Cape Town arguably offers some of the world’s most interesting urban birdwatching experiences. Within few kms, the city area harbors pelicans, penguins, albatrosses and a set of smart endemics.

A whole month exploring different landscapes across South Africa delivered memorable encounters with rockjumpers, sugarbirds, bustards, secretarybirds, finfoot, albatrosses, penguins and more.

Waters around Cape Town gather some of the best seabird densities worldwide. We connected with hundreds of albatrosses, thousands of petrels including several spectacled petrels and Antarctic prions.