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Where to see the Crowned Hornbill in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Crowned Hornbill at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Lophoceros alboterminatus

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Crowned Hornbill
Photo: (c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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When and where to find the Crowned Hornbill

Hosts have recorded the Crowned Hornbill at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Hluhluwe-Imfolozi · iSimangaliso Wetland

    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Kruger

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Kwandwe

Species

Lophoceros alboterminatus

Records

1,080

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Crowned Hornbill on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Crowned Hornbill in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Crowned Hornbill at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and iSimangaliso Wetland 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.

Where can you see the Crowned Hornbill in South Africa?

The Crowned Hornbill is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (58% of records), Eastern Cape (25% of records), Mpumalanga (9% of records), based on 1,080 iNaturalist observations. 22 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Crowned Hornbill on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Crowned Hornbill?

The Crowned Hornbill 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. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Crowned Hornbill?

The crowned hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus) is an African hornbill.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Crowned Hornbill

Every stay on the Crowned Hornbill page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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