Mapungubwe – Wildlife, Birding and more Scenery

The rocky outcrops around the camp offers a lot of opportunity to see wildlife species that you won’t often see in other national parks, like Rock Hyrax and Klipspringers

Dassie (Rock Hyrax)
Klipspringer

Reptiles, like lizards and agama are also very common.

Flat Lizard
Rick Agama

Zebra pan offers the opportunity to spot some larger game (although we didn’t, sadly) as well as water birds and dragon flies.

Green-backed Heron
Dragon fly
View over Shroda dam

Further along, you can get a spectacular view over the Shroda dam.

There are also two 4×4 routes to drive, but we found both routes to be underwhelming both in terms of a 4×4 adventure and in terms of wildlife and bird sightings. We did, however, manage to get a few wonderful bird sightings from the comfort of our bungalow’s patio, such as this Diederik Cuckoo, courting a mate with a worm!

Diederik Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo trying to impress a female

For many more photos, please visit the Trip Gallery!

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