58 on Hume
Dunkeld, Johannesburg
Grassland biome · Jacaranda
Can support BirdLife South Africa and more
From R 3,090 a night
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Aasvogelkrans Farm Cottages & Camping
Nieu Bethesda
Nama-Karoo biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa and more
From R 1,380 a night
Avian Leisure
Simon's Town, Cape Town
Fynbos biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 2,100 a night
Azure Retreat
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 29,394 a night
Baobab Hill House by RETURN Africa
Limpopo
Savanna biome · Water mongoose · Cape clawless otter
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 24,450 a night
Barry House on Riverton
Robertson
Fynbos biome
Can support Pietersfontein Conservancy
From R 1,155 a night
Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse
Riebeek Valley, Riebeek West
Fynbos biome · Black wildebeest · Bontebok
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 8,601 a night
Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
Beth-El 21
Fernridge, George
Fynbos biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
Price on request
Birdsong Cottage
Howick
Grassland biome · Bushbuck · Vervet monkey
Can support Isibindi Foundation
From R 795 a night
Biweda Nguni Lodge
Mkuze
Savanna biome
Can support Zululand Conservation Trust and more
From R 920 a night
Bloukrans Off-Grid Cabin
Montagu
Fynbos biome · Black backed jackal · Honey badger
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,500 a night
Bonamanzi Game Reserve
Hluhluwe
Savanna biome · Leopard · Giraffe
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 120 a night
Bramasole Boutique Hotel
Magoebaskloof
Forest biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,512 a night
Cape Vulture Lodge
Hoedspruit
Savanna biome · Ana tree
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 4,000 a night
Coastal Retreat
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 26,450 a night
Cussonia Cottage
Haenertsburg
Grassland biome · Bushbuck
Can support DAKTARI Bush School
From R 1,500 a night
Duma Manzi Wilderness & Wellness Retreat
Richmond
Grassland biome
Can support Isibindi Foundation
From R 5,990 a night
Eight Bells Mountain Inn
Ruiterbos, Mossel Bay
Fynbos biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,560 a night
Forellenhof Guest Farm
Wakkerstroom
Grassland biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,150 a night
Frog Mountain Getaway
Swellendam
Fynbos biome · Boomslang · Bushbuck
Can support Cape Leopard Trust and more
From R 1,950 a night
Greystone Lodge
Dullstroom
Grassland biome
Can support DAKTARI Bush School
From R 1,200 a night
Heritage View Birding Retreat
Delareyville
Grassland biome · Brown hyena · Black backed jackal
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,000 a night
Hutwini Walking Camp by RETURN Africa
Limpopo
Savanna biome · Buffalo thorn · Water mongoose
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 8,850 a night
In Toto Retreat
Sedgefield
Fynbos biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,620 a night
Karoo Secret Farm Stay
Aberdeen
Nama-Karoo biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,200 a night
Kosi Forest Lodge
Manguzi
Forest biome · Hippopotamus · Nile crocodile
Can support Isibindi Foundation and more
Price on request
Lagoon Ocean Lodge
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 36,731 a night
Lark House
Glencairn, Cape Town
Fynbos biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
Price on request
Lavender Dreams
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 36,731 a night
Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse
Craighall Park, Johannesburg
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,320 a night
Makulu Birders Cottage at Wilds Uitvlugt
Rust de Winter
Savanna biome · Chacma baboon · Vervet monkey
Can support BirdLife South Africa
Price on request
Mbizane Escarpment Retreat
Mbombela
Forest biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 3,800 a night
Milk & Honey
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 29,394 a night
Montusi Mountain Lodge
Drakensberg, Bergville
Grassland biome · Bushbuck · Common eland
Can support Royal Drakensberg Education Trust and more
From R 6,800 a night
Mvemve GrootPoort Lodge
Memel
Grassland biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 1,800 a night
Nkula Walking Camp by RETURN Africa
Limpopo
Savanna biome · Water mongoose · Cape clawless otter
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 6,310 a night
Ntsikeni Community Lodge
KwaZulu-Natal
Grassland biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 850 a night
Oceanique
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 36,731 a night
Oceans Away
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 51,428 a night
Ouberg Private Nature Reserve
Montagu
Succulent Karoo biome · Black backed jackal · Honey badger
