Luke's Birding Pages
The Top 10 Birding Sites in Africa
as suggested by members of the AfricanBirding listserve
Contributors suggested sites in 26 countries, with Kenya having the most top sites (6), and The Gambia, Tanzania and Uganda (4 sites each) runners up. To see the sites by country, check here.
Sites with 5 votes
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Sites with 3 votes
Ocean off Cape Town, South Africa
Sites with 2 votes
Bakossi Mountains/Mount Kupe, Cameroon
Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
Banc D'Arguin NP - Mauritania
Caprivi Strip, Namibia
Djoudj NP, Senegal
Gola Rainforest, Sierra Leone
Kruger NP, Pafuri area (Punda Maria Camp and north), South Africa
Lake Baringo, Kenya
Lake Nakuru, Kenya
La Lopé Reserve, Gabon
Murchison (Kabalega) Falls NP, Uganda
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Siné-Saloum Delta, Senegal
Tai Forest, Côte d'Ivoire
Tarangire NP, Tanzania
Tendaba Camp, Kian West NP and Bao-Bolong Wetland Reserve, The Gambia
Others Sites Mentioned
Abuko Forest/mangroves of Lamin, The Gambia
Afi Mountains Sanctuary, Cross River State, Nigeria
Anaga mountain slopes, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Bandiagara cliffs and the Dogon country, Mali
Bateke Plateau, extreme southeast Gabon
Bijogas Islands & Cacine, Cantanhez 1ry Forests, Guinea-Bissau
Bird Island, Seychelles
Bwiam Western Division vicinity, The Gambia
Chobe NP, eastern end, Botswana
Diawling NP, Mauritania
Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
Ifaty, Madagascar
Kakamega Forest, w. Kenya
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Kampala area, Uganda
Lake Ichkeul, Tunisia
Lake Manyara, Tanzania
Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar
Menegesha Suba NP, Ethiopia
Mossi country between Ouahiagouya and the Mali border, Burkina Faso
Mount Cameroon, Cameroon
Mulay Bousselham and Merja Zerga marshes, Morocco
Nata Park, incl Maghkhadikhadi, Botswana
Ngaoundaba Ranch, Cameroon
Ngulia (Tsavo), Kenya
Obudu Cattle Ranch cloud forest and Cross River, Nigeria
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Oued Massa, Morocco
Parc National du W, Niger
Ruacana, Kunene River, Namibia/Angola border
São Tomé & Príncipe
Shaba/Samburu/Buffalo Springs Game Reserves, Kenya
Sokoke Forest, Kenya
Straits of Gibraltar, Spain/Morocco
Tabouru Hidden Valley, Jos, Nigeria
Tanji Bird Reserve, The Gambia
Tanqua Karoo, South Africa
Trois Marigot, Senegal
Tyanfala Foret Classe, Bamako, Kulikoro Road, Mali
Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
This list was initiated by Keith Betton, and contributed to by Nigel Blake, Nik Borrow, Chris Bowden, Joost Brouwer, Herbert Byaruhanga, PM Claffey, Clive, Callan Cohen, Luke Cole, Juan José Ramos Encalado, Pierfrancesco Micheloni, Ben Mugambi, Stein Nilsen, Otto Overdijk, Don Roberson, Alhaji Siaka, and Steven of BirdLife South Africa.
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