BIRD SPECIALS

White Pelican and Pink-backed Pelican, Rufous-bellied Heron,  Saddle-billed Stork and Yellow-billed Stork, Lesser Flamingo and Greater Flamingo, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Crested Guineafowl, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Lesser Jacana, Caspian Tern, Livingstone’s Turaco ,Green Coucal, Mangrove Kingfisher, African Broadbill, Eastern Nicator ,White-throated Robin Chat, Brown Scrub Robin and Bearded Robin, Rudd’s Apalis, Woodward’s Batis, Short-tailed Pipit, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Gorgeous Bush Shrike, Neergaard’s Sunbird, Green Twinspot and Pink-throated Twinspot, and Grey Waxbill.

INFORMATION FOR BIRDERS

St Lucia possesses more than half of South Africa’s total bird count, including a number of endemics. We will tailor make a trip to suit your needs.

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St Lucia and surrounding area are part of the Zululand Birding Route and have the Igwalagwala Trail, which both offer some of the best birding opportunities anywhere in South Africa. Published author and ornithologist Ian Sinclair said “The Igwalagwala Trail in St Lucia (South Africa) has to be one of the best birding walks in the world for the number of quality birds for the surface area you have.” There are over 500 species of birds in summer, including many migrants. Birding tours are custom designed according to what you want to see, and costs are calculated at an hourly rate. So whether you want to see water birds, sea birds, forest birds, or birds of prey, our local knowledge will give you the very best chance to find the birds you want