South Africa is renowned for its wonderful climate, thriving ecosystem and a magnificent biological diversity which altogether have made it one of the paramount hot spots for watching birds. The land has almost 850 species, migrant, resident and endemic. Below is a given a brief idea on some birding areas here.

The most important is the Cape Town region famous for pelagic and sea birds. You will find a broad range of gulls, terns, albatrosses, cormorants, petrels, boobies, tropic birds, frigate birds and also African penguins. The best time for bird watching here is June and July. The favorite endemics here are protea seedeater, Cape sugarbird, Cape rockjumper etc.

The Kwazulu-Natal region is regarded for around 340 bird species like African broadbill, palmnut vulture or Knysna turacos. Then you have Mpumalanga, popular for bush blackcap, white and blue bellied korhaans, and wattled cranes, varieties of eagles, ostrich and Kori bustard. The area is popular for organized trips for bird watching.