What you may see
Kruger National Park / Rietspruit Big Game Reserve
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 Wren-warbler, Melodious Lark, Comb Duck, Green Wood-Hoopoe and many, many more.
- 100+ species can be seen on a day trip in summer.
- 500+ species on the official Kruger National Park List.
Mount Sheba
18 SPECIAL AFRO-MONTANE FOREST 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 (rare), Terrestrial Brownbul, African Emerald Cuckoo, Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Green Twinspot, Olive Woodpecker, Square-taliled Drongo, Swee Waxbill, Cape Batis, Bar-throated Apalis, Southern Boubou, Southern Doublecollared Sunbird.
FYNBOS SPECIES::
Gurney’s Sugarbird (early winter), 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 (late summer), 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 (rare), Croaking Cisticola, Purple-crested Turaco, Green-capped Eremomela, Black & Brown-crowned Tchagra and more.
About your Specialist Bird Guide – Nick Smith
From a very early age I have always had a passion for the bush and I was lucky enough to visit the Kruger National Park often with my parents. I attended school on a wildlife estate from the age of 11 and when I glanced out of the windows, during class, and looked in awe at my surroundings and at the occasional animal that passed, I knew that becoming a guide would be my future. I studied with Eco Training where I obtained my FGASA qualification, back up trails and advanced birding.
I have extensive experience from guiding in the Makuleke Concession of the Kruger National Park which is home to over 75% of the Kruger National Park’s biodiversity, which makes it an extremely special place. It is also home to some of the most spectacular places I have ever seen including the fever tree forest, Lanner Gorge and the picturesque Limpopo floodplains. I have also guided in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve which is a 60 000 hectare property and also forms part of the greater Kruger National Park. I have witnessed some of the most spectacular sightings on my guiding journey and my aim is for all to have their own unique breathtaking encounters.
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