2021 Tour Schedule
We are aware that the COVID-19 situation is effecting domestic & international borders and that no one is quite certain when or even if they can travel. However it is possible that travel bubbles will be in place sometime during the second half of the year. Currently the destinations listed below are a low risk for COVID-19. This may change as borders open up and we will be closely monitoring the situation. As more destinations open up we may add further tours to countries deemed low risk.
Scroll down to see what’s available. To find out more about a tour click on the title.
Don’t find a tour that you like? Check out our destinations page for Australia. If you would like something different we would be happy to run it for you.
April
South & Central Vietnam – 16 Days
5th April – 20th April 2021
USD$5,591.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED DECEMBER & NEXT YEAR
Next Departure for this Tour: South & Central Vietnam – December 2021 (16 Days)
Did you know that Vietnam is a very bird rich destination, It has, depending on the checklist you follow, about 916 species recorded including 19 endemics and 27 near endemics? Were you aware that it has a great network of national parks and reserves? Or that many of these are well equipped with hides and walking track? Or that they are home to some of south-east Asia’s rarest birds and animals?
May
Taiwan in Spring – 11 Days
4th May – 15th May 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 7
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Next Departure for this Tour: This is a private tour. If you are interested in having your own private tour please let us know.
Taiwan in Spring – 11 Days
16th May – 27th May 2021
USD$5,400.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED NEXT YEAR
Japan in Spring- 17 Days
15th May – 1st June 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 7
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
June
Japan in Spring- 17 Days
2nd June – 19th June 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 7
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Taiwan in Spring – 7 Days
11th June – 18th June 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 2
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Gentle Solomon Islands – 18 Days
15th June – 27th June 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days
15th June – 21st June 2021
AUD$4,035.00 per person
Group Size 4
OPEN
Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Drive In / Fly Out – 30th June – 6th July 2021 (7 Days)
Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days
30th June – 6th July 2021
AUD$4,035.00 per person
Group Size 4
OPEN
Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Drive In / Fly Out – 28th August – 3rd September 2021 (7 Days)
Mongolia – Steppe Birding at its Best – 15 Days
27th June – 16th July 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 7
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
This nomadic lifestyle leaves much of Mongolia still a place of vast wilderness and habitat diversity with treeless plains and high mountains interspaced with rivers, lakes and marshes as well as taiga forest and sandy deserts. With over 480 species of birds, many of them migratory, Mongolia’s vast wilderness makes it a birders dream.
July
Papua New Guinea (PNG) Endemic Families Tour – 6 Days
9th July – 14th July 2021
AUD$4,595.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED NEXT YEAR
Cape York – Fly in / Fly Out | Dry Season Special – 5 Days
19th July – 23rd July 2021
AUD$3,340.00
Group Size 3
OPEN
Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Fly In / Fly Out – 13th – 17th December 2021 (5 Days)
This tour is an excellent introduction to Cape York birds. A number of great New Guinea specials which cannot be seen anywhere else in Australia such as Eclectus Parrot, Red-cheeked Parrot, Palm Cockatoo, Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Magnificent Riflebird, Trumpet Manucode, Tropical Scrubwren, Green-backed Honeyeater, Tawny-breasted Honeyeater, Black-eared Catbird and Frilled Monarch can be found on this tour.
PNG – The Huon Adventure – 7 Days
14th July – 20th July 2021
AUD$5,895.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED NEXT YEAR
This 7 day/6 night birding tour visits a recently opened area that has for many years been off limits. The Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to endemics such as the Emperor Bird of Paradise, Huon Astrapia, Wahnes’ Parotia, Huon Bowerbird and the Huon Catbird.
PNG – The Mount Hagen Special – 7 Days
23rd July – 28th July 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 2
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
A special trip focusing on the Birds of Paradise around Mount Hagen.
A Taste of New Guinea 1: Birds of Paradise – 7 Days
25th July – 1st August 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 2
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
A short 7 day introductory birding tour to New Guinea visiting the Varirata National Park on the Sogeri Plateau above Port Moresby and Kumul Lodge near Mt Hagen. All the endemic PNG families can be seen on this tour.
While we will be concentrating on getting as many species of Birds of Paradise as possible, we will also be looking for other New Guinea specialities particularly the brighter and more colourful parrots, pigeons and kingfishers. There are excellent photographic opportunities at Kumul Lodge where Birds of Paradise come to the feeders in the Lodge grounds and at the PAU in Port Moresby where the ponds allow us a good view of waterbirds.
August
Wet Tropics & Rinyirru National Park – 8 Days
1st August – 8th August 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 2
PRIVATE TOUR
This tour combines the best of The Wet Tropics: Atherton Tablelands & Cairns Area with Lakefield (Rinyirru) National Park Tour. This is personalised tour and we are happy to offer it to any others who are interested.
PNG Birds & Culture
3rd August – 16th August 2021
AUD$8,825.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED NEXT YEAR
A unique 14 day chance to visit some of the worlds greatest birding locations in search of Papua New Guinea’s spectacular birds and experience some of New Guinea’s fascinating culture with attendance at the world famous Mt Hagen show where representatives of cultural groups from all over New Guinea come together in a spectacle of costume, music and dancing as a highlight.
PNG Birds of Paradise Photographic Tour – 19 Days
4th August – 22nd August 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 5
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
Private photography tour focusing on photographing the fantastic Birds of Paradise found in Papua New Guinea.
Victoria Special – 11 Days
9th August – 19th August 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 2
PRIVATE TOUR
Private tour around Victoria searching for specific target birds. We are happy to run this tour again for those interested.
Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days
14th August 2021 – 20th August 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 2
PRIVATE TOUR
Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Drive In / Fly Out – 28th August – 3rd September 2021 (7 Days)
Sri Lanka: Wildlife & the Kandy Pageant – 8 Days
19th August – 27th August 2021
PRICE COMING SOON
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Interested in wildlife and culture? Then this 8 day/7 night tour of Sri Lanka could be for you. It is a great mix of wildlife viewing and culture. You will visit two of the of the countries top game parks! Here you will look for Leopards, Asian Elephants, Sloth Bears, Wild Peacocks and a wealth of other exotic birds and animals. Other highlights include visits to a number of places of cultural historical significance. For example the almost impregnable Sigiriya Rock fortress, the Dambulla cave temple complex, and Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka’s medieval capital.
PNG Birds of Paradise Photographic Tour – 21 Days
25th August – 14th September 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 5
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Private photography tour focusing on photographing the fantastic Birds of Paradise found in Papua New Guinea.
Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days
28th August – 3rd September 2021
AUD$4,035.00 per person
Group Size 4
OPEN – 1 SPACE REMAINING
Victoria Special – 6 Days
29th August – 3rd September 2021
PRIVATE TOUR
Group Size 3
PRIVATE TOUR
Private tour around Victoria searching for specific target birds. We are happy to run this tour for those interested.
September
Gentle New Guinea – 14 Days
8th September – 21st September 2021
AUD$11,960.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED NEXT YEAR
A 14 day Papua New Guinea (PNG) birding introduction for those who, while still active birders, feel they would not enjoy the exacting pace of the usual New Guinea Tour. This tour is particularly suitable for those who want a more relaxed tour with a return to the hotel for lunch and a rest an option for most days. While there will still be some walking, venues have been carefully chosen to avoid steep muddy trails and the more difficult sites.
October
New Caledonia: Kagu’s & More – 6 Days
5th October – 10th October 2021
AUD$4,200.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO DOVID 19
OFFERED NEXT YEAR
This is a 6 day birding tour to the Pacific Island paradise of New Caledonia aimed at seeing all the New Caledonian endemics including the iconic Kagu. While most of the time is spent on the main island of Grande Terre, day trips are made to Lifou and Ouvea in the Loyalty Islands for the island specialties such as Ouvea Parakeet, Large Lifou White-eye and Small Lifou White-eye.
Budgies of Boulia – 4 Days
5th October – 8th October 2021
AUD$2,295.00 per person
Group Size 4
OPEN – 2 SPACES REMAINING
When you look at your pet budgie do you ever long to see flocks of their wild cousins swirling over the parched landscape of the Australian bush? Why not join us on a short tour to Boulia, a small Outback town in the Channel Country of Western Queensland?
November
Sri Lanka: Birds & Wildlife – 17 Days
21st November – 7th December 2021
AUD$6,490.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Sri Lanka is a birdwatcher’s paradise. With an avifauna of over 400 species of which 34 are endemics with many more being shared with the Indian subcontinent. The best time to visit for birdwatching is from December through to March when large numbers of Palaearctic migrants swell the numbers of resident birds and when the onset of the dry season makes traveling around the country easier. Sri Lanka is also an excellent place for photographers.
The Best of Madagascar – 12 Days
30th November – 11thDecember 2021
Price Coming Soon
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island and is one of the world’s major zoogeographic regions. This 12 day tour is designed primarily for photographers and is not set up to achieve huge lists of birds and animals but rather aims to allow for some great photographs of a variety of birds, lemurs and chameleons and also the famous baobab avenue at Morondava. This tour can be divided into two parts for those who would prefer a shorter tour.
December
South & Central Vietnam – 16 Days
December – Dates Coming Soon! 2021
USD$5,591.00 per person
Group Size 6
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
Did you know that Vietnam is a very bird rich destination, It has, depending on the checklist you follow, about 916 species recorded including 19 endemics and 27 near endemics? Were you aware that it has a great network of national parks and reserves? Or that many of these are well equipped with hides and walking track? Or that they are home to some of south-east Asia’s rarest birds and animals?
Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 5 Days
13th December 2021 – 17th December 2021
AU$3,799 per person
Group Size 4
OPEN
Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 17tth – 21st December 2021 (5 Days)
This tour is an excellent introduction to Cape York birds. During the “Wet” when there is a chance that the main roads up the Cape will be closed it is the safest way to visit Iron Range for the migratory New Guinea birding specials such as Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta, Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher and Black-winged Monarch which migrate south at this time of year and then return north when the rains stop. While the Kingfisher heads down as far as Cairns the Pitta and the Monarch tend to stay in the Iron Range area. Of course, the other New Guinea specials which cannot be seen anywhere else in Australia such as Eclectus Parrot, Red-cheeked Parrot, Palm Cockatoo, Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Magnificent Riflebird, Trumpet Manucode, Tropical Scrubwren, Green-backed Honeyeater, Tawny-breasted Honeyeater, Black-eared Catbird and Frilled Monarch are there all year round.
Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 5 Days
17th December 2021 – 21st December 2021
AU$3,799 per person
Group Size 4
OPEN
Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 3rd – 7th January 2022 (5 Days)
This tour is an excellent introduction to Cape York birds. During the “Wet” when there is a chance that the main roads up the Cape will be closed it is the safest way to visit Iron Range for the migratory New Guinea birding specials such as Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta, Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher and Black-winged Monarch which migrate south at this time of year and then return north when the rains stop. While the Kingfisher heads down as far as Cairns the Pitta and the Monarch tend to stay in the Iron Range area. Of course, the other New Guinea specials which cannot be seen anywhere else in Australia such as Eclectus Parrot, Red-cheeked Parrot, Palm Cockatoo, Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Magnificent Riflebird, Trumpet Manucode, Tropical Scrubwren, Green-backed Honeyeater, Tawny-breasted Honeyeater, Black-eared Catbird and Frilled Monarch are there all year round.