Rockrunner & Co.
Birding Windhoek -
Full Day
Join Jacob, your expert guide, on a fully personalized 9 hours of birding in Windhoek and its outskirts. Our city in the valley offers productive bushveld and wetland habitats—its rocky outcrops, ancient thorn trees, and muddy shorelines are sure to thrill all birders.
Highlight Species
Rockrunner, Maccoa Duck, South African Shelduck, Mountain Chat, Black-faced Waxbill, Bradfield's Swift, Burnt-necked Eremomola, Kittlitz's Plover, Rock Kestrel, Red-billed Spurfowl, White-tailed Shrike, White-backed Mousebird, Short-toed Rock-thrush, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Great Rufous Sparrow
Potential Locations
Depending on your specific targets and objectives, we will likely visit some of the following locations (in addition to ticking any local rarities in the area during your visit):
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Avis Dam
Windhoek Botanical Gardens
Gammams Water Works
Goreangab Dam (safe location)
Daan Viljeon Park
Parliament Gardens
IJG Trails
Surrounding farms, water points, and guesthouses
Tour Logistics
Time
07:00 - 16:30
08:00 - 17:30
Choose your departure:
9.5 hours of birding
Cost
$110 (USD) per person
Capacity: 1 - 3 people
No single supplement ​
I will send an e-invoice before your tour. I can also accept Namibian or US cash on the day.
Includes
Pick-up & Drop-off in Windhoek
Local Travel/Vehicle
Entry Fees
Water
Excludes
Lunch/coffee at a bird-friendly cafe
Trip Insurance
Tour Modes
I can cater to any type of birder—beginner to advanced, active hiker to scope-lover. Understanding your objectives before the tour begins helps me plan the best day possible for meeting your birding objectives. Most birders I meet fall into one or more of these archetypes:
The List Builder
You want to rack up as many species as possible for your Life and/or Namibia List and you're ready to go hard to do it.
The Photographer/Recordist
Your main objective is capturing beautiful images or recordings. If the light's bad or the wind's blowing, we might as well find a shady spot to wait it out.
The Leisure Birder
You love birds, and you'll add them to your list, but mainly you enjoy being out in nature at a reasonable pace and intensity; you wouldn't mind seeing a few mammals too.
The Targeter
You have specific species that you want to find. We should skip over every common bird in pursuit of remedying those gaps in your list.