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 175 a night
Pabala Private Nature Reserve
Hankey
Fynbos biome · Giraffe · Impala
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 485 a night
Pafuri Camp by RETURN Africa
Limpopo
Savanna biome · Water mongoose · Cape clawless otter
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 12,640 a night
Plains Camp @ Rhino Walking Safaris
Mpumalanga
Savanna biome · Aardvark · African elephant
Can support BirdLife South Africa
Price on request
Reflections Eco-Reserve
Wilderness
Fynbos biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 3,000 a night
Sea Whisper
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 29,394 a night
Sofala Game Farm
Tolwe
Can support DAKTARI Bush School
Price on request
Stone Cottage on Exclusive Bush Farm
Bronkhorstspruit
Savanna biome
Can support BirdLife South Africa
From R 2,250 a night
Sunbird Lodge
Phalaborwa
Savanna biome
Can support DAKTARI Bush School
From R 1,500 a night
Swallows Rest
Benguela Cove, Hermanus
Fynbos biome · Southern right whale · Caracal
Can support Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy and more
From R 44,080 a night
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African Fish Eagle
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- Abdim's Stork
- Acacia Pied Barbet
- African Barred Owlet
- African Black Duck
- African Black Oystercatcher
- African Black Swift
- African Broadbill
- African Crake
- African Crowned Eagle
- African Cuckoo
- African Cuckoo Hawk
- African Darter
- African Dusky Flycatcher
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- African Finfoot
- African Firefinch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Grass Owl
- African Green Pigeon
- African Grey Hornbill
- African Harrier-Hawk
- African Hawk-Eagle
- African Hobby
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Olive Pigeon
- African Openbill
- African Palm Swift
- African Paradise Flycatcher
- African Penguin
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pipit
- African Pitta
- African Pygmy Goose
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- African Quailfinch
- African Rail
- African Red-eyed Bulbul
- African Reed Warbler
- African Rock Pipit
- African Sacred Ibis
- African Scops Owl
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- African Stonechat
- African Swamphen
- African Wattled Lapwing
- African Wood Owl
- African Yellow White-eye
- Agulhas Long-billed Lark
- Allen's Gallinule
- Alpine Swift
- American Golden Plover
- American Purple Gallinule
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Amur Falcon
- Ant-eating Chat
- Antarctic Fulmar
- Antarctic Petrel
- Antarctic Prion
- Antarctic Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Arnot's Chat
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Ashy Tit
- Atlantic Petrel
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Augur Buzzard
- Australasian Gannet
- Ayres's Hawk Eagle
- Ayres's Hawk-eagle
- Baillon's Crake
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Banded Martin
- Bank Cormorant
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Bar-throated Apalis
- Barlow's Lark
- Barn Swallow
- Barratt's Warbler
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Barred Owlet
- Barred Wren-warbler
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Scrub Robin
- Bearded Scrub-robin
- Bearded Vulture
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Bennett's Woodpecker
- Bernier's Vanga
- Black Coucal
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckooshrike
- Black Harrier
- Black Heron
- Black Saw-wing
- Black Sparrowhawk
- Black Stork
- Black Tern
- Black-and-white Flycatcher
- Black-backed Puffback
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-bellied Starling
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel
- Black-browed Albatross
- Black-chested Prinia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle
- Black-collared Barbet
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-crowned Tchagra
- Black-eared Sparrowlark
- Black-faced Waxbill
- Black-fronted Bushshrike
- Black-headed Canary
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-rumped Buttonquail
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Canary
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Lapwing
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Blue Coua
- Blue Crane
- Blue Korhaan
- Blue Petrel
- Blue Quail
- Blue Swallow
- Blue Waxbill
- Blue-billed Teal
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove
- Böhm's Spinetail
- Bokmakierie
- Booted Eagle
- Botha's Lark
- Boulder Chat
- Bradfield's Hornbill
- Bradfield's Swift
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Prion
- Broad-billed Roller
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
- Broad-tailed Warbler
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Brown Mesite
- Brown Noddy
- Brown Scrub Robin
- Brown Snake Eagle
- Brown-backed Honeybird
