Saturday 24 March 2018

Discover Grand Garden Route Forest Birding Tour

The Garden Route is an incredible gem contributes a spectacular blend of unique bird sightings and breath-taking scenery. Complementing with phenomenal landscapes encompassed with lush forest lands, and water habitats, Grand Garden Route forest birding tour attracts vacationers and birding enthusiasts to embark into the promising journey and capture the best out of its surroundings.

Grand Garden Route Forest Birding Tour


The primary intention of Grand Garden Route forest birding tour is to locate and display the remarkable areas of the Garden Route, and focusing on the sighting of exquisite bird species that this location offers! To mention few birding sites are as follows!

The Wilderness National Park

the Wilderness National Park encloses a system of reed-fringed coastal lakes at the western end of the Garden Route, flatten in between a beach and a protective embankment shrouded with verdant coastal forest. Tranquil paths over this stunning landscape lead through the forest offers effortless and pleasant access to an exceptional selection of plentiful species of forest birds. The hutted camp and campsite in it offers a good amount of birding and rewarding place to found your explorations into the adjacent forests.

Garden Route Lakes

Garden Route Lakes were created over thousands of years of time, by a natural damming of water in the valleys between two dune ridges. Garden Route Lakes are lies between the George and Knysna in the Western Cape form a significant wetland for several species of water bird during the winter months. Five lakes such as Groenvlei, Swartvlei, Rondevlei and Langvlei, Eilandvlei Lakes are pristine and environmentally sound. They allow varied flora and fauna in them to be healthy and thrive.  The cradle of biological assortment, provide the base for countless species of birds and animals for their survival.

Nature's Valley

Tsitsikamma National Park lies on the eastern end of the Garden Route incorporated with an extended coastline altogether. It offers an excellent Grand Garden Route forest birding tour in the wilderness of the region arguably the best along the Garden Route. Large tracts of pristine forest surround the strikingly picturesque coastal village of Nature’s Valley offers convenient access to fine forest birding.  In Nature’s Valley, there is an increased likelihood of encountering plentiful bird species.

Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

The town of Knysna commemorated with several bird names and perched on the edge of the Knysna that situated midway between the wasteland and Nature’s Valley.  Stay in the nearby Lagoon for an excellent selection of waders and other water birds.  The typical woodland and its birding edge are available close to town.

White-faced Whistling Duck


A wide variety of birding options are available, including the Pledge Nature Reserve and Diepwalle forest walk in this area to witness abundant bird species. Popular holiday town of Plettenberg Bay offers a pleasurable option for waterbirds on the Keurbooms River estuary and Bitou River. It also offers some of the most diverse birding opportunities to watch birding habitats within a few kilometers distance.

Conclusion

Absolute Birding has a grand opportunity to offer the pleasant selection of birding with a variety of scenic routes, formal bird hides, National Parks and numerous Cape Nature reserves for a rewarding Garden Route forest birding tour. All our guides are the professionals with brilliant birding skills to offer some of the most diverse birding opportunities in South Africa. Birding and ornithology are both hobbies and a career for us, and we hope to use this to serve all our clients. For an impressive and unforgettable Birding Tour, call for our service at 0824909204 or email Website: www.absolutebirding.com today!