2024 Tour Schedule

More tours will be added to our 2024 tour schedule soon. Scroll down to see whats available.

King Saxony Bird of Paradise

January

Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta birding tour

Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 5 Day Tour

5th January- 9th January 2024

AU$4,599.00 per person

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York: Fly in Fly Out -December 2024

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.
Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta birding tour

Japan in Winter: Winter Birding at its Best – 15 Days

13th January – 27th January 2024

AU$8070.00 per person

PRIVATE TOUR

Next Departure for this Tour: Japan in Winter: Winter Birding at its Best – 31st January – 14th February 2024 (15 Days)

This 15 day tour starts in the bustling metropolis of Tokyo.  A visit to a Crane Centre is always a tour highlight. At Arasaki on Kyushu huge flocks of thousands of White-naped Crane and Hooded Cranes can be found while at Akan on Hokkaido Red-crowned Cranes dance in the early morning mist on the river flats. With time also spent in the forested hillsides of the Japanese Alps for Copper Pheasant and Japanese Green Woodpecker as well as the wetlands around Kaga and Komatsu for Baikal Teal and Taiga Bean Goose and other waterfowl, this tour has been designed to take in the best of Japanese winter birding.
Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta birding tour

Japan in Winter: Winter Birding at its Best – 15 Days

31st January – 14th February 2024

AUD$8,760.00 per person

GROUP SIZE 6

OPEN – 2 Spaces remaining

Next Departure for this Tour: Japan in Winter: Winter Birding at its Best – 2025 (15 Days)

This 15 day tour starts in the bustling metropolis of Tokyo.  A visit to a Crane Centre is always a tour highlight. At Arasaki on Kyushu huge flocks of thousands of White-naped Crane and Hooded Cranes can be found while at Akan on Hokkaido Red-crowned Cranes dance in the early morning mist on the river flats. With time also spent in the forested hillsides of the Japanese Alps for Copper Pheasant and Japanese Green Woodpecker as well as the wetlands around Kaga and Komatsu for Baikal Teal and Taiga Bean Goose and other waterfowl, this tour has been designed to take in the best of Japanese winter birding.

February

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

Vietnam Endemics and Specialities – 23 Days

17 Febraury – 10th March 2024 EXTENSION from 10th – 14th March 2024

USD$9,160.00 per person

GROUP SIZE 5

OPEN

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?

Option for a 5 day extension to Fansipan Mountain (Sa Pa Mountain) to see Barwinged Wren Babbler, Black-faced Laughingthrush, White-browed Fulvetta (a likely future split as Tonkin Fulvetta) & with luck Scaly Laughingthrush and Redwing Laughingthrush. Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler or even the extremely rare White-throated Wren-Babbler are also possible. We also go to Mu Cang Chai (Che Tao Forest) one of the best birding areas in Northern Vietnam.

March

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

The Wet Tropics: Atherton Tablelands & Cairns Area – 6 Days

March 2024

From AU$3215.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: The Wet Tropics: Atherton Tablelands & Cairns Area – March 2024 (6 Days)

With 15 endemics, 14 distinct subspecies & the enigmatic Southern Cassowary its a must visit destination. This is the Wet Season in the Wet Tropics and at this time of year many of the wet season specials such as the Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher will still be with us.

April

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

Taiwan in Spring – 12 Days

30th April – 11th May 2024

PRIVATE TOUR

Group Size 6

PRIVATE

Next Departure for this Tour:We are happy to run this tour as a private tour. Please get in touch if you are interested.

With 28 endemic birds and 56 endemic subspecies Taiwan is must visit destination for birders. We will be looking for as many of these as we can find. Most of the endemics are in the mountains. The stunning Swinhoe’s and Mikado Pheasants are star attractions. At this time of year, the spring many Palearctic migrants are around and we will be hoping for some of these including the beautiful Fairy Pitta. We will also be hoping for some of Taiwan’s interesting mammals including Taiwan Serow and the large and distinctive White-headed Flying Squirrel.

May

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

Taiwan in Spring – 14 Days

12th May – 25th May 2024

From USD$5,400.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Taiwan in Spring – May 2024 (14 Days)

With 28 endemic birds and 56 endemic subspecies Taiwan is must visit destination for birders. We will be looking for as many of these as we can find. Most of the endemics are in the mountains. The stunning Swinhoe’s and Mikado Pheasants are star attractions. At this time of year, the spring many Palearctic migrants are around and we will be hoping for some of these including the beautiful Fairy Pitta. We will also be hoping for some of Taiwan’s interesting mammals including Taiwan Serow and the large and distinctive White-headed Flying Squirrel.
Budgie featured

Fiji – 12 Days

May 2024

Price coming soon.