- Brown-crowned Tchagra
- Brown-headed Parrot
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Brown-throated Martin
- Brubru
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- Buff-streaked Chat
- Buffy Pipit
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Burchell's Coucal
- Burchell's Courser
- Burchell's Sandgrouse
- Burchell's Starling
- Burnt-necked Eremomela
- Bush Blackcap
- Bushveld Pipit
- Cabanis's Bunting
- Cape Batis
- Cape Bulbul
- Cape Bunting
- Cape Canary
- Cape Clapper Lark
- Cape Cormorant
- Cape Crow
- Cape Eagle-Owl
- Cape Gannet
- Cape Glossy Starling
- Cape Grassbird
- Cape Long-billed Lark
- Cape Longclaw
- Cape Parrot
- Cape Penduline Tit
- Cape Robin-Chat
- Cape Rock Thrush
- Cape Rockjumper
- Cape Shoveler
- Cape Siskin
- Cape Sparrow
- Cape Spurfowl
- Cape Sugarbird
- Cape Teal
- Cape Vulture
- Cape Wagtail
- Cape Weaver
- Cape White-eye
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Carp's Tit
- Caspian Plover
- Caspian Tern
- Chat Flycatcher
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark
- Chestnut-banded Plover
- Chestnut-vented Warbler
- Chinspot Batis
- Chorister Robin-Chat
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
- Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
- Cloud Cisticola
- Collared Flycatcher
- Collared Palm Thrush
- Collared Pratincole
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Greenshank
- Common House Martin
- Common Moorhen
- Common Myna
- Common Ostrich
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scimitarbill
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Common Waxbill
- Common Whimbrel
- Common Whitethroat
- Coqui Francolin
- Corn Crake
- Cory's Shearwater
- Crab Plover
- Crab-plover
- Crested Barbet
- Crested Francolin
- Crested Guineafowl
- Crimson-breasted Shrike
- Croaking Cisticola
- Crowned Cormorant
- Crowned Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Lapwing
- Cuckoo Finch
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat Finch
- Damara Tern
- Dark Chanting Goshawk
- Dark-backed Weaver
- Dark-capped Bulbul
- Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
- Denham's Bustard
- Desert Cisticola
- Dickinson's Kestrel
- Diederik Cuckoo
- Double-banded Courser
- Double-banded Sandgrouse
- Drakensberg Prinia
- Drakensberg Rockjumper
- Drakensberg Siskin
- Dune Lark
- Dunlin
- Dusky Indigobird
- Dusky Lark
- Dusky Sunbird
- Dwarf Bittern
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Eastern Clapper Lark
- Eastern Long-billed Lark
- Eastern Nicator
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Marsh Harrier
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Sedge Warbler
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- European Bee-eater
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Nightjar
- European Roller
- European Storm Petrel
- Fairy Flycatcher
- Familiar Chat
- Fan-tailed Widowbird
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Fiscal Flycatcher
- Flappet Lark
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Forest Buzzard
- Forest Canary
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Franklin's Gull
- Freckled Nightjar
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Fynbos Buttonquail
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garganey
- Giant Kingfisher
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden Pipit
- Golden Weaver
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker
- Goliath Heron
- Gorgeous Bushshrike
- Gray's Lark
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Great Sparrow
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great White Pelican
- Great-winged Petrel
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Greater Crested Tern
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater Kestrel
- Greater Painted-snipe
- Greater Sand Plover
- Greater Striped Swallow
- Green Malkoha
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Twinspot
- Green Wood-Hoopoe
- Green-backed Camaroptera
- Green-backed Heron
- Green-capped Eremomela
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Grey Cuckooshrike
- Grey Go-away-bird
- Grey Heron
- Grey Penduline Tit
- Grey Plover
- Grey Sunbird
- Grey Tit
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher
- Grey Wagtail
- Grey-backed Cisticola
- Grey-backed Sparrowlark
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike
- Grey-headed Albatross
- Grey-headed Bushshrike
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Parrot
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Grey-winged Francolin
- Ground Woodpecker
- Groundscraper Thrush
- Gull-billed Tern
- Gurney's Sugarbird
- Hadeda Ibis
- Half-collared Kingfisher
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Hartlaub's Gull
- Hartlaub's Spurfowl
- Helmet Vanga
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Henst's Goshawk
- Herero Chat
- Hooded Vulture
- Horus Swift
- House Sparrow
- Icterine Warbler
- Indian Runner Duck
