Today you will be collected by your guide for a full day of birding in the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, with a boxed picnic lunch included.
Rondevlei is situated inland from Muizenberg on False Bay and is Cape Town's premier bird reserve. It covers over 290 hectares (720 acres) of permanent wetland that offers sanctuary to over 225 different bird species, as well as a variety of small mammals and reptiles such as the caracal, porcupine, Cape fox, grysbuck, steenbuck and mongoose. You can also see hippo here.
Rondevlei has five bird hides, as well as two observation towers.and a series of paths. Waterbirds are well represented with a few specials including the African purple swamphen, Black crake and the Little bittern. African marsh-harriers can be seen quartering the reedbeds, while African fish eagles swoop down on unsuspecting fish. We will also look out for Cape longclaw, Cape weaver, Cape white-eye, Southern boubou and Cape shoveler. This area is also particularly good for dragonflies.
Kirstenbosch is nestled on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain and regarded as one of the most beautiful botanic gardens in the world. Here you can hope to see many fynbos endemics such as the Cape sugarbird, Southern double-collared sunbird, Orange-breasted sunbird and Cape francolin. The sheltered forested gorges host many forest species such as the Cape batis, Forest canary and many more.