+27.83.256.0491 (Whatsapp) birdingafricaoffice@gmail.com
+27.83.256.0491 (Whatsapp) birdingafricaoffice@gmail.com

Tour Reports

By country
Tour Reports - All African Countries
/Day Trips & Cape Town Pelagics

PLEASE NOTE : this is a new trip report section and we are still uploading reports from our old site.
Please email us for particular reports that might not reflect yet. 

 


Angola

Tour Reports & Highlights

Angola Comprehensive – BA2302 : Aug / Sep 2023 – we logged a record 577 species!
Open the link for the full species list.


Angola – BA2279 : August 2022 – 561 species. Top five birds were White-headed Robin-Chat, Margaret’s Batis, White-bellied Barbet, Eastern Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Bocage’s Weaver


Angola Comprehensive – BA2202 : September 2022 – 569 species. We spent 18 days visiting the key birding sites, recording all endemics.


Angola Comprehensive : August 2019 – 559 species. White-headed Robin-Chat


Angola : September 2018 – 550 species. Angola White-bellied Barbet

 

Botswana

Tour Reports & Highlights


Botswana Okavango : June – July 2019 – 209 bird, 34 mammal and 5 reptile species

Cape Verde, Azores, Madeira, Canary Is.

Tour Reports & Highlights


 

Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Tour Reports & Highlights


Comoros : October 2018 – Mohéli Scops Owl, Comoro Blue Vanga


Seychelles, Mauritius & Reunion : October 2018

Ethiopia

Tour Reports & Highlights


Ethiopia : April 2019 – 500 species


Ethiopia : March – April 2016 – 540 species – bird list & trip report


Ethiopia : April 2014 – 500+ bird species, including all Ethiopian & Eritrean endemics


Ethiopia : February 2013 – 515 species, located all the Ethiopian & Eritrean endemics

 

Gabon

Tour Reports & Highlights

Gabon : Sep – Oct 2021 – Top 5 birds – African River Martin, Grey Ground Thrush, White-crested Tiger Heron, Vermiculated Fishing Owl, Black Guineafowl

Ghana

Tour Reports & Highlights

Ghana : January 2022 – 430 species, including Yellow-headed Picathartes, Ghana’s star bird.

 

Kenya

Tour Reports & Highlights


Eastern Kenya : May 2021

 

Liberia & Sierre Leone

Tour Reports & Highlights


Upper Guinea : 5 January 2023

Upper Guinea : 23 January 2023

Upper Guinea :  January 2020 (our very 1st tour to the Upper Guinea region)

 

 

Madagascar

Tour Reports & Highlights


Madagascar & Masoala : November 2022 – All species vanga, mesite, ground roller and coua, three asities, and more…


Madagascar & Masoala : November 2017 – 189 species, all 5 species of ground roller, all 3 mesites, all species of vanga & all 10 couas

Malawi

Tour Reports & Highlights


Malawi : October 2018. Top birds as voted for – White-winged Apalis, White-winged Babbling Starling, Thyolo Alethe, Shelley’s Sunbird, Souza’s Shrike, Pel’s Fishing Owl & Pennant-winged Nightjar.

Morocco

Tour Reports & Highlights


Morocco : April 2015 – Top 5 birds: Northern Bald Ibis, Houbara Bustard,  Tristram’s Warbler, Dupont’s Lark, Cream-coloured Courser

Namibia

Tour Reports & Highlights


Namibia & Okavango : September 2019 – 307 bird species; 46 mammal species

Rwanda

Tour Reports & Highlights


Uganda: June 2021 – 560 species – Green-breasted Pitta


Uganda & Rwanda: Jun – Jul 2018 – Red-collared Mountain Babbler, African Green Broadbill, Green-breasted Pitta & Shoebill

São Tomé & Príncipe

Tour Reports & Highlights


 

Socotra Island

Tour Reports & Highlights


Socotra Island : March 2024 – notched up all endemics within the first 48 hours


Socotra Island : December 2021 – 100+ species incl. the 11 strict endemics

South Africa

Tour Reports & Highlights


Cape to Kruger : October 2023 – ebird species list & photos from tour participants


Cape to Kruger : February 2020


Cape to Kruger : October 2018


Cape to Kruger : February 2018

 

 

Tanzania

Tour Reports & Highlights


Tanzania : April 2022 – 460+ bird & 47 mammal species


Tanzania : 3 – 14 April 2018 – 420 bird & 53 mammal species


Tanzania : 16 – 27 April 2018 – 409 bird & 48 mammal species

 

Uganda

Tour Reports & Highlights


Uganda: June 2021 – 560 species – Green-breasted Pitta


Uganda & Rwanda: Jun – Jul 2018 – Red-collared Mountain Babbler, African Green Broadbill, Green-breasted Pitta & Shoebill

 

Zambia

Tour Reports & Highlights


Ultimate Zambia : Nov – Dec 2019 – Top 5 birds: African Pitta, Black-cheeked Lovebird, Chaplin’s Barbet, Bar-winged Weaver, Bamboo Warbler

Day Trips from Cape Town

 – trip reports are ongoing. Here are a couple of samples, but please email us for the latest.

Trip Reports & Highlights

Kogelberg Biosphere : 13 June 2021 – 54 species – Cape Rockjumper, Ground Woodpecker
Kogelberg Biosphere & West Coast : 9 & 10 May 2021 – 122 species – Cape Rockjumper, Ground Woodpecker, Southern Black Korhaan, Black Harrier
Kogelberg Biosphere : 26 April 2021 – 55 species – Cape Rockjumper, Cape Siskin, Victorin’s Warbler

 

Cape Town Pelagics

 – trip reports are ongoing. Here are a couple of samples, but please go to Cape Town Pelagics for the latest.

Trip Reports & Highlights


30 May 2021 – Southern Fulmar, Spectacled Petrel
23 May 2021SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS
2 May 2021 – Black-bellied Storm Petrel