News & Reports

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 […]

ALASKA TOUR REPORT 2022

SNOW LEOPARDS & BIRDS OF LADAKH, INDIA TOUR REPORT 2023

My fifth Ladakh Snow Leopards tour produced another four leopard encounters, with a total of seven animals, crucially, one of which was a <50 meters sighting at a kill. We added a couple of top-quality world mammals to this tour in the form of Tibetan (Sand) Fox and the near-threatened Tibetan Gazelle (or Goa) high […]

JAPAN IN WINTER TOUR REPORT 2023

This year’s Japan in Winter tour was a welcome return to this magical country, once again a wonderful journey around the Japanese archipelago. The avian spectacles are breath-taking and we were thrilled by Blakiston’ Fish Owls and sunbathing Ural Owls, Red-crowned, White-naped, and Hooded Cranes, the staggering sight of hundreds of White-tailed and Steller’s Sea […]