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Safari Rangers operate
a unique range of Bird Watching Safari tours to South Africa's
Kruger National Park; designed to fulfil every ‘birders’ pursuit
for fantastic bird watching in Southern Africa.
Our Kruger Park Bird Watching Safaris are for couples and groups of birders who are looking at flying into South Africa over a weekend, bird watching during the week and then flying out the following weekend. It's very much all about enjoying up to a weeks worth of concentrated bird watching in the North of Kruger Park with everything laid on - perfect!
Based on our Classic
Kruger Park Safari tours our Bird Watching Safaris are acknowledged for
being a highly rewarding experience for all birding enthusiasts,
from the dedicated 'twitcher' to those just becoming familiar
with birds.
Southern Africa has over
900 recorded species of bird with over 800 occurring in South
Africa of which just over 500 species occur in the Kruger
Park. It's the parks unique
diverse eco-systems ranging from
forest to bushveld-savannah to montane grasslands that supports
the parks fascinating variety of birds:
Hornbills, Eagles,
Starlings, Vultures, Rollers, Bee-eaters and
Shrikes.
With such a variety and
concentration of birds in a relatively small area and with the
added excitement of coming across big game; it's no wonder the
Kruger Park is recognised as one of the leading avi-destinations
in Africa.
The far North of the park (Pafuri and Punda
Maria regions) is regarded as one of the birding Mecca's
of the country with many regional rarities to be found,
yet birding throughout the entire park is excellent. To see our
list of the more sought after species click
here
Eagles are common:
Bateleur,
Martial, Black-chested Snake, Brown Snake, African Hawk, African
Fish and
Tawny are all regularly seen
and in the summer
months:
Wahlberg's, Steppe, Lesser
Spotted.
The Kruger Parks numerous
waterhole's make for excellent birding, while the rest camps and
picnic sites are exceptionally rewarding. Numbers
are greatest in summer (September - March) when all the migrants
are present.
Birders can also look
forward to pursuing the Big
Six:
Saddle-billed Stork, Kori Bustard, Martial Eagle, Lappet-faced
Vulture, Pel's Fishing-Owl and
Ground Hornbill.
The Big Six represent a
subjective grouping of the six most
desired birds that visitors to the park want to see.
The six species are also by and
large restricted to Kruger and other near by
conservation areas, as human encroachment
and habitat degradation have
reduced their ranges.
It
makes sense for any ‘birder’ who is ready to enjoy bird watching
in Africa, to visit South Africa and head straight for
the Northern regions of Kruger
Park on one of our exciting guided Birding Safaris.
For more information on
our 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7-day guided safaris departing from
any hotel or guesthouse in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Nelspruit and
Hoedspruit;
click on any of the Birding Safari and Kruger Park Safari links.
Your Kruger Park Bird Watching Specialists
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Our itineraries are very
detailed providing you with a very real idea of what can or does
actually occur on our Bird Watching Safaris.
Although there is more travelling, we tour
the Northern regions of Kruger Park to
ensure we give you the opportunity to view as many birds as
possible including the many regional rarities only found in the
North of the park. It's well worth the extra travelling.
Safari Rangers are in the
position to offer tailor-made Bird Watching
tours to cover the rest of South
Africa. We can add on a Cape birding tour if so required.
Our specialist birding
Safari Ranger guides are highly passionate and
experienced birders, whose enthusiasm
and professionalism towards this niche industry goes far to
ensure your bird watching in South Africa
is
very successful.
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