Where can you see the Spike-heeled Lark?
Some of the best places to see the Spike-heeled Lark in the wild include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana), NamibRand Nature Reserve (Namibia) and Sperrgebiet National Park (Namibia) — among 9 wildlife hotspots across South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Augrabies Falls National Park
Kai !Garib Local Municipality, South Africa
+48 birds+14 mammals
Where granite gorges plunge 56 metres into churning white water, the Orange River has carved one of Africa’s most dramatic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCamdeboo National Park
Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through semi-arid plateaus, ancient dolerite formations rise like sentinels above the Sundays River valley. Sprawling across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEtosha National Park
Namibia
+62 birds+30 mammals
Brilliant white salt pans stretch endlessly beneath Namibian skies, interrupted by scattered acacia woodlands and mopane scrubland that characterize this […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMakgadikgadi Pans National Park
Gucta, Botswana
+107 birds+22 mammals
Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa’s most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMokala National Park
Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where semi-arid savanna meets ancient granite outcrops, a 715-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Northern Cape’s undulating terrain. Mokala’s landscape is […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMountain Zebra National Park
Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, South Africa
+123 birds+30 mammals
Jagged sandstone peaks rise abruptly from the high interior plateau of the Eastern Cape, their weathered faces sculpted by millennia […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamibRand Nature Reserve
Hammerstein, Namibia
+66 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes surrender to sculpted granite outcrops and vast plains stretch toward an endless horizon, one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVESperrgebiet National Park
Barcelona, Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where the Namib Desert’s red dunes collide with the Atlantic’s cold embrace, over 56,000 square kilometers of raw wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTankwa-Karoo National Park
Hantam Local Municipality, South Africa
+101 birds
Where ancient mountains crumble into rust-red plains, the Tankwa Karoo unfolds as one of South Africa’s most austere and compelling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARK