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
Trinidad & Tobago and St Lucia nature tour
Nature and bird watching holiday on three Caribbean islands
From
£3395 to £3550
16 days
inc UK flights
Bird watching short break to Hungary
Visit Bukk National Park with a birding specialist
From
£490
4 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
Bird watching tours in Hungary
Visit Bukk N.P. with a birding specialist
From
£1085
7 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
Falkland Islands wildlife tour
10 day Falklands birds and wildlife adventure
From
£2894
10 days
ex flights
Birdwatching holiday in France
Great Bird Watching, Food, Wine and Bonhomie
From
£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
St Lucia birdwatching tour, tailor made
Birds, flora and fauna in beautiful St Lucia
From
£1795 to £1950
9 days
inc UK 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 & wildlife holiday, Costa Rica
Discover Costa Rica's amazing bird species and wildlife
From
£3795 to £3895
16 days
inc UK flights
New Zealand and islands bird watching cruise
Ultimate wildlife expedition to the Subantarctic Islands
From
US $11250
19 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
Birdwatching holiday in Andalucia
Birdwatching holliday at the southwest of Spain and Portugal
From
€585
7 days
ex flights
Bird watching tour in North East India
Birdwatching in India's richest birding site
From
£2494
15 days
ex flights
Ecuador ecolodge, Napo Wildlife Center
A luxurious eco-lodge in wildlife rich Ecuadorean Amazon
From
£1323 to £1973
4 days
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
Trinidad & Tobago birding tour for solo travellers
Trinidad & Tobago bird watching tour - no single supplement
From
£2895
11 days
inc UK flights
St Lucia birdwatching tour for solo travellers
.St Lucia bird watching tour with no single supplement
From
£1995
9 days
inc UK flights
Greece bird watching holiday, Lake Kerkini
4-days expert-led trip to birding heaven
From
€500 to €810
4 days
ex flights
Bird watching holiday in Northern Spain
See some of the most spectacular birds in Europe
From
€1150
6 days
ex flights
Poland wildlife holiday, birds & mammals
Wildlife tour in Bialowieza Forest and Biebrza Marshes
From
PLZ5250
8 days
ex flights
Cuba birdwatching tour
Bird watching holiday including culture and beach in Cuba
From
£3195 to £3695
16 days
inc UK flights
India bird watching holiday & Taj Mahal
Bird watching at two of India’s premier wetland reserves.
From
Rupee165000
9 days
ex flights
Trinidad & Tobago birdwatching small group tour
Birding with small group in Trinidad & Tobago in January.
From
£3250
12 days
inc UK flights
Kamchatka and Chukotka wildlife cruises, Russia
Explore Kamchatka's stunning Coast, volcanoes, fjords & more
From
US $7200
14 days
ex flights
Melanesia birdwatching holiday
Expedition Cruise through South Pacific to Papua New Guinea
From
US $10080
4 weeks
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
Ethiopia birdwatching holiday in Bale Mountains
Discover Ethiopia's vast array of unusual birds
From
£1447
10 days
ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailormade at a time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary. Minimum 2 people
This trip can be tailormade at a time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary. Minimum 2 people
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
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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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