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Getaway to Punda Maria and Pafuri Gate

GETAWAY TO KRUGER PARK FROM PUNDA MARIA AND PAFURI GATE

Central Soutpansberg is close to Kruger National Park especially Punda Maria and Pafuri.Enough habitat types within a short distance of each other.Birders can stop to do some birding on their way to Kruger Park and in the Central Soutpansberg sites like Hanglip Forest,Roodewal Forest,Muirhead Dams,Entabeni Forest and Thohoyandou Botanical Garden.Birders can be rewarded with birds like African Finfoot,White Backed Night-Heron,Blue Spotted Wood-Dove,African Broadbill,Mottled Spinetail,Bat Hawk,Scaly Throated Honeyguide,Narina Trogon,Pink Throated Twinspot,African Wood Owl.etc
Birders can stop for whole day before leaving to Punda and explore one of the sites in the Soutpansberg or Venda.
We can plan a day outing to Pafuri Picnic site or Punda Maria which can be a full day outing around the park.


Birding Trips and Tours

BIRDING TOURS AND EXCURSIONS

I specialise on birding trips throughout Soutpansberg and Venda areas in the Limpopo Province.Soutpansberg Mountain is a wonderful place with lots of endemic birds and beautiful scenery lots of fauna and animals.
While staying in Louis Trichardt a specialised birding trip can be organised to Hanglip Forest,Ben Lavin Nature Reserve,Sewarage Dams,Roodewal Nature Reserve,Albasini Picnic Site,Entabeni Forest,Luvuvhu River and Thohoyandou Botanical Garden

BIRDING TOURS

Morning birding walk.

A morning birding walk can be arranged from where you will be staying for about 2 and half hours.Birds you will likely to see include special birds Gorgeous Bushshrike,Crested Guineafowl,Olive Bushshrike,Red Faced Cisticola,Cape Grassbird and the resident African Wood Owl.

Half Day Birding Tour

Time is about 5-6 hours in the escarpment of Soutpansberg mountains.I can lead you to Roodewal Nature Reserve which is best done early morning,and then to Muirhead Dams.Roodewal Nature Reserve the only place to see the African Broadbill in the Central Soutpansberg.other birds common are Eastern Nicator,Narina Trogon,Scaly Throated Honeyguide,Green Twinspot and the resident African Crowned Eagle.

Full Day Birding Tour

Time 8-9 hours of birding under toe canopy of Afro-Montane Forest.Entabeni Forets and Hanglip Forest is an ideal sites for full day.Entabeni Forest birds that are common are Bat Hawk,Orange Ground Thrush,Yellow Streaked Greenbul.Other places we can visit for the day include Thohoyandou Botanical Garden and birds easily located is Blue Spotted Wood-Dove.This is the only reliable place to get the Blue Spotted Wood-Dove in South Africa.Other resident birds are Pink Throated Twinspot,Green Twinspot,Gorgeous Bushshrike,Red-Capped Robin-Chat and Eastern Nicator.

Weekend Birding Tour.

We can organise a birding weekend tour to various camp sites around Venda.Gundani Camp site,the only patch of Miombo woodland in South Africa.Two tent that can accomodate 4 people and a camping site is available for extra people.Birds that we are likely to see are White Breasted Cuckooshrike,Pink Throated Twinspot,Southern Hyliota,Narina Trogon,Scaly Throated Honeyguide.While staying at Gundani camp we can also visit Sagole Big tree a 25 minutes drive from the camp.Birds to see there include Mottled Spinetail that roosts in the cave inside the biggest Baobab tree in South Africa.

A day or weekend birding at Punda Maria or Pafuri Picnic Site.I can accompany you for a day visit to either Punda Maria or Pafuri Picnic Sites to look for birds like Pel's Fishing Owl,Black-Throated Wattle-Eye,Arnot's Chat,Southern Hyliota,Grey-Headed Parrot,Senegal Coucal,Tropical Boubou etc

ABOUT SAMSON AND THE GUIDING

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Louis Trichardt & Thohoyandou, Central Soutpansberg Venda Limpopo RSA, South Africa
Limpopo Specialist Birdguide.Trained and accredited in general guiding and bird identification through the SASOL/Birdlife South Africa.An expert in leading any birding focussed excursions through-out Soutpansberg,Venda and Northern Kruger.Tours arranged to fit in with your needs and plans-anything from 3 hours or half day to a full day even weekend birding tour. Cell:083 662 9960 Fax:086 217 0006

