Where can you see the Swallow-tailed Bee-eater?
Some of the best places to see the Swallow-tailed Bee-eater in the wild include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana), Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda) and Waterberg Plateau National Park (Namibia) — among 15 wildlife hotspots across Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Uganda. 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 PARKBwabwata National Park
Namibia
150+ birds+23 mammals
Where the Kavango and Zambezi rivers converge across northeastern Namibia, a vast wilderness of 14,249 square kilometres unfolds in layers […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChobe National Park
Botswana
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where the Zambezi River cuts through northern Botswana, one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of large mammals gathers across flood plains, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorob National Park
Henties Bay, Namibia
+118 birds+30 mammals
Where the Skeleton Coast’s haunting dunes surrender to gravel plains and rocky outcrops, an extraordinary expanse of Namibian wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Namibia
+46 birds+16 mammals
Where mopane woodland gives way to sudden waterhole clearings and ancient elephant paths cross calcrete plains, one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Botswana
+57 birds+18 mammals
Where the Kalahari’s red dunes roll into dense mopane woodland and riverine thickets, a raw and unforgiving landscape rewards those […]
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 PARKMarakele National Park
Modimolle Local Municipality, South Africa
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the bushveld and ancient mountains rise in weathered majesty, southern Africa’s most underrated wilderness unfolds […]
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 […]
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