Six Months in South Africa: Birding at Rhodes University

Intriguing nooks and crannies and abundant gardens, plantings and playing fields offer excellent opportunities for birding at Rhodes University in Grahamstown.   Three months have passed since Vi...

Six Months in South Africa: Birding at Springvale Olive Estate

Birding at Springvale Olive Estate with the Diaz Cross Bird Club explored a variety of habitats and yielded sightings of almost fifty species for me, including newly-returned swallows.   On Satur...

Six Months in South Africa: Hiking Featherstone Kloof

Hiking Featherstone Kloof near Grahamstown offered scenic views of fynbos-covered hills, riverine forest packed with songbirds and sightings of quintessentially South African Cape sugarbird and bloomi...

Six Months in South Africa: Hiking at Hogsback

Three days of hiking at Hogsback intoduced us to the quirky Eastern Cape high-country village’s knock-out vistas, hiking trails, birdlife and soul-stretching indigenous Afromontane forest dominated ...