South Africa - Birds & Cricket: One Day Internationals

Summary

For those who love both wildlife and cricket, this tour offers the opportunity to combine these two great passions. In early 2027, the England cricket team will be playing a Test series in Cape Town against the South African Proteas, followed by a set of One Day Internationals in Paarl and Bloemfontein. On this tour we include three One Day International matches, one in Paarl and two in Bloemfontein. For the remainder of the holiday - and hopefully buoyed by England's sporting success - we will explore the surrounding habitats and reserves in search of the birds and other wildlife of South Africa's western cape and the more arid landscape around Bloemfontein. We will go in search of such birds as Cape Rockjumper, Cape Sugarbird, Ground Woodpecker, African Penguin, Blue Crane and Bokmakierie and many others, and join night drives in Karoo Gariep Reserve in the hope of seeing Aardvark and Aardwolf. This holiday can be combined with our South Africa: Birds & Cricket (Test Match) holiday which precedes this tour (website tour code: ZAF16).