Giraffe

Bookings now open for Soccer World Cup (10 June – 11 July 2010).  Contact us for further details. 

As from February 2010, we are offering fabulous day tours and excursions – for birders and non-birders alike!  We focus on all aspects of the natural world including birds, wildlife, trees and plants, so you will get the most out of your day tour excursions with us!

Tours take a minimum of 2 pax and a maximum of 8.  We will collect you and drop you off at your accommodation.  You will receive a complete info pack with information about the place/s you will be visiting, bird and animal listings and everything else you might need to know.  Our prices include a delicious picnic lunch with a selection of soft drinks (max 2 per person), park and reserve entry fees, transport in a luxury mini-bus and the services of a qualified, registered nature guide and driver, who is also a qualified horticulturalist and bird photographer.     

See below for details of the tours we offer:

White Rhino & Red-billed Oxpeckers

PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK      

Excursions available to people staying anywhere in Johannesburg or Pretoria

 This is a 56 ooo-hectare Big Five game reserve situated about 2 hours drive from Johannesburg on the site of an ancient volcano.  The unique landscape created consists of four rings of concentric hills, affording a magnificent backdrop to the savanna, mixed woodland and bushveld regions of the Park.  Besides the Big Five, the park is stocked with a wide variety of general game species, which were introduced during Operation Genesis, the biggest game relocation operation of its kind, which took place during the 1970s and 1980s.  Some 400 bird species are to be found in the Park, which is also an Important Bird Area and home to several raptors including birds of prey, which face serious conservation issues (including poisoning, trapping and lack of suitable food sources) in the country areas surrounding the Park.  Several bird and game viewing hides situated at the edge of attractive dams as well as several rivers create ideal places to view wildlife and birds.  A full day trip to the Park is perfect to see the variety of habitats, animals and birds this unique reserve has to offer.     

Crimson-breasted Shrike

Recent Sightings:

 Our clients have recently seen the following animals when visiting the Park: Lion, elephant, white rhino, hippo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, kudu, impala, springbuck, red hartebeest, tssessebe, warthog, waterbuck, steenbuck and klipspringer.  Birds recently seen have included Lilac-breasted Roller, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Red-winged Starling, Cape Glossy Starling, Southern Boubou, Common Fiscal, White-fronted Bee-eater, Martial Eagle, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Golden-breasted Bunting, Grey Hornbill, Black-shouldered Kite, Great Egret, Pied Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, Black-headed Heron, Fork-tailed Drongo, Grey Go-way Bird, Grey-backed Bush Shrike, White-crowned Helmet Shrike, Magpie Shrike, African Fish Eagle – and more.