The Makulu Birders House is located within the expansive WildsUitvlugt Game farm, just an hour’s drive from Pretoria. It features a vibrant garden with around 70 indigenous tree species that were largely absent from the farm before the garden’s establishment. The house accommodates 10-12 guests and offers self-catering facilities, along with a charming lapa and a lovely porch for leisurely birdwatching in the garden. Here, you can observe an array of flycatchers, sunbirds, shrikes, and woodpeckers, among others. At night, the calls of various nightjars and owls can be heard, serenading birders into a heightened state of bushveld euphoria.

Birders will have full access to the entire farm and can explore this magnificent property either by hiking, driving, or joining organized, pre-arranged game drives. Additionally, there is a smaller area for birders to explore nearer to the Elands River, where the elusive African Finfoot has been sighted. The property has a bird list of over 245 species and is rapidly growing!

Special highlights for the area include Grey-headed Kingfisher, Greater Painted Snipe, African Finfoot, Fairy Flycatcher (winter), Bushveld Pipit, Flappet Lark, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Half-collared Kingfisher, and Crimson-breasted Shrike.