Birding Africa

Choose western South Africa: over 610 bird species recorded, including 220 species in a single day. A biodiversity hotspot at the south-westernmost tip of Africa, it offers over 70% of Southern Africa's endemic birds and world-famous pelagic birding. This region is best explored from Cape Town.

The Cape Birding Route website presents almost the entire printed book "" (by Callan Cohen and Claire Spottiswoode and published by Struik in 2000). This book has been completely updated in 2006 within the framework of the ": where to find 1400 bird species in Southern Afria and Madagascar".

The authors have created this website to integrate bird-finding and trip planning information for the western cape, offering:

* 9 birding routes in western South Africa.
* a full section on pelagic birding and bookings.
* birder's accommodation along the routes.
* recommended bird guides.

The Cape Birding Route assists birders who have only a few days in Cape Town, those who are looking for a diversity of African birds or those in search of exactly where to find that Cinnamon-breasted Warbler in the Karoo!

Explore the Cape Birding Route on this website
Explore bird-finding information in the different routes: use clickable maps or options in the side bar menu. We're continually upgrading the site and the "West Coast" chapter is currently the most complete.

Explore the regions (below), see what's new, read more and the project. Introduce yourself to birding in the Cape, browse the selected , book a , view or investigate for part of your trip.

Book a day trip with Cape Town Pelagics for the world’s best pelagic birding, with up to 10,000 seabirds of 25 species. See Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels. All profits go to sebird research and conservation, including the Save the Albatross Fund, so join us and make a difference. Read more details and trip reports on www.capetownpelagics.com Or contact us at +27 (0)21 531 9148

Why choose Cape Town Pelagics

Cape Town is among the world's best locations for a pelagic tour, with up to 10,000 seabirds of 25 species. Imagine combining iconic seabirds such as the Wandering Albatross, a huge diversity of endemic coastal and migratory oceanic species, great numbers of albatrosses and petrels and plenty of marine mammals...

Our tours and expert guides tailor to serious birders and beginners, photographers or keen wildlife enthusiasts. We endeavour to offer you an educational and treasurable experience!

We organise pelagic trips, provide a facility to book on any pelagic trip off South Africa and offer seabird information. CapeTownPelagics.com aims to promote ecotourism that supports seabird research and conservation. As we donate all all profits from pelagic tours to seabirds, all the participants contribute towards bird research and conservation.

Non-Profit Organisation

CapeTownPelagics.com is extremely proud to have raised over R60 000 for Albatross research and conservation.
So book a pelagic trip with us and help save the Albatross!

Choose Africa: 2500 bird species, 20 endemic bird families and the most exhilarating primates and mammals on earth! Join bird book authors, conservationists, and passionate guides on a customised or scheduled best value tour in Africa and Madagascar, run by the only specialist African bird tour company: Birding Africa.

Birding Africa is a specialist birding tour company customising tours across Africa for both world listers and more relaxed holiday birders combining mammals, botany and other natural history interests. Our guides know the continents birds like few others; we've written two acclaimed bird finding guidebooks and will guide you to Africa's and Madagascar's most amazing destinations. Birding is more than our passion, it's our lifestyle and we are dedicated to making professional best value trips filled with your wishlist's birds, exciting mammals and other natural history highlights. Since 1997, we've run birding tours around South Africa and further into Africa for individual birders, small birding groups and top international tour companies. We've run Conservation Tours in association with the African Bird Club and work with and consult for a number of other top international tour companies and the BBC Natural History Unit.