A Trip Report is compiled and sent after the tour is complete
£ 999.00
per person based on standard room
£ 85.00
single room supplement
This tour needs a min of 3 people to operate
inclusions
All flights in economy
class inclusive of airport taxes
Escorted by staff member
from The Independent Traveller
7 nights accommodation
in a luxury Riad on bed and breakfast
2 gala dinners and 3
lunches
All sightseeing as indicated
with private guides
£1356.00 per person
based on standard room
£258.00 single room supplement
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Special Interest Tours / Birdwatching - Ndumo & Mkhuzi (SA)
General information on destinations that we visit:
Mkhuze Game Reserve
Mkhuze Game Reserve covers 40 000 hectares and rates as one of South Africa's favourite birding destinations and one of the top three birding spots in Zululand.
The diversity of habitats including pans, swamps, acacia thornveld, sand forest, riverine forest, open woodland as well as mountainous areas with cliff faces and open grassland in places, supports more than 400 exciting species.
Ndumo Game Reserve
Ndumo Game Reserve is situated on the banks of the Pongola and Usutu rivers and despite being only around 9 000 hectares, this is one of the most attractive reserves in Southern Africa.
The Fever and Fig Tree woodland and the many large pans support an amazing birdlife. Ndumo is one of South Africa's most productive birding areas with well over 400 species recorded here, several of which are at the southern-most limit of their ranges.
Wakkerstroom
The small village of Wakkerstroom is in the extreme south-east of Mpumalanga Province and falls entirely within South Africa's high altitude grassland biome. It is without doubt the prime hotspot in South Africa for highveld endemics and rarities. The surrounding countryside has extensive rolling grassland hills, mist belt forest, deep wooded valleys and extensive wetland habitat in the form of vleis, pans, marshes and dams.
BirdLife South Africa is based here and has extensive property overlooking the wetland reserve.
Target species: • Southern Bald Ibis
• Grey-winged Francolin
• Blue Korhaan
• Blue and Grey-Crowned Crane
• Ground Woodpecker
• Rudd's and Botha's Lark
• Yellow-breasted and Yellow-tufted Pipits
• Buff-streaked Chat
• Pale-crowned Cisticola
Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve
Suikerbosrand is an excellent highveld reserve set in picturesque hills, approximately 50km south of Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province. It has a number of species that are otherwise difficult to see in the Johannesburg area.
This 13 337 hectare reserve encompasses a large variety of vegetation types, ranging from open grassland on the plains to montane grasslands on the hills (above 1800m) with broadleaf woodland in the valleys and gorges, Acacia woodland, Protea veld and marshes making up the remainder of the reserve.
Birdlife in the reserve is unique in that a mix of eastern and western species occur. A number of Southern African endemics can be seen.
A large number of mammals also inhabit the grasslands, including black wildebeest, springbok, red hartebeest, blesbok, eland, suricate (meercat), yellow mongoose and black-backed jackal.
