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Bird watching 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. ![]()
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.
Bird watching tour in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan endemic birds & flagship mammals
From
£1795
10 days
ex flights
Kerala birdwatching holidays, Western Ghats
An endemic birding tour through the Western Ghats of India
From
US $1540
8 days
ex flights
Danube Delta birdwatching in Romania
An incredible Danube Delta birdwatching experience
From
€452
4 days
ex flights
Bird watching holiday in Northern Spain
From mountains to salt lake for bearded vultures and Cranes!
From
€1995
8 days
ex flights
Andalucia birding tour in Spain
An expert guided birding tour of southern Spain
From
£4850 to £5250
10 days
ex flights
Bhutan birdwatching tour
Explore Bhutan's forests & mountains with birding experts
From
£4295 to £4750
13 days
ex flights
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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."
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