Tuesday 27th April to Friday 4 June
Stay for 5 nights, pay for 4 OR
Stay for 4 nights, pay for 3

Sunday 11th July to Friday 6th August

Sunday 11th July to Friday 6th August
Sunday to Friday R2950 per person sharing
Sunday to Sunday R4375 per person sharing
Friday to Friday R4375 per person sharing

9th August to 23rd September
Stay for 5 nights, pay for 4 OR
Stay for 4 nights, pay for 3

3 October to 10 December
Stay for 5 nights, pay for 4 OR
Stay for 4 nights, pay for 3

2010 Pensioner’s Midweek Rate

R575 per person sharing or
R650 per single per night

Note: Pensioners special rate applies in standard accommodation, midweek & in the low season only. This rate cannot be used in conjunction with another special

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CAVERN BIRDS – STATUS AND ABUNDANCE

Status codes

B = Breeding resident - present all year; known or presumed to breed.

P = Palaearctic migrant - non-breeding summer visitor; breeds during the northern summer in Europe and Asia: typically present November-March.

T = Tropical migrant - breeding summer visitor; winters in tropical Africa: typically present September-April.

A = Altitudinal migrant - non-breeding winter visitor; breeds at higher altitudes in KwaZulu-Natal: typically present May-August.

N = Nomad - visits irregularly, sometimes in large numbers, in response to specific environmental cues. May breed.

V = Vagrant - one-off or occasional visitor outside its normal range.

E = Endemic to South Africa.

e = Endemic to southern Africa.

Abundance and status codes pertain locally: for example species considered common within the main part of their range may be rare or vagrant here.

Abundance codes

C = Common - always present, seen regularly.

U = Uncommon - usually present, but not necessarily found on the day.

R = Rare - numerically few, hard to find.

Nomads and vagrants do not get an abundance code.

Coqui Francolin B R

Grey-winged Francolin B R

Red-winged Francolin B C

Red-necked Spurfowl B U

Common Quail T R

Helmeted Guineafowl B U

Egyptian Goose B C

African Black Duck B U

Yellow-billed Duck B R

Greater Honeyguide B U

Lesser Honeyguide B U

Brown-backed Honeybird B U

Red-throated Wryneck B U

Golden-tailed Woodpecker B C

Ground Woodpecker BE R

Cardinal Woodpecker B C

Olive Woodpecker B U

Black-collared Barbet B C

Crested Barbet B U

Southern Ground-Hornbill B R

African Hoopoe B C

Green Wood-Hoopoe B C

Half-collared Kingfisher B C

Malachite Kingfisher B U

Brown-hooded Kingfisher B C

Giant Kingfisher B C

Pied Kingfisher V

Speckled Mousebird B C

Jacobin Cuckoo T C

Red-chested Cuckoo T C

Black Cuckoo T C

Klaas's Cuckoo T C

Diderick Cuckoo T C

Alpine Swift B U

Common Swift P U

African Black Swift B C

Little Swift T U

Horus Swift T R

White-rumped Swift T C

African Wood-Owl B U

Marsh Owl B R

Fiery-necked Nightjar T R

Speckled Pigeon B C

African Olive-Pigeon B C

Lemon Dove B U

Laughing Dove B C

Cape Turtle-Dove B C

Red-eyed Dove B C

Namaqua Dove V

Denham's Bustard B R

Buff-spotted Flufftail B U

Common Moorhen V

Common Greenshank P R

Spotted Thick-knee B R

Blacksmith Lapwing B U

African Cuckoo Hawk B R

Black-shouldered Kite B U

Yellow-billed Kite T U

African Fish-Eagle V

Lammergeier B R

Cape Vulture Be U

African Harrier-Hawk B C

African Goshawk B C

Little Sparrowhawk B U

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk B R

Black Sparrowhawk B R

Steppe Buzzard P C

Forest Buzzard B R

Jackal Buzzard Be C

Verreaux's Eagle B R

Martial Eagle B R

Long-crested Eagle V

Secretarybird B U

Rock Kestrel B U

Amur Falcon P U

Lanner Falcon B U

Peregrine Falcon B R

Little Grebe B C

Reed Cormorant B C

White-breasted Cormorant V

Grey Heron B U

Black-headed Heron B C

Cattle Egret B U

Little Bittern P R

Hamerkop B C

Hadeda Ibis B C

Southern Bald Ibis BE U

African Sacred Ibis B R

Black Stork B R

White Stork P U

Fork-tailed Drongo B C

Fairy Flycatcher Ae U

African Paradise-Flycatcher T C

Black-backed Puffback B C

Southern Boubou Be C

Bokmakierie Be U

Olive Bush-Shrike B C

Cape Batis Be C

Cape Crow B C

Pied Crow B U

White-necked Raven B C

Common Fiscal B C

Grey Cuckooshrike B R

Black Cuckooshrike B R

Southern Black Tit B C

Brown-throated Martin B U

Barn Swallow P C

White-throated Swallow T C

Greater Striped Swallow T C

Rock Martin B U

Common House-Martin P U

Black Saw-wing B C

Dark-capped Bulbul B C

Barratt's Warbler Be U

Cape Grassbird Be C

Lesser Swamp-Warbler B R

Long-billed Crombec B R

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler B C

Willow Warbler P U

Broad-tailed Warbler B R

Arrow-marked Babbler B C

Bush Blackcap BE C

Cape White-eye Be C

Lazy Cisticola B C

Wailing Cisticola B C

Levaillant's Cisticola B C

Neddicky B C

Zitting Cisticola B C

Wing-snapping Cisticola B U

Drakensberg Prinia BE C

Bar-throated Apalis B C

Cape Rock-Thrush BE C

Sentinel Rock-Thrush AE R

Groundscraper Thrush B C

Olive Thrush B C

Southern Black Flycatcher B C

Fiscal Flycatcher BE C

Spotted Flycatcher P U

African Dusky Flycatcher B C

White-starred Robin B R

Cape Robin-Chat B C

Chorister Robin-Chat BE C

African Stonechat B C

Buff-streaked Chat AE U

Mountain Wheatear Be R

Familiar Chat B C

Anteating Chat Be R

Mocking Cliff-Chat B U

Red-winged Starling B C

Cape Glossy Starling B C

Violet-backed Starling T U

Pied Starling BE U

Common Myna V

Amethyst Sunbird B C

Malachite Sunbird B C

Southern Double-collared Sunbird BE U

Greater Double-collared Sunbird BE C

Gurney's Sugarbird Be U

Spectacled Weaver B R

Cape Weaver BE C

Southern Masked-Weaver B C

Red-billed Quelea N

Yellow-crowned Bishop B R

Southern Red Bishop B U

Yellow Bishop B C

Fan-tailed Widowbird B U

Red-collared Widowbird B C

Long-tailed Widowbird B R

African Firefinch B U

Swee Waxbill BE C

Common Waxbill B C

Orange-breasted Waxbill B R

African Quailfinch B R

Bronze Mannikin V

Dusky Indigobird B U

Pin-tailed Whydah B C

House Sparrow B C

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow B C

Cape Wagtail B C

Mountain Wagtail B U

Cape Longclaw Be U

African Rock Pipit VE

African Pipit B C

Plain-backed Pipit B R

Long-billed Pipit B U

Cape Canary B C

Forest Canary BE C

Yellow-fronted Canary B C

Yellow Canary Ae R

Brimstone Canary B U

Streaky-headed Seedeater B C

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting B R

Golden-breasted Bunting B C

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