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Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Bearded Vulture at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Giants Castle Game Reserve, Kamberg Nature Reserve and Royal Natal National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Bearded Vulture is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (63% of records), Free State (25% of records), Eastern Cape (13% of records), based on 191 iNaturalist observations. 14 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Bearded Vulture on site or nearby.

The Bearded Vulture is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Giants Castle Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Kamberg Nature Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Royal Natal National Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus Gypaetus. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian vulture, its closest living relative.