguide #deutsch #deutschland #elephant #elephants #wildphotoafrica #krugerparkphotosafaris #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #master_shots #animallovers #best_shotz #natgeo #natgeowild #wildlifephotography #naturephoto #photosafari #africansafari #instagram #nature #wild #travel #travelafrica #wu_africa #natgeoyourshot

Quenching their thirst in the heat of the day! Elephants love clean water and here is a good example where they were drinking water directly from the outlet and not from the main waterhole (this is a man made water hole). The same can often be seen in riverbeds where surface water is available however the elephants will sometimes rather dig a hole in the sand next to the surface water and utilize the cool filtered water that is under the sand. . . . #elephant #elephants #hwange #hwangenationalpark #zimbabwe #wildphotoafrica #krugerparkphotosafaris #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #master_shots #animallovers #best_shotz #natgeo #natgeowild #wildlifephotography #naturephoto #photosafari #africansafari #instagram #nature #wild #travel #travelafrica #wu_africa #natgeoyourshot

So tomorrow I start with the second of 3 train safaris. This one starts in Pretoria and ends in Victoria Falls. Here is a little video of some baboons enjoying the train as it was standing at the Victoria Falls station before we got onto the train on the previous trip... . . . #shongololo #africanexplorer #rovosrail #baboons #wildphotoafrica #krugerparkphotosafaris #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #master_shots #animallovers #best_shotz #natgeo #natgeowild #wildlifephotography #naturephoto #photosafari #africansafari #instagram #nature #wild #travel #travelafrica #wu_africa #natgeoyourshot

An old Warrior walking by our game vehicle... luckily this guy didn’t have a temper!!! . . . #buffalo #buffalobull #capebuffalo #warrior #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #natgeoyourshot #africageographic #photography #wildlifephotography #canon #canonphoto #naturegram #wildlife_perfection #instawild #earthcapture #safari #photosafari #wildafrica #bbcearth #thisissouthafrica #travel #weg #menseselense

Was a rather quiet day when it comes to predator sightings but we had this fantastic hyena!! . . . #hyena #hyenas #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #natgeoyourshot #africageographic #bigcats #photography #wildlifephotography #canon #canonphoto #naturegram #wildlife_perfection #instawild #catsofinstagram #earthcapture #safari #photosafari #wildafrica #bbcearth #thisissouthafrica #big_shotz #travel

And Makalali Private Game Lodge delivers again!!! Yesterday afternoon we had these 2 beauts giving us a show... #lion #lions #photosafari www.mariopaulphotography.com

Leopard Taking a Afternoon Walk

This is pure Kruger National Park... This female leopard owned the road and gave us some fantastic photographic opportunities. www.mariopaulphotography.com

A nice elephant 🐘 sighting we had this afternoon @bonganilodge , this little one trying to show us he is big and strong... too cute! #fakeittillyoumakeit #babyellietriestobebig #smallmansyndrome #fun #africa #southafrica #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #safari #africansafari #photosafari #photo_safari #photography #photographicsafari #wildlife #wildlifesafari #animal #animals #big5 #elephant #elephants #meetsouthafrica #thisissouthafrica #tia #mariopaul #mariopaulphothraphy