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Intermediate Egret
- Jackal Buzzard
- Jacobin Cuckoo
- Jameson's Firefinch
- Kalahari Scrub Robin
- Karoo Chat
- Karoo Eremomela
- Karoo Korhaan
- Karoo Lark
- Karoo Long-billed Lark
- Karoo Prinia
- Karoo Scrub Robin
- Karoo Thrush
- Kelp Gull
- Kerguelen Petrel
- King Penguin
- Kittlitz's Plover
- Klaas's Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Knysna Turaco
- Knysna Warbler
- Knysna Woodpecker
- Kori Bustard
- Kurrichane Buttonquail
- Kurrichane Thrush
- Lanner Falcon
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Large-billed Lark
- Lark-like Bunting
- Laughing Dove
- Layard's Warbler
- Lazy Cisticola
- Leach's Storm Petrel
- Lemon Dove
- Lemon-breasted Canary
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Masked Weaver
- Lesser Moorhen
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Lesser Swamp Warbler
- Levaillant's Cisticola
- Levaillant's Cuckoo
- Light-mantled Albatross
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Rush Warbler
- Little Shearwater
- Little Sparrowhawk
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Little Tern
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Crombec
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-legged Buzzard
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
- Long-tailed Widowbird
- Ludwig's Bustard
- Macaroni Penguin
- Maccoa Duck
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Madagascar Crested Ibis
- Madagascar Cuckoo
- Madagascar Pratincole
- Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher
- Madagascar Red Owl
- Madagascar Serpent Eagle
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk
- Magpie Shrike
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Malachite Sunbird
- Malagasy Kingfisher
- Mangrove Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Marico Flycatcher
- Marico Sunbird
- Marsh Owl
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Warbler
- Martial Eagle
- Melodious Lark
- Meves's Starling
- Meyer's Parrot
- Mocking Cliff Chat
- Monotonous Lark
- Montagu's Harrier
- Monteiro's Hornbill
- Mosque Swallow
- Mottled Spinetail
- Mountain Pipit
- Mountain Wagtail
- Mountain Wheatear
- Mourning Collared Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Namaqua Sandgrouse
- Namaqua Warbler
- Narina Trogon
- Natal Spurfowl
- Neddicky
- Neergaard’s Sunbird
- Nicholson's Pipit
- Northern Black Korhaan
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Northern Shoveler
- Olive Bushshrike
- Olive Thrush
- Olive Woodpecker
- Olivetree Warbler
- Orange Ground Thrush
- Orange River Francolin
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike
- Orange-breasted Sunbird
- Orange-breasted Waxbill
- Orange-winged Pytilia
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pale-crowned Cisticola
- Pale-winged Starling
- Pallid Flycatcher
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pearl-breasted Swallow
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Pel's Fishing Owl
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Starling
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-billed Lark
- Pink-throated Twinspot
- Pintado Petrel
- Pitta-like Ground-roller
- Plain-backed Pipit
- Plain-backed Sunbird
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Pririt Batis
- Protea Canary
- Purple Heron
- Purple Indigobird
- Purple Roller
- Purple-banded Sunbird
- Purple-crested Turaco
- Pygmy Falcon
- Racket-tailed Roller
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red Knot
- Red Lark
- Red Phalarope
- Red-backed Mannikin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Spurfowl
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-breasted Swallow
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Robin-Chat
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-chested Flufftail
- Red-collared Widowbird
- Red-crested Korhaan
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Cisticola
- Red-faced Mousebird
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Finch
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-throated Wryneck
- Red-winged Francolin
- Red-winged Starling
- Red-winged Warbler
- Reed Cormorant
- Retz's Helmetshrike
- Richard's Pipit
- Ring-necked Dove
- River Warbler
- Rock Dove
- Rock Kestrel
- Rock Martin
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Rockrunner
- Roseate Tern
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Rosy-throated Longclaw
- Rudd's Apalis
- Rudd's Lark
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
- Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
- Rufous-eared Warbler
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous-winged Cisticola
- Rüppell's Korhaan
- Rüppell's Parrot
- Sabine's Gull
- Sabota Lark
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Scaly Ground-roller
- Scaly-feathered Finch
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Sclater's Lark
