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Wildlife sanctuary · Western Cape
Paarl Bird Sanctuary
Paarl Bird Sanctuary is listed as tourist attraction, nature preserve near Paarl, in Drakenstein municipality, Western Cape — about 29 km north of Stellenbosch. The nearest other area in the directory is Limietberg Nature Reserve, 5 km south-west.
29 kmnorth of Stellenbosch
5 kmto the nearest listed area
80species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
AddressPaarl, 7620
Facts
- Type
- Wildlife sanctuary
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction, Nature preserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Cape Winelands
- Local municipality
- Drakenstein
- Town
- Paarl 7620
- Coordinates
- -33.6900, 18.9782
- Nearest large town
- Stellenbosch, 29 km north
- Website
- not listed
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 08:00–17:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00–17:00 |
Weekly hours, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve5 km south-west
- Cape Winelands Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve7 km south
- Drakenstein Lion ParkWildlife sanctuary13 km south-west
- Bontebok Ridge ReserveNature reserve18 km north
- Elandsberg Nature ReserveNature reserve25 km north
- Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km south
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Paarl Bird Sanctuary
8 mammal and 53 261 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 136
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis1 068
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus1 057
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 042
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii1 005
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis987
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata963
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus957
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha925
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii910
- Cape TealAnas capensis903
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata892
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus882
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis872
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.