We also specially craft safaris that focus primarily on bird watching. Specialist birding guides or bird-aware guides always guide these tours.

Namibia regularly hosts up to 660 bird species due to its wide variety of habitats. Namibia has 14 endemic species of birds and the itineraries are designed to focus on the primary birding areas with emphasis on these endemic species.

An example of the type of birding itinerary offered is listed below -
We start in Windhoek where we will explore the sparsely wooded hills and valleys near the city centre here we should find – Short-toed Rock Thrush, White-tailed shrike. Avis Dam should yield Bradfield's and Palm Swifts, Rock Martin as well as wetland birds such as Cape Shoveller and Red-billed Teal. In the surrounding grasslands a variety of seedeaters such as Black-chested Prinia and Yellow-bellied Eremomela are fairly common.

On the way down to the Namib Desert we should be able to see the following raptors – Tawny Eagle, Pale Chanting Goshawk as well as other roadside birds such as Pale-winged Starling and Red crested Korhaan.

There are not so many birds in the Sossusvlei area but the stunning scenery should make up for this. Some of the birds we should be able to see are Dune Lark, Pied Crow, Tractrac Chat, Rufous vented Tit Babler and of course Ruppell's Korhaan

The next day we head off to the coast at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, we should be able to find the Sociable Weaver en route and Gray's Lark on the gravel plains. At the lagoon large concentrations of birds occur – we should see thousands of Greater and Lesser Flamingoes; Cape, Bank, Crowned and Whitebreasted Cormorants as well as African Black Oystercatchers, Avocets and the Damara Tern.

We head off to Omaruru one of Namibia's top birding spots but en route it is a good idea to go via the inselbergs of Spitzkoppe to try and find Hereo Chats. Other birds that we might find en route are Long-billed Lark, Karoo Chat, Chat Flycatcher and Lanner Falcon. In the surrounds of Omaruru in the river beds one would hopefully find Ruppell's Parrot, Burnt –necked Eremomela amongst others, the granitic mountain sides should reveal Hartlaub's Francolin and Rockrunner and Monteiro's Hornbill.

The next highlight is the Etosha National Park with over 380 bird species. Raptors that we should see are Secretary Bird and Tawny Eagles. Double banded coursers, Northern Black Korhaan and Blacksmith Plovers are fairly common. Halali with its Mopane Forest is a must – here we should pick up Violet Woodhoopoe, Bare-cheeked Babler, Carps Tit as well as Scops and Pearl spotted Owls. Near Namutoni we hope to find Blue Cranes, Temmincks Courser, Clapper Lark as well as Crimson Breasted Shrikes.

The above is a fairly standard birding safari – additional add-on's could include the following riverine environments -

Okavango River to find the ‘Okavango Specials' such as Coppery-tailed Coucal and Slaty Egret amongst others, and Shakawe for Pel's Fishing Owl. Kwando River for Pygmy Kingfisher, White-fronted Bee-Eater and Wood Owl Zambezi River for the Trumpeter Hornbill, Crested Barbet, Greyheaded Bush Shrike As well as the Waterberg Plateau Park where you can find a breeding colony of Cape Vulture as well as a breeding site for Booted Eagle.