Pelagic Birding Cape Town. It combines iconic rare and endangered seabirds such as the Wandering Albatross with a diverse range of endemic coastal and migratory oceanic species great numbers of albatrosses and petrels sharks and several species of whales and dolphins. The Capes amazing seabird abundance and diversity are products of the Benguela current that originates in the icy waters of Antarctica.
Otherwise Cape Peninsula and False Bay birding departing from Simonstown where we find African Penguin and travelling 30-50 km out to sea. Scientific editor Tim Jackson is an enthusiastic birder and as a resident of South Africas interior he was keen to tick a couple of pelagic species on his bird list. Pelagic trips are run out of various harbours in South Africa but generally Cape Town offers by far the best sea birding in South Africa.
Cape Town offers up to 10000 seabirds of 25 species.
In fact is considered to be some of the best anywhere in the world. Avian Leisure has been in operation since 1998 as a husband and wife team specializing in tailor-made private wildlife safaris birding tours of a boutique nature in South Africa Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe and Uganda. 1975 likes 20 talking about this. 24 March 2018 7 April 2018 - 5 species Albatross including a Wanderer Spectacled Petrel Common Dolphins.