News & Reports

NORTHERN TANZANIA TOUR REPORT 2023

This incredible tour through Arusha and Tarangire National Parks, the Ngorongoro Crater and finally over the seemingly endless plains of the Serengeti surely has to be the ultimate wildlife travel experience out of anywhere in Africa if not indeed the whole world! The journey is simply one of those ‘must-do’ pilgrimages that all ecotourists should […]

ULTIMATE CENTRAL PERU TOUR REPORT 2022

Central Peru is an area with a complex biogeography, covering a variety of different habitats from coastal deserts, arid scrub forest, paramo vegetation, Polylepis forest, elfin forest, Andean lakes, the altitudinal gradient of the eastern slope of the Andes from cloud forest to the lower elevations of the foothills of the Andes, as well as […]

CLASSIC MADAGASCAR TOUR REPORT 2022

ULTIMATE COSTA RICA TOUR REPORT 2023

Without a doubt our Classic Costa Rica tour proved to be very successful, in terms of specialties where we managed to record 194 diamond birds! Many of these are near-endemics shared with Panama and others with Nicaragua, plus the four endemic species that only occur in Costa Rica. In terms of diversity, the tour was […]

PHILIPPINES OFF-THE-BEATEN-TRACK TOUR REPORT 2023

This itinerary “with a difference” was designed to enable tour participants to see the maximum number of Philippine endemics, supplemental to those that we can see on our Classic Philippines itinerary, during a realistic tour schedule. We certainly succeeded in delivering this package in 2023. Out of a total of around 239 species, we found […]

CLASSIC PHILIPPINES TOUR REPORT 2023

Our latest Classic Tour to the endemic-rich Philippines followed the same format as our previous one in 2020. This year, out of a total of 332 species, we found 168 ‘strict’ endemics (taxonomy-dependant). Highlights amongst this enormous haul of specialities included such mouth-watering megas as: Philippine Duck, Philippine and Palawan Frogmouths, Rough-crested and Scale-feathered Malkohas, […]

ANGOLA TOUR REPORT 2022

This was our fourth visit to Angola in recent years, and wow, things are still changing rapidly! I’d like to say all for the better, and from a travel comfort point of view, it does continue to get better. The visa was easy to get and we did not experience a single police checkpoint delay. […]

SULAWESI, MOROTAI & HALMAHERA TOUR REPORT 2022

A welcome restart of our classic Sulawesi and Halmahera itinerary was long overdue, and eagerly anticipated by a very keen clutch of birders. There was no Obi extension this year, but we did visit Morotai for the second time. There was also no visit to Makassar Fish Ponds, due to itinerary constraints, so our trip […]

CLASSIC COLOMBIA TOUR REPORT 2023

This year’s Classic Colombia tour was once again a huge success. We traversed several  mountain ranges and a vast array of habitats, in search of some of the rarest and most mouth-watering of South America’s endemics and specialities. Early starts and stunning scenery were part of our daily routine, as we took in the best […]

GHANA TOUR REPORT 2023

The Ghana tour is one of our classic Africa tours where birders can connect with a good number of Guinea and Upper Guinea forest endemics. Moreover, it does have a major target for almost all birders: the White-headed Rockfowl or as I like the old name better, the Yellow-necked Picathartes! It is a reliable country […]