News & Reports from Birdquest Birding Tours Worldwide

NAMIBIA & BOTSWANA (WITH ZIMBABWE EXTENSION) TOUR REPORT 2023

The tour started from the Hosea Kutako International Airport south of the capital Windhoek and returned there sixteen days later. In total the tour delivered 366 species, a greatly successful outing! In addition, a total of thirty-nine mammal species were encountered most of which were observed in the National Parks at Etosha and along the […]

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AUSTRALIA’S NORTHERN TERRITORY TOUR REPORT 2023

This year the Northern Territory tour kicked off in Central Australia in the town of Alice Springs with dinner at our accommodation. Next morning, September 29, we were all keen to make the most of the relative cool of the next two days, with temperatures predicted to only be in the low thirties, with a […]

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CLASSIC MADAGASCAR TOUR REPORT 2023

The most exciting of destinations to visit for anyone, even for those with only a passing interest in the natural world, is Madagascar. One of the more charmingly chaotic countries one is ever likely to visit. This year’s tour was one of the most successful and enjoyable to date, as we worked our way through […]

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JAVA, BALI & KALIMANTAN (BORNEO) TOUR REPORT 2023

Birding along three of the large islands of the Greater Sundas and seeing a good selection of the birds here, from which are many endemic or range-restricted species, is the main goal of this tour and we did a great job again this year! The tour started with the pre-extension on the Indonesian side of […]

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BORNEO: SABAH & SARAWAK, MALAYSIA TOUR REPORT 2023

This year’s tour combined with all the extensions gave the most comprehensive tour ever done in Malaysian Borneo. Starting with the pre-tour extensions aiming to see the once ‘near-mythical’ Bulwer’s Pheasant and Bornean Peacock-Pheasant from different hides, where recently they become more reliable, these mega-specialities became early highlights of the tour. Following the ‘hide sessions’, […]

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NORTHERN PERU TOUR REPORT 2023

Once again, we had a very successful Northern Peru trip, where we managed to record at least 718 species, along with 7 potential future splits. Some of the subspecies that we looked for on last year’s tour are now full species, like the Marañon and Tumbesian Tyrannulets, or the Mouse-grey Flycatcher. And I have to […]

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WESTERN & CENTRAL PANAMA TOUR REPORT 2023

With the closing of the Cana Airstrip in Eastern Panama, our birding tours to Panama had been put on hold for some time, while we waited, and waited, and waited… It eventually became clear that it wasn’t coming back in a hurry and consequently a new strategy was required, and a little more time in-country […]

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PANAMA’S DARIEN WILDERNESS TOUR REPORT 2023

With the closing of the Cana Airstrip in Eastern Panama, our birding tours to Panama had been put on hold for some time, while we waited, and waited, and waited… It eventually became clear that it wasn’t coming back in a hurry and consequently a new strategy was required, and a little more time in-country […]

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WESTERN MEXICO TOUR REPORT 2023

With just the odd tweak here and there, our well-established Western Mexico tour has, over the years, become a very efficient clean-up (or nearly!) of the many regional specialities that this fantastic part of Mexico has to offer. This year, we once again recorded around 410 species of birds, and again we found a very […]

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SEABIRDS & CETACEANS OF AUSTRALASIA 15-23 November 2024: 50% discount available!

Heritage Expeditions have a great new 9 days itinerary in November 2024 commencing at Port Vila in Vanuatu on 15 November, passing New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Reefs and ending at Hobart in Tasmania on 23 November. The cruise is designed purely for seabird and cetacean enthusiasts and is a ‘no-landings’ grand pelagic of 9 […]

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