31 Oct 2025 - 21 Nov 2025 (22 days)
ZAR107,950 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Julian Parsons
Tour price (Per person): ZAR107,950 * USD6,236 * GBP4,484 * EUR5,157 * AUD9,363
Single Supplement: ZAR8,500 * USD491 * GBP353 * EUR406 * AUD737
23 Nov 2025 - 14 Dec 2025 (22 days)
ZAR107,950 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Quinton Paul Josop
Tour price (Per person): ZAR107,950 * USD6,236 * GBP4,484 * EUR5,157 * AUD9,363
Single Supplement: ZAR8,500 * USD491 * GBP353 * EUR406 * AUD737
30 Oct 2026 - 20 Nov 2026 (22 days)
ZAR119,950 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Tour price (Per person): ZAR119,950 * USD6,929 * GBP4,982 * EUR5,731 * AUD10,404
Single Supplement: ZAR8,500 * USD491 * GBP353 * EUR406 * AUD737
16 Nov 2026 - 07 Dec 2026 (22 days)
ZAR119,950 - 3 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Jan Pienaar
Tour price (Per person): ZAR119,950 * USD6,929 * GBP4,982 * EUR5,731 * AUD10,404
Single Supplement: ZAR8,500 * USD491 * GBP353 * EUR406 * AUD737
22 Nov 2026 - 13 Dec 2026 (22 days)
ZAR119,950 - 1 Space Available
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Tour price (Per person): ZAR119,950 * USD6,929 * GBP4,982 * EUR5,731 * AUD10,404
Single Supplement: ZAR8,500 * USD491 * GBP353 * EUR406 * AUD737
15 Nov 2027 - 06 Dec 2027 (22 days)
ZAR127,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR127,000 * USD7,336 * GBP5,275 * EUR6,067 * AUD11,015
South Africa has the highest number of endemic and near-endemic bird species of any country on the African continent. Some of these special birds such as Drakensberg Rockjumper and Blue Crane – are beautiful and charismatic; while others, including the Cinnamon-breasted and Knysna Warblers are less striking but range-restricted. To boot, South Africa is also home to two very impressive endemic families, the striking Rockjumpers and Sugarbirds.
The focus of this 22-day endemics mega-birding tour is to see as many of these South African endemic, breeding endemic and near-endemic species as possible. Every single one of the 99 birds falling into this category as well as most of the 78 species falling into the category of endemic or near-endemic to the southern African sub-region are targeted during the tour. Furthermore, we will seek out many other special and sought-after African species; and, in the course of this tour, we have the potential to rack up a very impressive bird list in terms of species numbers, rarities and great sightings. Mammals will likewise form a major focus of our attention, and we can expect to also find an incredible diversity of reptiles, amphibians, and other wildlife. We invite you to join us on this exciting celebration of our endemic treasures during this ultimate South African mega-birding adventure!
Please note: these prices are subject to foreign exchange fluctuations.
African Penguin, Blue and Wattled Cranes, Ludwig’s and Denham’s Bustards, Blue, Southern Black and Karoo Korhaans, African Oystercatcher, Crowned, Cape and Bank Cormorants, Cape and Natal Spurfowls, Southern Bald Ibis, Cape Vulture, Black Harrier, Cape & Drakensberg Rockjumpers, Cape & Gurney’s Sugarbirds, Bush Blackcap, Ground Woodpecker, Rudd’s (very rare), Botha’s (very rare), Short-clawed, Red, Sclater’s, Cape Long-billed & Barlow’s Larks, African Rock & Yellow-breasted Pipits, Cape Longclaw, Knysna, Purple-crested & Livingstone’s Turacos, Cape Parrot, Gorgeous, Black-fronted & Olive Bushshrikes, Bokmakierie, Victorin’s, Namaqua, Cinnamon-breasted, and Layard’s Warblers, Fairy Flycatcher, Karoo Eremomela, Cape and Grey Penduline Tits, White-backed Mousebird, Spotted & Orange Ground Thrushes, Cape and Sentinel Rock Thrushes, Rudd’s Apalis, Woodward’s Batis, Karoo & Brown Scrub Robins, Karoo & Buff-streaked Chats, Pink-throated Twinspot, Neergaard’s, Orange-breasted & Southern Double-collared Sunbirds, Cape & Drakensberg Siskins, Protea, Cape, Forest & Black-headed Canaries.
Black & White Rhinoceroses, Southern African Hedgehog, Meerkat, Black Wildebeest, Nyala, Cape Grysbok, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Springhare, Common Eland, Bat-eared Fox, Blesbok (Bontebok), Grey Rhebok, Klipspringer, Springbok, African Wild Dog, Cheetah
dune and mist-belt forest, acacia savanna, high elevation and coastal grasslands, mountains, semi-desert, fynbos, coastal waters, wetlands
subtropical conditions with occasional rain, cooler in the highlands and the Cape
5 with 1 Rockjumper leader
DIFFICULT: This is a high-intensity “mega” tour designed for passionate listers and serious birders who enjoy a fast-paced schedule. Due to its demanding nature, it’s not recommended for avid photographers, inexperienced birders, or anyone with mobility or health limitations.
Demanding & tiring tour. Designed for the dedicated lister and serious birder. Not suitable for dedicated or avid photographers; inexperienced birders; or anyone with mobility or health challenges. Our Mega tours are very fast-paced birding adventures designed for the dedicated lister and serious birder. The focus of the tour is to see as many of the endemics and area specials as possible in our given time. In order to cover the necessary route to maximise the species list we tend to spend a single night at most sites and travel large distances. There is very little down time aside from that spent driving from one site to the next. These tours are not suitable for dedicated or avid photographers; inexperienced or new birders; as well as anyone with serious mobility or health challenges.
Good to comfortable.
Very targeted birding. Several tricky endemic species, though most birding is in open habitat with limited forest birding.
500 - 550
Cape Peninsula, Sani Pass, Lake St. Lucia, Zululand game reserves, good food & wine, remote and seldom visited areas, spectacular scenery
Good, but limited due to time.
What can I say about Adam. As a guide and companion he was first class. Very patient and his enthusiasm is infectious.
We are writing to say thank you for all you did for us on our recent Birds and Wine tour with you and Alvaro. We really enjoyed meeting you and spending two weeks touring with you around South Africa. The itinerary that you put together with Alvaro was great and all the arrangements worked out to give us a wonderful tour. Your knowledge of the birds and patience spent helping us find and see all the birds really helped us to enjoy our experience and increase our knowledge. We spent much of our time in the Manyoni Reserve in the vehicle with you and it was always exciting finding the wildlife and hearing your analysis of the situation. We also truly appreciated your selection of wineries to visit, the wines we tasted, and the wines you selected to take with us to Zebra Hills Lodge. Your knowledge of the wine and wineries greatly added to our pleasure on the tour. We live in the Northern California wine region and the opportunity to compare South Africa’s wine with the product we know was very enlightening for us. Both the wineries we visited and the wines we tasted convinced us that we were in an excellent wine producing region of the world.
We were very happy to have Heinz Ortmann as our guide. He operated the tour very skilfully in every way and with flexibility when needed to try to get all possible targets. We were also very positively surprised that he had such a great knowledge about mammals, butterflies, reptiles and amphibians beside the birds. Since we also are very interested in all these groups, this was a most welcome bonus. A great tour that we will remember for a long time. We would be very happy doing another private trip with Heinz as our guide.
The trip went great. We all had a great time. We really enjoyed Andre Bernon, he is a great birder and a very good guide.
Keith Valentine is a great guide and his knowledge of the birds and their calls was just amazing.
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