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ULTIMATE BOLIVIA TOUR REPORT 2023
Bolivia is a somewhat neglected South American destination and I have no idea why!? It is an amazing country with a huge list, just as good infrastructure as Peru and a long list of specialities! It is a land-locked country, but it is the biggest list for any such a country in the world with […]
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NEW ZEALAND TOUR REPORT 2023
We were lucky with the weather on our tour with three of the four scheduled pelagics going ahead and no real time lost to rain. The birds played their part too, with us seeing 150 species and hearing another 3, with 66 of those being endemic species during the course of the tour. We were […]
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AUSTRALIA’S OUTBACK QUEENSLAND & CAPE YORK TOUR REPORT 2023
The 2023 Australia’s Outback Queensland & Cape York tour marked our first return to some of the remotest corners of Australia after the pandemic lockdowns. Australia is very big! Our exciting 7000km road trip tracked down 130 of Australia’s endemics but it was mostly focused on those tucked away in the top right corner of […]
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA TOUR REPORT 2023
Western Australia, the largest Australian state, is a diverse region with a wide range of habitats and a rich fauna that has a high degree of endemism. This tour gave us an unrivalled opportunity to cover a large part of the state and a varied range of habitats, as well as the offshore territory of […]
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MALAWI TOUR REPORT 2023
Malawi proved to be a lovely destination for a couple of weeks of diverse birding, with a few excellent localized targets thrown in for good measure. “The warm heart of Africa” as Malawi is often called is a friendly though poor, little-known, small, land-locked country in southern central Africa. It offers an excellent variety of […]
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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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