With more than 400 bird species recorded, Mapungubwe National Park is a true birder’s paradise. The Limpopo treetop boardwalk offers a superb birding opportunity by allowing visitors a view into the canopy of a tropical that harbors the likes of , , , and . At the end of the boardwalk, a well-positioned stands on the bank of the Limpopo River. are present from November to April.
Birding Specials Treats for Avid Birders
- African barred owlet
- African pygmy goose
- Allen’s gallinule
- Barred wren-warbler
- Black stork
- Black-backed puffback
- Black-faced waxbill
- Black-winged pratincole
- Broad-billed roller
- Burchell’s sandgrouse
- Caspian plover
- Cinnamon-breasted bunting
- Common cuckoo
- Crimson-breasted shrike
- Dusky lark
- Dwarf bittern
- Eastern paradise whydah
- Eurasian golden oriole
- Gorgeous bush-shrike
- Greater painted-snipe
- Grey-headed kingfisher
- Harlequin quail
- Kori bustard
- Lesser spotted eagle
- Meves’s starling
- Meyer’s parrot
- Monotonous lark
- Olive-tree warbler
- Pel’s fishing-owl
- Purple-crested turaco
- Retz’s helmet-shrike
- Saddle-billed stork
- Senegal coucal
- Southern boubou
- Southern carmine bee-eater
- Southern ground hornbill
- Southern pied babbler
- Square-tailed nightjar
- Striped pipit
- Swallow-tailed bee-eater
- Thick-billed cuckoo
- Three-banded courser
- Tropical boubou
- Trumpeter hornbill
- Verreaux’s eagle
- White-crested helmet-shrike
- White-headed lapwing
Best Time for Bird Watching
Birding in Mapungubwe is generally good year-round. The best time is from November to April, when birds are joined by . However, this is a hot time of year. The winter months from May to September are overall a nicer time to visit.