This photo was taken just before sunrise on the beach of Danie and Bella, our Whirehair
Terrier. You do not need TV during your holiday in the Wilderness..... the Beach is
the BIG SCREEN with so many activities up and down this wonderful Beach. People
walking their dogs... fisherman.. the joggers and the sunbathers and swimmers... and
the bird watchers !

Birdlife in Wilderness
The village of Wilderness is the start of the Wilderness National Park. The park stretches
from the Touw River mouth to the Swartvlei estuary near Sedgefield and is home to numerous
types of birds from forest and mountain dwellers to water birds.
There are a series of interconnecting lakes between the Touw River and Rondevlei, which host
a variety of water birds, such as the great crested and black-necked grebe, reed cormorant,
grey and purple heron, African spoonbill, little Bittern and red-knobbed coot.

The white fronted plover can also be found on the mud banks of the Touw River, adjacent to
Ebb and Flow restcamp.

The surrounding forested hillside is home to several raptors, including; cuckoo hawk, crowned
eagle, forest buzzard, sparrow hawks and African goshawk

You may also spy the elusive Knysna Lourie or one of the many kingfisher species, such as the
malachite and giant pied kingfishers while walking along the nature trails in the unique
ecological system.