Birding

Cape Peninsula and Strandfontein Birding Tour

Join Fangs and Feathers on this exciting birding day tour of the Cape Peninsula and the well known Strandfontein Sewage Works.

Bird the Cape! A Cape Town birding and nature experience at it’s best, offering the birder and nature enthusiast views of the Cape’s endemic species such as African Penguin and Orange-breasted Sunbird in incredible scenery. You can expect a high species count on our private birding tours which are tailored to meet your interests and personal needs.

Some of the best Cape Town birding locations on this tour include: Cape of Good Hope (Cape Point), Boulders Penguin Colony, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Strandfontein Sewage Works (aka Strandfontein Birding Area) and various other points along the Atlantic seaboard. We will bird a combination of these sites depending on your personal objectives and the weather on the day. The birder can expect to see between 70-100 species on this exciting day of birding.

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Target species: Orange-breasted Sunbird, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Grassbird, Cape Sisken, Bank Cormorant, African Penguin, Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, Lemon Dove, Maccoa Duck, Black-necked Grebe, Spotted Eagle Owl, Cape and Forest Canary, Cape Batis, Cape Rock Thrush, Water and Spotted Thick-knee.

Mammals: Chacma Baboon, Rock Hyrax, Small Grey Mongoose, Cape Mountain Zebra, Bontebok, Cape Grysbok, Cape Fur Seal, Southern Right Whale, Hump-backed Whale, Bryde’s Whale, Common Dolphin, Dusky Dolphin.

Cost: R3800 for the individual with a surcharge of R300 per additional person

Includes: pick-up and drop-off at your accomodation, drinks, vehicle, fuel and an expert bird guide.

Excludes: Meals, entrance fees, accomodation and items of a personal nature.

Rooiels and Betty’s Bay Birding Tour

Endemic Cape Rockjumper, Cape Sisken, Ground Woodpecker and Orange-breasted Sunbird are just some of the special birds you can expect to see with Fangs and Feathers on this exciting birding tour.

Rooiels is situated approximately an hours drive from Cape Town on the eastern shore of False Bay. It is here that we will spend the morning walking through the diverse mountain fynbos in search of some of the Cape’s special birds.

The latter half of the day involves birding afromontane forest patches in the Betty’s Bay area for birds such as Blue-manteled Crested and African Paradise Flycatcher, Cape Batis, Olive Pigeon, Forest Canary, Olive Woodpecker, Sombre Greenbul, African and Rufous-chested Sparrow Hawk. The wetter mountain fynbos can deliver the skulking fynbos endemic, Victorin’s Warbler. Making a stop at Stony Point, one of only two land-based African Penguin colonies we search for four species of marine cormorant, including the criically endangered Bank Cormorant and a host of other seabirds!

This day tour is an absolute must for any birder visiting Cape Town and it will deliver some special birds and memories. This is also one of the better Cape Town day tours for bird photographers.

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Cost: R3800 for the individual with a surcharge of R300 per additional person.

Includes: Pick-up and drop-off at your accomodation, drinks, vehicle, fuel and an expert bird guide.

Excludes: Meals, entrance fees, accomodation and items of a personal nature. Lunches are usually had between 12h00 and 13h00 at either Harold Porter Botanicle Gardens or Stony Point Penguin Colony. Like with all of our day tours we will discuss your meal preference with you before the tour, whereas some clients prefer to at on the go.

West Coast Birding Day Tour

Experience the West Coast with Fangs and Feathers on this exciting birding day tour. A West Coast birding tour is the perfect extension to our Cape Peninsula or Rooiels tours.

Approximately one hour north of Cape Town lies the beautiful and avian rich Strandveld biome where we bird the West Coast National Park and Darling Hills. We also visit the Berg River Estuary and Vredenberg Peninsula to search for certain species like Cape Long-billed Lark at certain times of the year.

The birds seen on this tour are very different to those found on our other birding day tours. There is the added bonus of seeing some of the arid Karoo biome’s species such as Karoo Lark, White-backed Mousebird and Chestnut-vented Titbabbler to name a few. August to October is usually the best time of the year to visit the area when birds are displayinga and the wildflowers are in bloom. The estuaries are shorebird magnets for Paleartic breeding migrants between November and April.

This tour requires an early start from Cape Town at approximately 06h30 and return between 17:00 -18:00. We also offer overnight stays in the area which ensures more species. Lunches are either “on the go” or we eat at convenient local resturants, depending on your personal requirements.

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Target Birds: Lesser and Greater Flamingo, Verreaux Eagle, Chestnut-vented Titbabbler, Cape Penduline Tit, Karoo Lark, Large-billed Lark, African Rail, African Spoonbill, Black Harrier, African Marsh Harrier, Cape Weaver, Capped Wheatear, Blue Crane, Secretary Bird, Grey Tit, Grey-winged Francolin, Cape Spurfowl, Pearl-breasted Swallow, Yellow Canary, Bokmakierie, Karoo Scrub-Robin, Chestnut-banded Plover.

Mammals: Cape Eland, Cape Moutain Zebra, Bontebok, Greater Kudu, Steenbok, Common Duiker and if very luck a sighting of the elusive Caracal (Lynx/Rooikat).