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JAPAN SPECIALITIES TOUR REPORT 2025
The Birdquest Japan Specialities tour this year was a splendid trip and a very successful one, covering more islands of the Japanese archipelago than on any previous tours in our search for their endemics and specialities. We visited Honshu, Miyakejima, Amami Oshima, had a brief transit on Yoron, Ishigakijima, Iriomote, Okinawa and Hokkaido. The birding […]
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NORTHWEST INDIA TOUR REPORT 2025
Our very successful Birdquest tour to various parts of northwestern India traced an epic route through the states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, with a short visit to the state of Maharasthra to conclude. Additionally, there was a four-day pre-tour extension to some of the finest birding sites on India’s northern plains, including Sariska National […]
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NORTHERN MEXICO TOUR REPORT 2025
Our first Northern Mexico tour was a great success, with nearly all of our main target species observed. Highlights included some of the most exquisite and highly sought-after birds in all of Mexico, such as the endangered Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted Parrots, the rare and striking Eared Quetzal, the elusive Bearded Wood Partridge, the endangered Red-crowned […]
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NORTHERN TANZANIA TOUR REPORT 2025
This incredible tour through the ‘lark plains’ at Engikaret, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, the seemingly endless grasslands of the Serengeti, 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’ pilgrimages […]
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MONGOLIA TOUR REPORT 2025
The 2025 Birdquest Mongolia tour was extremely successful, traversing this vast and unimaginably beautiful country and recording a mouth-watering selection of its special birds and mammals. The highlights were many but included displaying Black-billed Capercaillies in the Khenti Mountains, hundreds of Relict Gulls at a saline lake colony and several dazzling and critically endangered Yellow-breasted […]
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CHINA’S SICHUAN & NORTHERN YUNNAN TOUR REPORT 2025
China is increasingly regarded as a must-visit area for Palearctic birders. Despite the vagaries of geopolitical change, the wonderful array of habitat, birds and increasingly improved infrastructure and food make the country among one of the most sought-after destinations of any temperate itinerary. The Birdquest 2025 tour to Sichuan and Yunnan took place against a […]
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BEST OF COSTA RICA TOUR REPORT 2025
Our successful Best of Costa Rica Tour this year recorded a total of 497 species in only two weeks! We also targeted most of the endemics and regional endemics and had great success with several bird families; for example, we saw 35 species of hummingbird, 12 species of owl, six species of motmot and 13 […]
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Birdquest is delighted to announce that top guide Jhonathan Miranda will guide our Venezuela Tours!
Jhonathan Miranda is, these days, most definitely ‘the man’ to guide tours in Venezuela. Read about him here. We have two superb trips guided by Jhonathan coming up in the first quarter of 2026. Check them out here: WESTERN VENEZUELA (shortly to be made even better thanks to new ideas from Jhonathan!) Co-guide Trevor Ellery […]
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GALAPAGOS TOUR REPORT 2025
Our 2025 Galapagos tour was another successful visit to the ‘Enchanted Isles’. The Galapagos Archipelago is a true bucket list birding and wildlife destination and thoroughly deserves this reputation. While our bird list was not high at 63 species, 30 of them were Galapagos-breeding endemics, 2 were breeding near-endemics and a further 13 were breeding […]
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MOROCCO TOUR REPORT 2025
With Morocco holding several North-African endemic (sub)species and range-restricted bird species, this country is amongst the most popular birding destinations in the Western Palearctic. Add to this the beautiful landscapes, the excellent food and mostly pleasant weather around this time of the year, everyone enjoys this tour – this year being no different! Visiting several […]
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