- Secretarybird
- Senegal Coucal
- Senegal Lapwing
- Sentinel Rock Thrush
- Shaft-tailed Whydah
- Shelley's Francolin
- Shikra
- Short-clawed Lark
- Short-legged Ground-roller
- Short-tailed Pipit
- Short-toed Rock Thrush
- Shy Albatross
- Siberian Sand Plover
- Sickle-winged Chat
- Slaty Egret
- Slender-billed Prion
- Snowy Sheathbill
- Sociable Weaver
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Sombre Greenbul
- Sooty Albatross
- Sooty Falcon
- Sooty Shearwater
- Sooty Tern
- South African Cliff Swallow
- South African Shelduck
- Southern Bald Ibis
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle
- Southern Black Flycatcher
- Southern Black Korhaan
- Southern Black Tit
- Southern Boubou
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird
- Southern Fiscal
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
- Southern Ground Hornbill
- Southern Ground-Hornbill
- Southern Hyliota
- Southern Masked Weaver
- Southern Pied Babbler
- Southern Pochard
- Southern Red Bishop
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill
- Southern Tchagra
- Southern White-crowned Shrike
- Southern White-faced Owl
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spike-heeled Lark
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Eagle-Owl
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Ground Thrush
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Square-tailed Nightjar
- Stark's Lark
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stierling's Wren-warbler
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler
- Streaky-headed Seedeater
- Striped Crake
- Striped Flufftail
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Pipit
- Subantarctic Skua
- Swainson's Spurfowl
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
- Swamp Nightjar
- Swee Waxbill
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck's Courser
- Terek Sandpiper
- Terrestrial Brownbul
- Thick-billed Cuckoo
- Thick-billed Weaver
- Three-banded Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Thrush Nightingale
- Tinkling Cisticola
- Tractrac Chat
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Trumpeter Hornbill
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux's Eagle
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
- Victorin's Warbler
- Village Indigobird
- Village Weaver
- Violet Wood Hoopoe
- Violet-backed Starling
- Violet-eared Waxbill
- Wahlberg's Eagle
- Wailing Cisticola
- Wandering Albatross
- Ward's Flycatcher
- Water Thick-knee
- Wattled Crane
- Wattled Starling
- Western Barn Owl
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western Osprey
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Whiskered Tern
- White Stork
- White-backed Duck
- White-backed Mousebird
- White-backed Night Heron
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Korhaan
- White-bellied Sunbird
- White-breasted Cormorant
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike
- White-browed Robin-Chat
- White-browed Scrub Robin
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
- White-chinned Petrel
- White-crested Helmetshrike
- White-crowned Lapwing
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-fronted Plover
- White-headed Saw-wing
- White-headed Vulture
- White-necked Raven
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-rumped Swift
- White-starred Robin
- White-tailed Shrike
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Canary
- White-throated Robin-Chat
- White-throated Swallow
- White-winged Tern
- White-winged Widowbird
- Willow Warbler
- Wilson's Storm Petrel
- Wing-snapping Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Woodward's Batis
- Woolly-necked Stork
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow Canary
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Kite
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-breasted Apalis
- Yellow-breasted Pipit
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
- Zitting Cisticola
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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 guestsSelf-catering villas100 bird speciesWWF Conservation Champion
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Protecting South Africa's bird species
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Growing bird-based tourism across the country
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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.
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Across Southern Africa
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Conservation-first
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Where the money goes
A stay should leave a place better than it found it.
Choose a cause near your place, or suggest one. A minimum of 2.5% of every booking goes to it directly. The choice is always yours.
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.
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