Birding Tours
Avifaunal Experiences
Tailor-made Birding Tours
Southern Africa boasts an incredible variety of landforms and habitats, from deserts and grasslands to mountains, forests, savannahs, and the iconic karoo and fynbos biomes.
These diverse environments are home to over 950 bird species, 150 of which are endemic to the region, making it one of the world’s top birding destinations.
At Tembele Eco-Tours, we delight in sharing this extraordinary avifaunal diversity with birders of all levels. Our tailor-made birding tours are led by our skilled team of ecologists, ornithologists, and safari guides, who are passionate about the natural world.
Key destinations in our southern African tours include the Kruger National Park, Drakensberg Mountains, Zululand, the Limpopo Province, Botswana’s Okavango Delta and Chobe, and Namibia’s deserts. Beyond southern Africa, we offer tours to East Africa’s Tanzania and Uganda, as well as Ghana, combining exceptional birding with stunning wildlife and landscapes.
Kruger National Park Birding Tour
6 Days
Price: TBC
With close-on 300 resident and another 100 migratory species, Kruger offers diverse and prolific birding in a variety of landscapes including; open savannah, mixed woodlands, riparian zones, seasonal & perennial rivers, rocky inselbergs and grassy plains. Kori Bustard, Ostrich, Ground Hornbill and Secretarybird Starlings, Bee-eaters, Kingfishers, Rollers and Hornbills.
South African Endemics Birding Tour
18 Days
Price: TBC
We cover the length and breadth of South Africa specifically targeting close on 70 endemics in the Great Karoo, the West Coast, the Cape Peninsula the central grasslands, Lesotho, Zululand and the Drakensberg.
Apart from the endemics we should see a further 400 species.
Best Bushveld Birding
7 Days
Price: TBC
This tour, in the Malaria free areas of the western Limpopo Province, is a great introduction to birding in the South African savannahs and woodlands.
Starting in Johannesburg the tour incorporates the Waterberg Mountain Range, the Nyl floodplain, the Polokwane Plateau and the arid western Soutpansberg region.
Black Fronted Bulbul
Western Cape Birding Tour
10 Days
Price: TBC
The unique ‘Fynbos’, coastal and mountain habitats of the Cape peninsula and beyond, are home to a diverse range of avifauna, from penguins to ostriches and two endemic families in sugarbirds and rockjumpers.
We visit the best sites within the peninsula, the west coast, the Agulhas plain and also include a pelagic excursion out of Simon’s Town.
South African Raptor Fest
10 Days
Price: TBC
Between December and April. Close on 40 raptor species and owls can be seen on this tour. Included in the tour plan are the grasslands of Mpumalanga, the savannahs and woodlands of the Kruger National Park, the forests of the eastern escarpment and the arid scrubland of the Mapungubwe National Park.
Apart from iconic African raptors such as the resident Martial Eagle, Bateleur and Secretarybird there will be a good selection of vultures, accipiters, falcons and Palearctic migrant species.
Martial Eagle
Zambezi Birding Experience
5 Days
Price: TBC
Based on the idyllic Sekoma Island in Zambia, we navigate the waterways of the Zambezi and Chobe Rivers to enjoy birding of the highest order.
Sought-after and seldom-seen species such as Pel’s Fishing Owl, African Finfoot, White-backed Night Heron and Lesser Jacana are just a few of the specialities that can be seen.
Most of the birding will be conducted from comfortable and very stable, aluminium river boats.
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Namibian Birding Safaris
14 Days
Price: TBC
A country as fascinating as its birds are! Walvis Bay, Etosha National Park, the Erongo Mountains and the Namib Desert are just some of the top birding spots that form part of a great itinerary.
The Namib desert offers unique birding experiences, including the Dune Lark, Namibia’s only endemic bird.
Namibian Dune Lark
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