21 Nov 2025 - 25 Nov 2025 (5 days)
ZAR36,950 - 2 Spaces Available on this guaranteed departure
Tour Leader: Julian Parsons
Tour price (Per person): ZAR36,950 * USD2,069 * GBP1,521 * EUR1,767 * AUD3,169
Single Supplement: ZAR4,500 * USD252 * GBP185 * EUR215 * AUD386
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR4,950 * USD277 * GBP204 * EUR237 * AUD425
20 Nov 2026 - 24 Nov 2026 (5 days)
ZAR42,950 - 1 Space Available on this guaranteed departure
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Tour price (Per person): ZAR42,950 * USD2,406 * GBP1,769 * EUR2,054 * AUD3,684
Single Supplement: ZAR4,900 * USD274 * GBP202 * EUR234 * AUD420
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR6,270 * USD351 * GBP258 * EUR300 * AUD538
13 Dec 2026 - 17 Dec 2026 (5 days)
ZAR42,950 - 2 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Tour price (Per person): ZAR42,950 * USD2,406 * GBP1,769 * EUR2,054 * AUD3,684
Single Supplement: ZAR4,900 * USD274 * GBP202 * EUR234 * AUD420
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR6,270 * USD351 * GBP258 * EUR300 * AUD538
06 Dec 2027 - 10 Dec 2027 (5 days)
ZAR45,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR45,000 * USD2,520 * GBP1,853 * EUR2,152 * AUD3,860
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR6,900 * USD386 * GBP284 * EUR330 * AUD592
Our Kruger Extension to our South Africa Mega Birding tour takes us to one of Africa’s most famous and fabulous reserves – The Kruger National Park! On this birding and wildlife safari we will explore the area’s superb road system in our quest to locate some of the most iconic birds and big game in Africa, including the legendary “Big 5” – Lion, African Elephant, Leopard, African Buffalo and both Black & White Rhinoceros. Kruger provides an excellent opportunity to photograph these spectacular beasts in their natural habitat, and some of them we will encounter in staggering numbers and at very close quarters. The park’s rich bushveld will also provide us with amongst the most exciting and rewarding birding to be had anywhere in Africa. Of special note here are species requiring vast areas of wilderness, including Common Ostrich, Kori Bustard, the incomparable Southern Ground Hornbill, Martial Eagle, Bateleur, up to five species of vulture, and an incredible diversity of other raptors and spectacular African birds. This is a brief yet thoroughly rewarding addition to our SA Mega Birding Tour, and comes highly recommended!
Please note: these prices are subject to foreign exchange fluctuations.
Common Ostrich, Kori Bustard, Red-crested Korhaan, Southern Ground Hornbill, Bateleur, Martial, Crowned, African Hawk- and Tawny Eagles, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Lizard Buzzard, Lappet-faced, Cape, White-backed, Hooded & White-headed Vultures, chances for the elusive African Finfoot, White-crowned Lapwing, Swainson’s & Natal Spurfowls, Coqui Francolin, Bronze-winged Courser, Double-banded Sandgrouse, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Southern White-faced Owl, Pearl-spotted & African Barred Owlets, Southern Red-billed & Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills, Brown-headed Parrot, Bennett’s Woodpecker, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Burchell’s & Cape Starlings, Magpie & Southern White-crowned Shrikes, Red-headed Weaver, White-throated Robin-Chat, Acacia Pied Barbet, Burchell’s Coucal, Chestnut-vented Warbler, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Violet-eared Waxbill, Burnt-necked Eremomela, African Pygmy & Giant Kingfishers, Black, Woolly-necked, Saddle-billed & Yellow-billed Storks, African Openbill.
The ‘Big 5’, Cheetah, African Wild Dog, Side-striped Jackal, Greater Kudu, Giraffe, Spotted Hyena, Nyala, Common and Central African Large-spotted Genets, Wild Cat, African Civet, Serval, Cape Porcupine, White-tailed Mongoose, Klipspringer, Thick-tailed Greater Galago, Honey Badger, Caracal.
acacia savanna, bushveld, terminalia woodland, riverine forest, grasslands, rivers, wetlands
subtropical with occasional rain, warm to very hot
5 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local leader
UNDEMANDING: This tour is ideal for birders and wildlife enthusiasts of all experience levels. It’s suitable for most mobility levels and offers a relaxed pace, ensuring an enjoyable experience for everyone.
relaxed
comfortable
easy
180+
vast, pristine wilderness
excellent
Greg is very knowledgable about everything South Africa and was very good at getting everyone on the birds. He manages the people dynamics very well and kept the mood light and enjoyable.
Keith Valentine is a great guide and his knowledge of the birds and their calls was just amazing.
David Hoddinott was a superior guide with extensive knowledge (of course) about the avifauna, but also provided good knowledge about other nature matters as well as SA culture and geography apart from being an overall nice person. Would highly recommend.
Keith is a wonderful guide as well as a great person, and we are grateful to have made his acquaintance.
This was our first tailor-made tour. It won't be our last. We had a great time. Dan was an excellent guide, working all the angles to get us our target birds while still covering the area specialties, affording us great looks at birds for which we had only fleeting views on our previous South Africa tour with Rockjumper (which was also great!). Dan was very persistent, which paid off in seeing a good number of very difficult specialty birds that many avid South African birders have not seen. We even had two lifer flufftails in a single day, thanks in part to Doug McCulloch, who took the morning off from his new job to help out with the Red-breasted Flufftail. Thanks, Doug! We could have used one more day in the Joburg area, as there were a few birds that were not accessible within the time frame of the tour. This always happens, though, and I am glad we went from a 6-day to a 10-day tour. This is the reason for the overall rating of 9 rather than 10. Overall, the three of us had a great time on the tour. Thanks for putting it together for us!
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