RECENT SIGHTINGS AND TOP BIRDS SEEN IN THE CENTRAL SOUTPANSBERG & VENDA


TOP BIRDS SEEN SOUTPANSBERG AND VENDA

1.Blue Spotted Wood-Dove
2.African Broadbill
3.Pink Throated Twinspot
4.African Finfoot
5.Whte Backed Night Heron
6.Orange Ground Thrush
7.Bat Hawk
8.White Starred Robin
9.Scaly Throated Honeyguide
10.Green Twinspot
11Half Collared Kingfisher
12.Eastern Nicator
13..Crested Guineafowl
14African Crowned Eagle
15.Allen's Gallinule
16.Lesser Jacana
17.African Pygmy Goose
18Yellow Throated Woodland Warbler
19.Red faced Cisticola
20.Yellow Streaked Greenbul


CONTACT DETAILS AND AVAILABILITY

My Contact details

Cell No:083 662 9960
Fax:086 217 0006
Email:mulaudzims@gmail.com
Email:samson@birdingsoutpansberg-venda.co.za

Availability.

Booking is very essential either by calling 083 662 9960 or send an email to mulaudzims@gmail.com OR samson@birdingsoutpansberg-venda.co.za

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Soutpansberg Birding Outings with Special Birds

Hi Birdnetters.

Last week I had an incredible birding outings mixed with birds
photography with retired couple from Netherlands Louis De Vos and his
wife.We enjoyed some boat birding outings along the Albasini Dams as
well as birding outings to a number of birding hotspots such as Ben
Lavin Reserve,Thohoyandou Botanical Garden,Muirhead Dams,Louis
Trichardt Sewerage Dams and Hanglip Forest Picnic Site.

On Wednesday 18th January because of the bad weather conditions early
morning we decided to wait and we end up starting late morning at Ben
Lavin Reserve and the special birds that we have seen amongst others
were;
Gorgeous Bushshrike,
Olive Bushshrike,
Orange Breasted Bushshrike,
Crested Guineafowl with chicks
Southern Boubou
Grey Backed Camaroptera,
Jameson Firefinch
Yellow Bellied Greenbul
Black Shouldered Kite
African Paradise Flycatcher
Tawny Flanked Prinia
Black Backed Puffback
White Throated Robin Chat
Red Backed Shrike
Southern Grey Headed Sparrow
Cape Glossy Starling
Southern Black Tit
European Bee Eater
Kurrichane Thrush
Purple Crested Turaco
Blue Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Emerald Spotted Wood-Dove
Bearded Woodpecker
Helmeted Guineafowl
Common Fiscal
Barn Swallow

On Friday early morning we went to Thohoyandou Botanical Garden but
before the Botanical garden we stopped at Tshivhazwa Dam one of the
good dams in the area and we had superb sightings of a pair of
African Pygmy Goose.
Allen's Gallinule
Squacco Heron
White Backed Duck
African Jacana with young chicks
Common Moorhen
Little Grebe
White Breasted Cormorant
Cattle Egret
Southern Red Bishop
African Purple Swamphen.

The list of the birds we have seen at the Botanical Garden are as
follows amongst others;
Pink Throated Twinspot
Blue Spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Green Twinspot
Red Capped Robin Chat with young ones
Gorgeous Bushshrike
Lesser Honeyguide
Green Backed Camaroptera
Southern Boubou
African Paradise Flycatcher,
Yellow fronted Tinkerbird

On 22nd Sunday morning we went to Hanglip Forest in Louis Trichardt
one of the great picnic sites in the central Soutpansberg just in the
middle of afro mountain forest.When we arrived there it was still
misty but birds did not dissapoint us. A very special birds we saw
there were a pair of;
Narina Trogon
White Starred Robin
Lemon Dove
Yellow Streaked Greenbul
Green Twinspot
Crested Guineafowl
Olive Bushshrike
Chorister Robin Chat
Olive Thrush
Grey Cuckooshrike
Yellow Throated Woodland Warbler
Olive Woodpecker
Cape Batis

Happy Birding

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BIRDING SOUTPANSBERG AND VENDA
SAMSON MULAUDZI
Project co-ordinator Mottled Spinetail of SA
LIMPOPO BIRD GUIDE(BIRDLIFE SA Accredited)TRAINED AND ACCREDITED in
general and bird identification through SASOL/BirdLife South Africa
Specialist for Soutpansberg and Venda
Cell:+27(0)83 662 9960
Fax:+27(0)86 217 0006
Email: mulaudzims@googlemail.com
birding.soutpansberg@gmail.com
Operating Areas:Central Soutpansberg & Venda-
Hanglip Forest
Roodewal Forest.
Entabeni Forest,
Muirhead Dams,
Thohoyandou Botanical,
Thathe Holy Forest
Sagole Big Tree(Mottled Spinetail)
North of Kruger Park .
BIRDING BLOG: www.samsonbirding.blogspot.com
Registered SABAP & BIRP Observer No:2187

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