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SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE TOUR REPORT 2024

Well, this seemed like a bit of a whirlwind trip that flashed by in a moment! It was pretty hard work at times, but we were well looked after, had great local support and surprisingly good cuisine. And thankfully we had a very friendly and determined group that were prepared to put in the hard […]

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INDONESIA’S SOUTHERN & CENTRAL MOLUCCAS TOUR REPORT 2023

The tour visiting the Southern and Central Moluccas is one of the most endemic-rich ones put together in the region as it is visiting numerous islands. In 2023 we did our best to find the specialties of the following islands: Ambon, Haruku, Seram, Boano, Kai Kecil, Kai Besar with the extension reaching Yamdena (Tanimbars). The […]

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CLASSIC PHILIPPINES TOUR REPORT 2024

The bird of the tour was without a doubt the magnificent Philippine Eagle that showed so very, very well to us on Mount Kitanglad on the island of Mindanao. We had to work (and wait) for it, but eventually one of the world’s most powerful and impressive eagles performed beautifully, both perched and in flight… […]

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CHINA IN WINTER TOUR REPORT 2024

This, our first tour to China since the lifting of the Covid-19 travel restrictions, proved a great, bird filled adventure amongst a diverse selection of habitats and a high number of very special birds. The tour began in the wintry Beijing region from where we travelled to the picturesque Wuyuan area, renowned for its Scaly-sided […]

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SENEGAL TOUR REPORT 2024

Our eighth Senegal ‘only’ tour (earlier tours combining with either The Gambia or Cape Verde) continued the run of success we have previously enjoyed and firmly establishes the country as a premier West African birding destination for those wishing to see some very special Sahelian endemics. Senegal is less than six hours away from Brussels […]

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UNCHARTED PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION REPORT 2023

It is hard to know where to start with summarizing this remarkable Birdquest expedition to some of the most remote parts of Papua New Guinea that took place in September and the first few days of October 2023, including Bougainville Island, the Louisiade Islands, the Kokoda Trail and the highlands of New Britain. It was […]

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SOMALILAND & DJIBOUTI TOUR REPORT 2023

Our 2023 Somaliland & Djibouti tour was our third to these two little-birded countries and was highly successful, turning up all the hoped for endemics and near-endemics and a large number of other speciality birds. Not to mention some very special mammals. Arrival in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital and the seat of administration in the old […]

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VENEZUELA IS BACK! Guaranteed departure Eastern and Western Venezuela tours in 2025

Birdquest has been operating birding tours to Venezuela since the 1980s. This is a marvellous country for birding, with a host of endemics,  so it was with great sadness that we had to cease offering the place during the turbulent years of the ‘Bolivarian Revolution’. Now the revolutionary fervour has ebbed away and while Venezuela […]

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Far North Luzon, Calayan & Samar Expedition 2025

In 2025 only, we are planning to make a special Birdquest Expedition to some rarely visited birding locations including the far north of Luzon, Calayan Island off northern Luzon and Samar Island in the Visayans. Major target endemics will include Calayan Rail, Northern Rufous Hornbill, Samar Crow, Sierra Madre Crow, Cordillera Ground Warbler, Visayan Pygmy […]

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SOUTHERN & CENTRAL ARGENTINA TOUR REPORT 2023

The 2023 Birdquest Southern & Central Argentina tour was another success story in well over 30 years of tours to this region focusing principally on the vast, mostly uninhabitable desert that is Patagonia. We managed to see 319 species including 118 diamond birds of restricted range, referring to Patagonian and Pampas specialties. The Critically Endangered […]

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