Bukk bird watching tours in Hungary
If you would prefer to make your own travel arrangements you can remove £195 from the total cost.
There is a £95.00 excess charge for single travellers.
Description of Bukk bird watching tours in Hungary
This Bukk bird watching tour in Hungary doesn’t just give you time in this fantastic, forested national park, but also offers chances to spot birds in a number of different habitats, from lakes to plains and wetlands, with time to enjoy wine tasting and traditional cuisine when you’re not out in the field.
Your home for the week is Eger, a historic town on the southern side of Bukk National Park. This makes a great base – your four-star hotel is within walking distance of bird watching sites, whilst on your free day you can explore the town. The hotel itself features a sauna and solarium, and a wine cellar for sampling the region’s best bottles. Breakfast is included.
Your week is filled with trips to different habitats to spot birds, including pre-breakfast excursions where you can see species at their most active. Highlights include time in Hortobagy National Park, a great place to spot wetland birds, and the forest of Bukk itself, on the trail of woodpeckers, flycatchers, and the red-backed shrike.
Your guide for the week is a specialist in woodland birds, a hawfinch expert and a former wildlife crime officer who worked closely with the RSPB and the Forestry Commission for over 30 years with the Devon and Cornwall Police.
Our partner on this holiday has been involved in conservation projects with the national park, and part of this work has involved protecting habitat for the white-backed woodpecker – a project that has helped increase the number of these birds in the area, just one of the many species you’ll spot on this specialist holiday.
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If you would prefer to make your own travel arrangements you can remove £195 from the total cost.
There is a £95.00 excess charge for single travellers.
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The bird watching hotel is locally owned and employees are local people. We employ local birding guides and work closely with the national parks and visit their wildlife exhibitions for which there is an entrance fee.On this birding holiday, we also use locally owned restaurants and give visitors the option of visiting various charging attractions in the area.
Almost 50% of the bird watching tour cost goes in to the local community (hotel, restaurants etc.) Guests are taught some key word in Hungarian at the start of the trip.
We encourage landowners to view local wildlife & take up European grant aid, available for sensitive land management schemes where specific wildlife occur. All walks respect landowners and wildlife conservation. We work closely with the Bukk national Park and private forestry companies to ensure habitat protection for the White Backed Woodpecker and in the past 5 years we have seen a population increase.
Recycling and composting are both carried out by the bird watching hotel. Heating is turned off when office is not being used & we take great care not to waste water. We use public transport & car share.
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