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SOUTH AFRICAN WILDLIFE SAFARIS and BIRDING TOURS, CAPE TOWN and beyond: |
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Avian Leisure specializes in tailor-made private safaris & birding tours in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia as well as botany tours, general nature tours and photographic tours. We cater for small groups wanting self-drive or guided tours. Our birding tours are run at your desired pace - intensive trips aim to cover as many habitat types as possible within the given time frame - expect 500 bird species in a three week guided trip. Our tailor-made wildlife safaris take you to the best bushveld areas in search of the 'Big Five' - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo & rhino. |
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| ACCOMMODATION for CAPE TOWN BIRDERS & WILDLIFE ENTHUSIASTS: |
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Avian Leisure has a magnificent situation at the top of Froggy Farm, Simon's Town, overlooking False Bay and set amidst pristine Cape Fynbos - this means you can see whales, fur seals, penguins, sunbirds, sugarbirds and a host of other birds right from your bedroom! An added delight is the regular night-time view of porcupines coming to the garden pond
Avian Leisure's location in Cape Town makes it perfect accommodation for doing Cape Peninsula birding trips, pelagic birding trips, shark trips, whale watching trips, or just enjoying the natural beauty in the Table Mountain National Park
We have two spacious and modern FOUR STAR GRADED apartments, both with their own private entrances and ample off road parking. |
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Sugarbirds and sunbirds abound in our natural fynbos garden |
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5 minutes to harbour for pelagic trips |
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Overlooks the famous Penguin colony at Boulders |
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10 minutes from Cape Point Nature Reserve |
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Owner run by experienced bird guide - available to plan your guided and self drive
birding trips ... |
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| FORTHCOMING TOURS & SPECIAL OFFERS: |
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| We are specialists in private tours & safaris in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia for small groups & individuals. Amongst our most popular routes are: |
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| CLICK HERE FOR SPECIAL OFFERS AT SOUTHERN AFRICAN
PRIVATE GAME LODGES FOR 2010! |
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| LATEST WILDLIFE & BIRDING NEWS: |
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| May 2010 |
| Sauntering Up Sani Pass |
| Flight has always fascinated man through the ages. Indeed marveling at the aerodynamic capabilities of Cape Vultures soaring in effortless flight on the thermals above their roosting cliffs of the Sani Valley holds an enduring and awe-inspiring fascination for most visitors to the Drakensberg. |
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| April 2010 |
| Autumn Birding Trip From Cape Town |
| The route following the departure of our summer migrants started at Cape Point itself on what must surely rank as the windiest day for the year to date with gale force winds ... |
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| March 2010 |
| Anne Albatross Pelagic Birding Trip From Cape Town, |
| The run up to the pelagic was characterized by gale force conditions through to
Friday evening when the south easterly finally abated leaving behind a flat and
fog shrouded sea in its wake ... |
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| February 2010 |
African Openbill Hornbill Erruption
The African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) irruption appears to be an
ongoing affair with sightings progressing steadily westwards from KZN through Eastern
Cape and now along the ... |
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| February 2010 |
| Desert Duellers of Namibia |
| The sands of the Namib Desert are made up of a scenic mix of crescent shaped barchan
dunes rising to 100m in height above the sandy coastline and rocky outcrops that
flank the cold ... |
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| January 2010 |
| Ghost Striders of the Skeleton Coast |
| The Namib Desert plains north of the popular fishing hamlet of Henties Bay impart
a sense of lunar dimension and timelessness caught up in infinity as one gazes across
a landscape said to be ... |
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| WHO ARE WE ? |
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Avian Leisure is run by Patrick & Marie-Louise Cardwell. Patrick has extensive field
experience (and a personal Southern Africa bird list of 874 birds) which he uses
to craft the most effective and delightful itineraries customized for specific interests
i.e.  birdwatching, wildlife, botany, general nature or
photo- graphic tours. |
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| LATEST WILDLIFE TRIP REPORTS: |
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| This is where we post regular 'write-ups' and photos from our clients' and from
our own wildlife safaris and birding tours we have done. The trip reports in this
section are particularly interesting ... |
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