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Where to see the Sooty Albatross in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Sooty Albatross at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and West Coast National Park.

Phoebetria fusca · Endangered

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Sooty Albatross
Photo: (c) Flavien Saboureau, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Planning a trip

When and where to find the Sooty Albatross

Hosts have recorded the Sooty Albatross at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and West Coast National 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

  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Addo Elephant

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

    Western Cape

    Table Mountain · West Coast

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape

Ways to look

Drive yourself

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

Where hosts record it

Addo ElephantTable MountainWest Coast

IUCN Red List

Endangered

Species

Phoebetria fusca

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Questions travellers ask

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

Which parks and reserves are best for the Sooty Albatross in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Sooty Albatross at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and West Coast 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.

What is the conservation status of the Sooty Albatross?

The Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

What is the Sooty Albatross?

The sooty albatross, dark-mantled sooty albatross or dark-mantled albatross, (Phoebetria fusca), is a species of bird in the albatross family. They breed on sub-Antarctic islands and range at sea across the Southern Ocean from South America to Australia.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Sooty Albatross

Every stay on the Sooty Albatross 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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