Best Birding Drives
- Lower Sabie Road
- Crocodile Bridge to Lower Sabi
- Engelhard Dam
- Kanniedood Dam
- Lower Sabie to Tshokwane
- Luvuvhu River Drive
- Mahonie Loop
- Malelane to Berg-en-Dal
- Napi and Doispane Roads
- Satara to Lebombo
Image : Crested Guinea-fowl
Mahonie Loop (S99)
The surrounding sandveld has a diversity of vegetation that is reflected in the variety of avian attractions. One should give oneself plenty of time to cover the distance, and travel with windows down and stop frequently, particularly to listern for calls.
Several raptors nest nearby, including Bateleur, African Hawk-Eagle, African Crowned Eagle and Bat Hawk. A Mahonie Loop summer special is the Pennant-winged Nightjar.
(See Mahonie Loop)
On a good day one could record birds such as the White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike, Arnot's Chat, Crowned Hornbill, Grey-headed Kingfisher*, Crested Guineafowl, Gorgeous Bush-Shrike, Grey-headed Parrot, Eurasian Golden Oriole* (in summer), Eastern Nicator*, Stierling's Wren-Warbler*, Narina Trogon and Dickinson's Kestrel.
