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
Falkland Islands wildlife tour
10 day Falklands birds and wildlife adventure
From
£2894
10 days
ex flights
Kerala birdwatching holidays, Western Ghats
An endemic birding tour through the Western Ghats of India
From
US $1580
8 days
ex flights
Ethiopia birdwatching holiday in Bale Mountains
Discover Ethiopia's vast array of unusual birds
From
£1447
10 days
ex flights
Sri Lanka birding & cultural tour
Top tour of birding, wildlife and culture of Sri Lanka.
From
£1500
14 days
ex flights
Bird watching tours in Hungary
Visit Bukk N.P. with a birding specialist
From
£1085
7 days
inc UK flights
Birdwatching holiday in France
Great bird watching, food, wine and bonhomie
From
£950 to £1050
7 days
ex flights
Bird watching short break to Hungary
Visit Bukk National Park with a birding specialist
From
£490
4 days
ex flights
Bird watching tour in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Endemic Birds & Flagship Mammals
From
£967
10 days
ex flights
India bird watching holiday & Taj Mahal
Bird watching at two of India’s premier wetland reserves.
From
Rupee165000
9 days
ex flights
Bird watching holiday in Northern Spain
See some of the most spectacular birds in Europe
From
€1395
6 days
ex flights
Kamchatka and Chukotka wildlife cruises, Russia
Explore wild Kamchatka's volcanoes, fjords and wildlife
From
US $7200
14 days
ex flights
Ecuador ecolodge, Napo Wildlife Center
A luxurious eco-lodge in wildlife rich Ecuadorean Amazon
From
£1223 to £1453
4 days
ex flights
Bird watching tour in North East India
Birdwatching in India's richest birding site
From
£2494
15 days
ex flights
Melanesia birdwatching holiday
World renowned west pacific birding voyage + Bonin Islands
From
US $10080
4 weeks
ex flights
Kamchatka wildlife and bird watching cruise, Russia
Cruise Siberia's Coast on this Wildlife Packed Expedition
From
US $7380
14 days
ex flights
Greece bird watching holiday, Lake Kerkini
4-days expert-led trip to birding heaven
From
€500 to €810
4 days
ex flights
Poland wildlife holiday, birds & mammals
Wildlife tour in Bialowieza Forest and Biebrza Marshes
From
PLZ5650
8 days
ex flights
New Zealand and islands bird watching cruise
The ultimate Subantarctic Island birding expedition cruise
From
US $11250
19 days
ex flights
Armenia bird watching tour
Observe rare birds on this Armenia small-group holiday
From
£1496
10 days
ex flights
Birdwatching holiday in Greece
Visit top bird watching sites in Greece with a superb guide!
From
€950 to €1500
8 days
ex flights
Falkland Islands tour, birds and wildlife
A comprehensive Falklands birds and wildlife adventure
From
£4185
15 days
ex flights
Baltic Flyway bird watching holiday in Lithuania
Witness one of the most amazing nature's phenomena
From
€1490
8 days
ex flights
Botswana luxury wildlife & bird watching tour
Elusive mammals, diverse birds & spectacular landscapes
From
£9000
10 days
ex flights
Sulawesi bird watching tour, Indonesia
Sulawesi Birding and Trekking Discovery - shorter itinerary
From
£3450
17 days
ex flights
Danube Delta birdwatching in Romania
An incredible Danube Delta birdwatching experience!
From
€367
4 days
ex flights
Bird Watching holiday in China
-Amazing bird watching and wild life travel in Sichuan 2021
From
US $2989
20 days
ex flights
Andaman Islands bird watching holiday
Bird watching holiday to Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean
From
US $1290
5 days
ex flights
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka bird watching Holidays
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka endemic bird watching tour
From
US $2500
15 days
ex flights
Peru bird watching holiday
Best birding destinations near Cusco and Machu Picchu
From
US $1916
9 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
Bird watching short break to Hungary
Visit Bukk National Park with a birding specialist
From
£490
4 days
ex flights
Tailor made:
This tour can be tailor made for any date throughout the year except November
This tour can be tailor made for any date throughout the year except November
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
Bird watching cruises are serious expeditions, but seriously jaw dropping too. They are veritable ornithological odysseys, in fact; here's how to discover them for yourself.
Our map and highlights have plenty of information on where to go bird watching, as well as travel advice. Will it be Sri Lanka, Saint Lucia, Hungary or Ethiopia?
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With wetlands, marshes, mangroves and forest, bird watching holidays in Gambia give you the chance to spot up to 600 species of birds.It's some of the bets birding in Africa.
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