SOUTH AFRICA: Birding - 5 Day Hoedspruit

Road transfer from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit. Afternoon birding and game viewing walk

Possible species: Stierling’s Wren-warbler, Retz’s Helmet-shrike, Orange-breasted Bush-shrike, Burnt-necked Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Acacia Pied-barbet, Greater Honeyguide, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, African Fish Eagle, White-backed Vulture, Bearded Woodpecker, Marico Sunbird, Southern White-crowned Shrike, Brubru, Grey Penduline Tit, Grey-tit Flycatcher, Fairy Fly-catcher (winter)

100 species can be seen on a day trip in summer. 500+ species on the official Kruger National Park List.

• We enter the Kruger Park at Orpen Gate.
• Bird walk in Orpen Camp
• Birding drive to Satara Camp
• Bird walk and lunch in Satara Camp
• Visit to Sweni Bird Hide
• Return to Hoedspruit via Orpen gate

Possible species: Martial Eagle, Wahlberg’s Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Saddle-billed Stork, Kori Bustard, Secretary bird, White-headed Vulture, Lapped-faced Vulture, Bateleur, Brown Snake-eagle, Purple Roller, Broad-billed Roller, Carmine Bee-eater, Senegal Lapwing, Southern Ground-Hornbill, Red-breasted Swallow, Black-headed Oriole, Marico Sunbird, Violet-backed Starling, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Green-winged Pytilia, Sabota Lark, Stierling’s Barred-warbler, Melodious Lark, Comb Duck, Green Wood-Hoopoe and many more

• Birding along the Mariepskop road
• Birding Walk in Afro-montane Forest
• Coffee break with view over the Blyde River Canyon
• Birding on summit in Fynbos biome

18 SPECIAL AFRO-MONTANE SPECIES: Narina Trogon, Orange Ground-thrush, Black-fronted Bush-shrike, Olive Bush-shrike, Yellow-streaked Greenbul, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, White-starred Robin, Chorister Robin-chat Knysna Turaco, Bush Blackcap, Brown Scrub-robin, Terrestrial Brownbul, African Emerald Cuckoo, Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Green Twinspot, Olive Woodpecker, Square-taliled Drongo, Swee Waxbill and also present Cape Batis, Bar-throated Apalis, Southern Boubou, Collared Sunbird.

FYNBOS SPECIES: Gurney’s Sugarbird, Barrat’s Warbler, Forest Canary, Drakensberg Prinia, Cape Robin-chat, Malachite Sunbird, Lazy Cisticola, Southern Double-collared Sunbird.

SAVANNAH & FORESTED MOUNTAIN SLOPES: Gorgeous Bush-shrike, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Broad-billed Roller, Jackal Buzzard, Forest Buzzard, Lizard Buzzard, Mountain Wagtail, Black Duck, Pygmy Kingfisher, Black Saw-wing, White-fronted Bee-eaters, Red-faced Cisticola, Little Bee-eaters, Broad-tailed Warbler, Croaking Cisticola, Purple-crested Turaco, Brown-crowned Tchagra.

FOREST WALK: Narina Trogon, Green Twinspot, Cape Batis, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Brown-backed Honeybird, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, Terrestrial Brownbu, Mountain Wagtail

BOAT TRIP: African Finfoot, Half-collared Kingfisher, Trumpeter Hornbill, Crowned Eagle, African Fish Eagle

Lunch

RIVERINE FOREST WALK: Crowned Eagle, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Bearded Scrub-robin, White-throated Robin-chat, Giant Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Gorgeous Bushshrike

Return to lodge