Trip Report: Africa: Part 4: South Africa, Namibia to Uganda (2002-12-14 - 2003-02-15)
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Augrabies Waterfall, South Africa
Orange River, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Fynbos, South Africa
Shipwreck, South Africa
Natural Arch, South Africa
Cape Point Lighthouse, South Africa
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Duisib Castle, Namibia
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Natural Arch, Namibia
Rocks, Namibia
Sand
1500 Year Old Welweicha Plant, Namibia
Ancient Rock Art, Namibia
Hoba Meteorite (World's Largest!!!), Namibia
Quiver Trees, Namibia
Wild Coast, South Africa
Cows On The Beach, South Africa
Besotho Horsemen, Sani Pass
Lesotho
African Penguins, South Africa
Rock Hyrax, South Africa
Bontebok, South Africa
Cape Gannet Colony, South Africa
Cape Fur Seals, Namibia
African Ground Squirrel, Namibia
Gemsbok, Namibia
Waterhole, Namibia
Giraffes, Namibia
Lioness, Namibia
Ostrich, Namibia
Broadley's Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)
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Sand Dunes, Namibia
Augrabies Waterfall, South Africa
Orange River, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Fynbos, South Africa
Shipwreck, South Africa
Natural Arch, South Africa
Cape Point Lighthouse, South Africa
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Duisib Castle, Namibia
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Sand Dunes, Namibia
Natural Arch, Namibia
Rocks, Namibia
Sand
1500 Year Old Welweicha Plant, Namibia
Ancient Rock Art, Namibia
Hoba Meteorite (World's Largest!!!), Namibia
Quiver Trees, Namibia
Wild Coast, South Africa
Cows On The Beach, South Africa
Besotho Horsemen, Sani Pass
Lesotho
African Penguins, South Africa
Rock Hyrax, South Africa
Bontebok, South Africa
Cape Gannet Colony, South Africa
Cape Fur Seals, Namibia
African Ground Squirrel, Namibia
Gemsbok, Namibia
Waterhole, Namibia
Giraffes, Namibia
Lioness, Namibia
Ostrich, Namibia
Broadley's Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)
In part 4, we continue to South Africa, where we get a car hire and travel to Namibia.
Sites Visited
Country: Lesotho
(1 sites)
Country: Namibia
(12 sites)
Country: South Africa
(19 sites)
- Augrabies Falls
- Bredasdorp
- Cape Point
- Cedarberg
- Ceres
- Drakensburg - Hogsback
- Gaansbai
- Hluhluwe - Umfolazi Rhino Preserve
- Johannesburg
- Lambertsbai - Bird Island
- Port St. Johns - Wild Coast
- Pretoria
- Scottburgh
- St. Lucia National Park
- Suicide Gorge
- Swaziland
- Tsitsikamma National Park
- West Coast National Park
- Wilderness National Park
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (199 records,
16 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(199 records,
16 images)
Class: Birds
(181 records,
4 images)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Cape Gannet (Morus capensis)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (3 records)
- Order: Coliiformes (2 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (4 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Blue Crane (Grus paradiseus)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(11 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
- Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)
- Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)
- Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
- Pale Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax canorus)
- Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
- Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
- Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
- White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (6 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Mangrove Kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides)
- Family: Rollers
- Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)
- Order: Musophagiformes (3 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (3 records)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans (33 records)
- Family: Coursers
- Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides)
- Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- Southern Bald Ibis (Geronticus calvus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
- Family: Pelicans
- Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Family: Penguins
- African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- African Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia microscelis)
- Order: Perching Birds (82 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis)
- Drakensberg Siskin (Crithagra symonsi)
- Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops)
- White-throated Canary (Crithagra albogularis)
- Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Ashy Tit (Melaniparus cinerascens)
- Carp's Tit (Melaniparus carpi)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Eastern Paradise-Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
- Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)
- White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)
- Family: Larks
- Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
- Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)
- Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- African Golden-Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
- Black-faced Waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos)
- Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis)
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
- Great Rufous Sparrow (Passer motitensis)
- Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
- Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala)
- Scaly Weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons)
- Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius)
- Southern Gray-Headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus)
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Chestnut-vented Warbler (Curruca subcoerulea)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica)
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Cape Batis (Batis capensis)
- Pririt Batis (Batis pririt)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- African Pied Starling (Lamprotornis bicolor)
- Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)
- Cape Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
- Pale-winged Starling (Onychognathus nabouroup)
- Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)
- Family: Sugarbirds
- Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Dusky Sunbird (Cinnyris fuscus)
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer)
- Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)
- Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
- Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea)
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera)
- Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata)
- Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
- Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- Southern Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa)
- Groundscraper Thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa)
- Mountain Chat (Myrmecocichla monticola)
- Sentinel Rock-Thrush (Monticola explorator)
- Sickle-winged Chat (Emarginata sinuata)
- Southern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
- Tractrac Chat (Emarginata tractrac)
- White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys)
- White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis)
- Family: Waxwings
- Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius)
- Family: White-eyes
- Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (12 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
- Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- White-fronted Plover (Anarhynchus marginatus)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Ostriches
- Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Cape Spurfowl (Pternistis capensis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (4 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus)
Class: Cartilaginous Fish
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Lamniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Lamnidae
- Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Class: Mammals
(15 records,
11 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(4 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Black-backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)
- Family: Felidae
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)
- Family: Otariidae
- South African Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- Order: Elephants
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans (5 records)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Order: Hyraxes
(1 record)
- Family: Procaviidae
- Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)
- Order: Odd-toed Ungulates
(2 records)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Cape Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Girdle-tailed Lizards
- Broadley's Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)