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: There are no scheduled tours planned for this tour. Please contact us if you would like us to offer it again in the future.

The Birding Fiji tour focusses on the most accessible and bird rich islands of the Fijian archipelago in order to get as many Fijian endemics as possible. Arriving on Viti Levu this tour also visits Taveuni and Kadavu for the best of Fiji birding. The island of Vanua Levu is also a highlight as we look for the recently split Natewa Silktail.

birding Blakiston's Fish Owl during trip in Hokkaido, Japan, tour, holiday, trip

Japan in Spring- 17 Days

11th May – 28th May 2024

PRIVATE TOUR

Group Size 7

PRIVATE TOUR

Next Departure for this Tour: This is a private tour. If you are interested in having your own private tour please let us know.
This 17 day Japan birding tour takes you travelling from the subtropical Ryukyu Islands in the south west to Hokkaido in the north east with its strong Siberian influences, this is a great chance to explore Japan and its birds with an experienced and knowledgeable Japanese speaking guide. We visit many small islands each with its own endemics and also search for the many Palearctic migrants that visit Japan at this time of year.

June

birding Blakiston's Fish Owl during trip in Hokkaido, Japan, tour, holiday, trip

Japan in Spring- 17 Days

1st June – 17th June 2024

PRIVATE TOUR

Group Size 7

PRIVATE TOUR

Next Departure for this Tour: Japan in Spring – June 2023 (17 Days)
This 17 day Japan birding tour takes you travelling from the subtropical Ryukyu Islands in the south west to Hokkaido in the north east with its strong Siberian influences, this is a great chance to explore Japan and its birds with an experienced and knowledgeable Japanese speaking guide. We visit many small islands each with its own endemics and also search for the many Palearctic migrants that visit Japan at this time of year.
Mongolia

Mongolia: Birds of the Western Altai

June 2024

Price coming soon

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: There are no scheduled tours planned for this tour. Please contact us if you would like a private tour.
Visit Mongolia, famous as the home of Ghengis (Chinggis) Khan and the epicentre of migrations of people that changed the course of history in Asia and Europe. Mongolia currently has the world’s lowest population density, with much of the country still being dominated by nomadic herders.

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

Solomon Islands

Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days

July 2024

From AUD$4,035.00 (2021 Cost)

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Drive In / Fly Out – July 2024 (7 Days)

Travelling from Cairns to Iron Range allows a good look at the different habitats that can be seen in this northernmost part of Australia. Mangroves, heathland, rainforest, vine forest, savannah and wetlands offer lots to look at. Iron range has a number of bird species that cannot be seen elsewhere in Australia such as the New Guinea “specials” like Eclectus Parrot, Palm Cockatoo and Yellow-billed Kingfisher and the Cape York endemics such as Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Solomon Islands

Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days

July 2024

From AUD$4,035.00 (2021 Cost)

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Drive In / Fly Out – July 2024 (7 Days)

Travelling from Cairns to Iron Range allows a good look at the different habitats that can be seen in this northernmost part of Australia. Mangroves, heathland, rainforest, vine forest, savannah and wetlands offer lots to look at. Iron range has a number of bird species that cannot be seen elsewhere in Australia such as the New Guinea “specials” like Eclectus Parrot, Palm Cockatoo and Yellow-billed Kingfisher and the Cape York endemics such as Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Solomon Islands

Birding the Brisbane Area – 4 Day Tour

July 2024

Price coming soon

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Birding the Brisbane Area – 4 Day Tour July 2024

This is a short tour which visits some of the best habitat in the Brisbane area. Starting in the Freshwater Wetlands close to the airport we move onto the nearby mangroves, salt marsh and tidal flats which can be accessed by pathways and broad walks. Moving inland we travel through tall eucalypt forest and farmland before climbing up into the subtropical rainforest and wet eucalypt forest of the Lamington plateau.

Solomon Islands

PNG – The Huon Adventure – 7 Days

July 2024

From AUD$5,895.00 per person (2022 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: PNG – The Huon Adventure – July 2024 (7 Days)

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.

Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Endemic Families Tour – 6 Days

July 2024

From AUD$4,595.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Papua New Guinea Endemic Families Tour – July 2024 (6 Days)

This short tour 6 day is designed to target at least one member of all 7 endemic bird families of PNG  (Papua New Guinea) – Crested Berrypecker, Tit Berrypecker, Blue-capped Ifrit, Mottled Berryhunter, Wattled Ploughbill, Lesser Melampitta, Crested Satinbird, Loria’s Satinbird and Fan-tailed Berrypecker. Visiting just two areas, both close to Mt Hagen this tour give you a good chance of cleaning up on the current New Guinea Bird families in one surgical strike.
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) - female

Private PNG Photographic – 15 Days

1st August- 15th August 2024

From AUD$11,960.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: There are no planned departures for this tour.

A private photographic tour to Papua New Guinea to photograph birds of paradise and other specialities.

August

Raggiana Bird fo Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) © Jun Matsui

PNG Birds & Culture – 14 Days

6th August – 19th August 2024

From AUD$8,825.00 per person (2023 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: PNG Birds & Culture – August 2024 (14 Days)

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.

Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) - female

Sri Lanka: Wildlife & the Kandy Pageant – 8 Days

Late August 2024

Coming soon

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Sri Lanka: Wildlife & the Kandy Pageant – August 2024 (8 Days)

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.

Solomon Islands

Cape York – Drive in / Fly Out – 7 Days

August 2024

From AUD$4,035.00 (2021 Cost)

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York – Drive In / Fly Out – July 2024 (7 Days)

Travelling from Cairns to Iron Range allows a good look at the different habitats that can be seen in this northernmost part of Australia. Mangroves, heathland, rainforest, vine forest, savannah and wetlands offer lots to look at. Iron range has a number of bird species that cannot be seen elsewhere in Australia such as the New Guinea “specials” like Eclectus Parrot, Palm Cockatoo and Yellow-billed Kingfisher and the Cape York endemics such as Golden-shouldered Parrot.

September

Budgie featured

Budgies of Boulia – 4 Days

25th September – 28th September  2024

From AUD$2,295.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Budgies of Boulia – Early October 2024 (4 Days)

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?

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

The Wet Tropics: Atherton Tablelands & Cairns Area – 8 Days (Extended)

19th October – 26th October 2024

PRIVATE TOUR

Group Size 4

PRIVATE TOUR

Next Departure for this Tour: The Wet Tropics: Atherton Tablelands & Cairns Area – March 2024

With 15 endemics, 14 distinct subspecies & the enigmatic Southern Cassowary its a must visit destination. This is the Wet Season in the Wet Tropics and at this time of year many of the wet season specials such as the Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher will still be with us.

October

Kagu, New Caledonia © Phil Gregory

New Caledonia: Kagu’s & More – 6 Days

4th October – 10th October 2024

From AUD$4,200.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: New Caledonia: Kagu’s & More – October 2024 (6 Days)

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. 

Kagu, New Caledonia © Phil Gregory

Nambia: Birds & Wildlife – 15 Day Tour

9th October – 23rd October 2024

Price coming soon

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Nambia: Birds & Wildlife October 2024 (15 Day Tour)

Our introduction to Namibia – Birds and Wildlife tour takes you some of the key birding sites in Namibia. Why not join us in Windhoek and visit the red dunes of the ancient Namib Desert? We will cross the rugged escarpments of Damaraland, the vast flat Etosha Plain  and bird along the raging Kunene River in the north. Get ready for an amazing experience!

November

Madagascar

The Best of Madagascar – 12 Day Tour

24th November – 7th December 2024

Price coming soon

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: The Best of Madagascar 2024 (12 Day Tour)

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.

December

Budgie featured

Sri Lanka: Birds & Wildlife – 17 Days

1st December – 17th December 2024

From AUD$6,490.00 per person (2021 Cost)

Group Size 6

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Sri Lanka: Birds & Wildlife – December 2024 (17 Days)

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.

Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta birding tour

Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 5 Day Tour

18th December – 21st December 2023

AU$4,599.00 per person

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 18th – 21st December 2023

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.
Papuan (Red-bellied) Pitta birding tour

Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 4 Day Tour

18th December – 21st December 2023

AU$3,699.00 per person

Group Size 4

OPEN

Next Departure for this Tour: Cape York: Fly in Fly Out – 9th – 12th January 2025

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.

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