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NORTHERN TANZANIA TOUR REPORT 2024

This incredible tour through the ‘lark plains’ at Engikaret, Tarangire National Park, the seemingly endless grasslands of the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and finally Arusha National Park 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’ […]

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JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & PUERTO RICO TOUR REPORT 2024

As one of the most exciting tours to insular archipelagos, this all new ‘the world makes no sense’ Birdquest tour to the Greater Antilles delivers the very best that nature has to offer to help forget the diabolical horrors inflicted upon us by despots and degenerate politicians or devised by administrators to tie our lives […]

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COLORADO TOUR REPORT 2024

Our 2024 whirlwind birding road-trip around the Centennial State was another wonderful birding experience. Facing the usual complicated logistical challenges, late snowfall, and high winds, as well as Easter weekend, our hard work and perseverance paid-off. This year’s top birds included Wood Duck, Barrow’s Goldeneye, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Greater and Lesser Prairie Chickens, Sharp-tailed, Gunnison and […]

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CLASSIC COSTA RICA TOUR REPORT 2024

Once again, we managed to surpass our former record of species for this tour, with the impressive amount of 630 species recorded, but even more impressive was that we managed to see 618 species. Also, we added seven species to our cumulative Costa Rican list which included Red Knot, Northern Potoo, Lance-tailed Manakin, MacGillivray’s Warbler, […]

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MALAYSIA & SINGAPORE SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2024

Our latest, new and improved Malay Peninsula tour itinerary included Singapore for the first time. This sunny tropical island certainly came up trumps, delivering memorable encounters with Red-legged Crake, both Blue-winged and Mangrove Pittas, and the critically endangered Straw-headed Bulbul. Amongst the other highlights there were Banded Woodpecker, Long-tailed Parakeet, and Copper-throated Sunbird. As one […]

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GUYANA & SURINAME TOUR REPORT 2024

As one of the most exciting tours to South America, Guyana and Suriname offer the best the Guianan shield has to offer. It is a strikingly diverse region with a high level of endemicity, comprehensively covered by one of the more endlessly interesting tours one is ever likely to take. As is said for every […]

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CAMBODIA & LAOS TOUR REPORT 2024

2024 saw another highly successful tour of these two South-East Asian neighbours. A tough pre-tour extension to Mount Aural in Cambodia reaped rewards with superb close views of Chestnut-headed Partridge and Cambodian Laughingthrush. The cream of the crop during the main tour in Cambodia were a fantastic Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (at a new site for […]

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NORTHEAST BRAZIL TOUR REPORT 2024

Northeast Brazil offers a combination of rare endemics, endangered species and some of the most iconic birds in South America. The tour has a wide variety of habitats in three different biomes being the dry Caatinga, the Cerrado and the diverse Atlantic Forest. Also, we visited different localities of the Pernambuco endemism centre, where some […]

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COLOMBIA WITH A DIFFERENCE TOUR REPORT 2024

We started the tour with an early departure from Bogota, so as to avoid the traffic and journeyed north through the Cundinamarca and Boyacá altiplanos, along the spine of the Eastern Andes. This area has been heavily populated for many years and natural habitat was scarce, though we did manage a few of the more […]

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CLASSIC COLOMBIA TOUR REPORT 2024

Our Colombian adventure began high in the Paramos, which straddle the eastern Andes above Bogota. Our first morning was spent in the breathtaking Sumapaz National Park, where we searched for a mouthwatering list of endemics and near endemics, among the Espeletia and bamboo dominated uplands. Perhaps the main target here is the near-endemic Green-bearded Helmetcrest. […]

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