Wildlife guide
This wildlife travel guide is meant to be like a trailer for the new Attenborough series. Because we also have individual travel guides for more specific wildlife holidays, such as our safaris, bear watching and whale watching.
Bird watching holidays travel guide
Meet a good birding guide and you realise that the image of birders as people who are only driven by one thing in life, to sight a certain species, is unfounded. By going on a bird watching holiday, you are merely opting for an intensive wildlife experience that stretches you beyond the likes of a mainstream safari. There is something magical about adjusting your ears and eyes to birdlife on holiday. It gives you a completely new perspective. In Trinidad and Tobago, for example, you can bliss out on the beach all day. But with a birding expert, you will also watch the skies fill with scarlet ibis at dusk. You can hike Ethiopia’s magnificent Bale Mountains but, do so with a birding expert, and the skies become a whole new landscape in their own right. A sort of avian arcadia. And there are many to be found. You just need to keep looking up.
Birding guides are like calming elders. They generously share their wisdom not only about birds, but about local folklore, landscape, life and the universe. A bird’s eye view of life in fact. 
Our Bird watching Holidays
India bird watching holiday & Taj Mahal
Bird watching at two of India’s premier wetland reserves.
From
Rupee165000
9 days
ex flights
St Lucia birdwatching tour, tailor made
Birds, flora and fauna in beautiful St Lucia
From
£1795 to £1950
9 days
inc UK flights
Bird watching tours in Hungary
Visit Bukk N.P. with a birding specialist
From
£1085
7 days
inc UK flights
Bird watching short break to Hungary
Visit Bukk National Park with a birding specialist
From
£490
4 days
ex flights
Trinidad and Tobago bird watching holidays
Discover the 450 plus bird species in Trinidad & Tobago
From
£3195 to £3695
13 days
inc UK flights
Birdwatching holiday in France
Great Bird Watching, Food, Wine and Bonhomie
From
£900 to £980
7 days
ex flights
Trinidad and Tobago nature tours
An eco-adventure experience that includes every comfort
From
£2995 to £3795
16 days
inc UK flights
Sri Lanka birding & cultural tour
Top tour of birding, wildlife and culture of Sri Lanka.
From
£1500
14 days
ex flights
Ethiopia birdwatching holiday in Bale Mountains
Discover Ethiopia's vast array of unusual birds
From
£1447
10 days
ex flights
Kerala birdwatching holidays, Western Ghats
An endemic birding tour through the Western Ghats of India
From
US $1360
8 days
ex flights
Falkland Islands tour, birds and wildlife
A comprehensive Falklands birds and wildlife adventure
From
£4185
15 days
ex flights
Trinidad and Guyana birdwatching & nature holiday
Adventure, wildlife and birds tailor-made Caribbean holiday
From
£4450 to £4995
15 days
inc UK flights
Bird watching tour in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Endemic Birds & Flagship Mammals
From
£967
10 days
ex flights
Endangered wildlife tour in India
Endangered wildcat and birding wildlife tour in India
From
£1000 to £1200
13 days
ex flights
Kamchatka wildlife and bird watching cruise, Russia
Cruise Siberia's Coast on this Wildlife Packed Expedition
From
US $8400
14 days
ex flights
Chiloe Island bird watching holiday, Chile
Experience Chiloe Island, a wildlife observation gem
From
US $1550 to US $2510
5 days
ex flights
Kamchatka and Chukotka wildlife cruises, Russia
Explore Kamchatka's stunning Coast, volcanoes, fjords & more
From
US $7200
13 days
ex flights
New Zealand and islands bird watching cruise
Ultimate wildlife expedition to the Subantarctic Islands
From
US $11250
19 days
ex flights
Ecuador ecolodge, Napo Wildlife Center
A luxurious eco-lodge in wildlife rich Ecuadorean Amazon
From
£1173
4 days
ex flights
Falkland Islands wildlife tour
10 day Falklands birds and wildlife adventure
From
£2894
10 days
ex flights
Cuba birdwatching tour
Bird watching holiday including culture and beach in Cuba
From
£3195 to £3695
16 days
inc UK flights
Birdwatching holiday in Andalucia
Birdwatching holliday at the southwest of Spain and Portugal
From
€585
7 days
ex flights
Melanesia birdwatching holiday
Expedition Cruise through South Pacific to Papua New Guinea
From
US $9600
4 weeks
ex flights
Bhutan birdwatching tour
Explore Bhutan's forests & mountains with birding experts
From
£3299
13 days
ex flights
Bird watching tour in North East India
Birdwatching in India's richest birding site
From
£2494
15 days
ex flights
Uganda birding and wildlife tour
A wildlife & birding tour of Uganda’s natural landscapes
From
£7550
13 days
ex flights
Amazon rainforest birding tour, Peru
Join us in arguably the world's best birding location!
From
US $2700
8 days
ex flights
Guatemala and Belize Birdwatching small group tour
Amazing birds, nature and Mayan culture on small group tour
From
£3995
16 days
inc UK flights
Kuril Islands cruises, bird watching cruise, Russia
Explore wildlife-rich Kamchatka, Commander & Kuril Islands
From
US $7650
13 days
ex flights
Sulawesi bird watching tour, Indonesia
Sulawesi Birding and Trekking Discovery - shorter itinerary
From
£2895
17 days
ex flights
Bird watching is/isn't
Bird watching holidays are...
the best way to find the secret, most tranquil spots of any country. Expert guides have the eagle eye and are as wise as owls.
Bird watching holiday aren’t….
just about birds. You also have tigers in India, leopard in Sri Lanka, turtles in Tobago and wolves in Ethiopia.
Our top Bird watching Holiday
Trinidad and Tobago bird watching holidays
Discover the 450 plus bird species in Trinidad & Tobago
From
£3195 to £3695
13 days
inc UK flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made at a time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary
This trip can be tailor made at a time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary
Travel Team
If you'd like to chat about Bird watching or need help finding a holiday to suit you we're very happy to help.
Best time to go on a
bird watching holiday
Vivianne McGrath, founder of our leading bird watching holidays supplier, MotMot:
"At dusk, the whole sky at Caroni Swamp in Trinidad turns red with hundreds of scarlet ibis. It is almost like a ballet, coming in from different directions, then swirling around, and roosting on trees – it just takes your breath away."
"At dusk, the whole sky at Caroni Swamp in Trinidad turns red with hundreds of scarlet ibis. It is almost like a ballet, coming in from different directions, then swirling around, and roosting on trees – it just takes your breath away."
More about Bird watching
These birdwatching cruises are serious expeditions, but seriously jaw dropping too. They are veritable ornithological odysseys in fact.
Our interactive world map has plenty of information on where to go bird watching - such as Sri Lanka, Saint Lucia, or Hungary to name but a few.
From salt marshes to wetlands, mangroves and forest, bird watching holidays in Gambia give you the chance to spot up to 600 bird species...
It’s underrated when it comes to avian experiences, but India should be on every twitcher’s wishlist.
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