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Where to see the Lesser Honeyguide in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Lesser Honeyguide at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Gamkaberg Nature Reserve.

Indicator minor

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Lesser Honeyguide
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When and where to find the Lesser Honeyguide

Hosts have recorded the Lesser Honeyguide at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Gamkaberg Nature Reserve.

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

  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Goukamma · Gamkaberg · De Hoop

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • Mpumalanga

    Mpumalanga

    Sabi Sand

    Guided drives
    Stays in Mpumalanga
    Mpumalanga

Ways to look

Drive yourself

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

Where hosts record it

KrugerGoukammaGamkabergDe HoopGrootvadersbosch

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

KwandweSabi Sand

Species

Indicator minor

Records

553

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

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

Which parks and reserves are best for the Lesser Honeyguide in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Lesser Honeyguide at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sand Game Reserve and De Hoop Nature Reserve and other reserves. 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 Lesser Honeyguide in South Africa?

The Lesser Honeyguide is most recorded in Western Cape (28% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (26% of records), Gauteng (15% of records), based on 553 iNaturalist observations. 63 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Lesser Honeyguide on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Lesser Honeyguide?

The Lesser Honeyguide 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; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Lesser Honeyguide?

The lesser honeyguide (Indicator minor) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, N...

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Where to stay for a chance to see the Lesser Honeyguide

Every stay on the Lesser Honeyguide 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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