GoBirding × Spekboom
Your birding guests
are looking for you
List your accommodation on Spekboom, earn a verified Birder Friendly badge, and a portion of every booking goes directly to BirdLife South Africa.
A partnership for birding and conservation
BirdLife South Africa is the country's leading bird conservation organisation. Together with Spekboom, we're making it easy for birding-friendly accommodations to reach travellers who care about conservation, and every booking gives back.
New to Spekboom? We're a South African regenerative tourism platform built on one idea: that tourism can be a tool for transformation, and that a stay should leave a place better than it found it. A share of every booking supports a conservation cause chosen by the host, and for birding properties that cause is BirdLife South Africa.
How it works
Three steps to getting listed.
01
Submit your details
Fill out the form with your property name, location, and contact information. Takes less than 2 minutes.
02
We create your listing
Our team drafts your listing with photos and descriptions. You review and approve before it goes live.
03
Go live with your BirdLife badge
We'll send you login details so you can manage your listing. It goes live with a verified Birder Friendly badge, birding travellers find you, and a portion of every booking supports BirdLife SA.
What you get
Built for birding accommodation owners.
Whether you're a bush lodge, a coastal cottage, or a farm stay. If birders love your property, we want to feature it.
Verified Birder Friendly badge
Your listing gets a BirdLife SA-verified badge that signals to birders this is a trusted, birder-friendly property.
Reach birding travellers
Birders actively search for accommodation near birding hotspots. We'll connect them to you through our search filters and discovery features.
Give back to BirdLife SA
A portion of every booking made through your listing goes directly to BirdLife South Africa to support bird conservation across the country.
We build your listing for you
Don't worry about the tech. Our team creates your listing, adds your photos, and handles everything. You just review and approve.
Showcase your bird list
Add the species spotted on or around your property, from garden regulars to local specials. Your bird list appears on your listing page, so birders can pick your stay for the birds they want to see.
See it in action
What your listing will look like
Here's a real example: Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate on the Bot River Lagoon near Hermanus, listed on Spekboom with a BirdLife SA Birder Friendly badge.
Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate
Bot River Lagoon, Walker Bay, Western Cape
A working wine estate in the UNESCO-designated Kogelberg Biosphere, where vineyards, fynbos and wetlands meet the Bot River Lagoon. Around 100 bird species call the estate home, from flamingos and Blue Cranes on the water to Cape Sugarbirds and Orange-breasted Sunbirds in the fynbos, all viewed from private self-catering villas and the exclusive-use Benguela Manor.
Manor sleeps 20 guests
Self-catering villas
100 bird species
WWF Conservation Champion
View live listing
View on GoBirdingA portion of every booking goes to BirdLife South Africa
BirdLife South AfricaAbout BirdLife South Africa
Protecting birds, preserving habitats.
BirdLife South Africa is the country's largest and most active bird conservation NGO. From protecting endangered species to managing Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs), they're at the forefront of avian conservation.
GoBirding network
Established birding accommodation network
Conservation impact
Protecting South Africa's bird species
AviTourism
Growing bird-based tourism across the country
View BirdLife SA on Spekboom →About Spekboom
Travel that gives back.
Spekboom is a South African regenerative tourism platform built on one idea: that tourism can be a tool for transformation, and that a stay should leave a place better than it found it. A share of every booking supports a cause chosen by the host, from conservation to community development.
500+ properties
Across Southern Africa
No listing fees
Free to list, we handle everything
Conservation-first
Every booking supports a cause
Award-winning
One to Watch Regenerative Tourism Award 2026
What it costs
One commission of 12.5%, everything included.
No listing fees and no subscriptions. Payment processing is included in the commission, never charged on top, and a minimum of 2.5% of every booking goes directly to BirdLife South Africa.
Of every booking
You keep 87.5%Spekboom commission 12.5%
Inside the 12.5%
Spekboom, around 7%Payment processing 2.5-3.5%BirdLife South Africa, minimum 2.5%
You'll be able to track the impact your accommodation has generated for BirdLife South Africa from your dashboard.
Ready to list your property?
It takes a few minutes to get started. No commitment, no listing fees. We'll build your listing for you.
