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With some 950 species of birds recorded in the region, including 150 endemics and near-endemics, Southern Africa is a birder's dream, offering incredible species diversity combined with unparalleled ease of birding.
Lawson's conduct specialised bird-watching tours in Southern Africa as well as other destinations such as Malawi and Zambia. Tours with a focus on other areas of interest such as botany, dragonflies, butterflies and photography can also be put together on request. Experienced birders and beginners alike are welcome to participate and we invite you to review our current tour schedule. If there is nothing there that is 100% suitable, contact us directly and we can put together a Tailor-made Tour for you. Or click on Tours with other operators - we are the ground operators for all the listed tours and we welcome you to participate.
Guides
All Lawson's tours are conducted by extremely able, qualified guides who have the required experience and knowledge to find the endemics, rarities and specials that will make your holiday that much more rewarding - you will want to return time and time again! Despite being highly qualified and specialists in their fields, they are also chosen for their personable, down-to-earth and ever-friendly personalities. See the individual profiles at Our Team.
Contact us for more details, including costs, detailed itineraries, bird and mammal checklists.
UPCOMING BIRDING TOURS: set departures
Our exciting 2011 program!
NEWSFLASH: Sale on for the March 15th - 22nd Escarpment and Kruger National Park Birding and Wildlife Tour, now only an incredible ZAR 11 950 per person sharing, with a single supplement of ZAR 2150, on a Bed and Breakfast basis. Contact us today for bookings (spaces need to be booked by the 4th February 2011).
Featured Tours:
Cranes, Rollers and Raptors: an epic Birding and Wildlife Tour through Eastern South Africa and Swaziland
(12th - 25th November 2011)
.jpg) This is one of our favourite itineraries and includes a remarkable range of habitats and scenery within a relatively small area, with the bulk of the tour taking place within one province: Mpumalanga. The tour starts in the grassy highlands, where endemics are particularly rich, then moves to the awesome Blyde River Canyon where several major habitats converge before levelling out in the vast Kruger National Park, where things really hot up as far as birds and mammals go. From there we head south into the Kingdom of Swaziland and then into KwaZulu-Natal, home of the Zulu Nation, where we stay in Mkhuze Game Reserve. Our final stop is in Wakkerstroom, an endemics hot-spot in southern Mpumalanga, where we spend two nights before finishing off back in Johannesburg. Download the full tour dossier here: Cranes, Rollers and Raptors: Eastern South Africa and Swaziland.
Upcoming tours for 2011 and 2012:
Penguins and Sugarbirds: Birding the Western Cape; 2 - 10 September 2011.
Cape Peninsula, Swellendam, Ceres and the Tankwa Karoo, West Coast National Park.
Highlights include special birds such as Blue Crane, Cape Rockjumper, Cape Siskin, Cape Suagrbird and Orange-breasted Sunbird, not to mention fantastic scenery, culture, history and cuisine.
From the mountains to the savannah: Escarpment and Kruger National Park; 3 - 11 April 2011; 9 - 17 November 2011.
Dullstroom, Blyde River Canyon and Kruger National Park (a firm favourite!).
Highlights include fantastic birding (300 + species is a reasonable target) combined with big game viewing and incredible scenery. A tour not to be missed!
KwaZulu-Natal: Birding Zululand and the Elephant Coast; 11 - 21 February 2012.
Mkhuze Game Reserve, St Lucia, Ithala Game Reserve and Wakkerstroom.
This is another incredibly diverse tour that promises to deliver a substantial bird and mammal list. When combined with the previous two tours it'll be a comprehensive South African birding experience.
Across the Great Karoo: Birding the Eastern Cape; 1 - 12 March 2012.
Addo Elephant, Mountain Zebra, Camdeboo, Karoo and Garden Route National Parks.
Something a little different.... the Eastern Cape Province is relatively unknown among international birders yet offers an incredible amount of diversity, such that it is the only province with all seven of South Africa's biomes. A must for those on repeat visits to South Africa.
Namibia: seeking the desert endemics; Dates and exact itnerary to be announced.
Namibia is making a name for itself as a prime birding and wildlife destination. This tour aims to bag all the endemics and specials and includes the superb game viewing in Etosha National Park. We have to say that this is another tour not to be missed!
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