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We plan tours that feature engaging, professional leaders and a trusted network of in-country experts. These are tours that we would want to go on: a fun combination of serious birdwatching and natural history.

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Choosing a Birding Tour

October 2024

South Africa: The East

Birds and Mammals

Waitlisted

Oct 14 to Nov 1 2024 Ethan Kistler

Portugal

Birds and Culture

Waitlisted

Oct 15-28, 2024 Helder Cardoso

Waitlisted
Guaranteed

Oct 20 to Nov 6 2024 Paul Smith

Cruise: Pacific Coast

Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Waitlisted
Guaranteed

Oct 22-26, 2024 Ed Corey and Skye Haas

Guyana

Kaieteur Falls, Sun Parakeet and Red Siskin Specialties

Waitlisted

Oct 27 to Nov 9 2024 Rich Hoyer and Roland Rumm

November 2024

South Africa: The East

Birds and Mammals

Waitlisted

Nov 3-21, 2024 Ethan Kistler

New
Waitlisted
Guaranteed

Nov 23 to Dec 7 2024 Ethan Kistler

South Luangwa Extension to Dec 11
December 2024
January 2025

Argentina: The South

Pampas, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

Two spaces remaining
Guaranteed

Jan 5-19, 2025 Jake Mohlmann and Mario Mosqueira

Mexico: San Blas

Mangroves and Forests

Waitlisted
Guaranteed

Jan 6-14, 2025 Steve Howell

Three spaces remaining
Guaranteed

Jan 6-12, 2025 Jared Clarke

One space remaining
Guaranteed

Jan 16-21, 2025 Frank Nicoletti

Colombia: The Chocó

An introduction to the megadiverse Colombian Chocó

New

Jan 21 to Feb 1 2025 Fabrice Schmitt

Waitlisted
Guaranteed

Jan 22 to Feb 6 2025 Susan Myers

Mindanao Extension to Feb 14
February 2025

Waitlisted
Guaranteed

Feb 2-15, 2025 Sean Braine

Honduras

The Hidden Gem of Central America

Waitlisted

Feb 6-15, 2025 Steve Howell

New Zealand

Island Endemics and Seabirds

Waitlisted

Feb 7-28, 2025 Brent Stephenson

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Winter

Including Whooping Cranes

Waitlisted

Feb 10-19, 2025 Jake Mohlmann

Thailand: Central

Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachen National Parks and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Feb 17 to Mar 3 2025 Jon Dunn

India: The North

Ranthambhore, Bharatpur, Nainital and Corbett

Feb 22 to Mar 12 2025 Susan Myers and a local leader

Two spaces remaining

Feb 24 to Mar 7 2025 Skye Haas

March 2025

Hawaii

Rainbow of Birds

One space remaining

Mar 2-10, 2025 Mandy Talpas and Jake Mohlmann

Cruise: Around Cape Horn

Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (or reverse)

Waitlisted

Mar 7-21, 2025 Fabrice Schmitt and Stephen Menzie

Ceibas Pre-Cruise Extension from Mar 6
Santiago Post-Cruise Extension from Mar 21

Nebraska: The Sandhills and the Platte River

Sandhill Cranes and Prairie Chicken

One space remaining

Mar 12-17, 2025 Frank Nicoletti

Waitlisted

Mar 21 to Apr 8 2025 Steve Howell and Fabrice Schmitt

Pre-tour extension to Santiago area from Mar 18

One space remaining

Mar 23 to Apr 2 2025 Jon Dunn

Mar 26 to Apr 5 2025 Roland Rumm

Tikal Extension to Apr 10
April 2025

Greece: Lesvos

Spring Migration Through the Aegean

Apr 24 to May 2 2025 Killian Mullarney

Cruise: Pacific Coast

Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Waitlisted

Apr 26 to May 2 2025 Ed Corey and Skye Haas

Borneo: Sabah

Mount Kinabalu, Kinabatangan River, Tabin Reserve, and the Danum Valley

Waitlisted

Apr 28 to May 13 2025 Susan Myers

May 2025

Cruise: Pacific Coast

Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

One space remaining

May 3-7, 2025 Ed Corey

France: Birding à la Française

Birds, Wine and Cheese in Southern France

Waitlisted

May 4-14, 2025 Fabrice Schmitt and Pierre Defos Du Rau

May 6-24, 2025 Steve Rooke with local leaders

Borneo: Sarawak Endemics

Black Oriole, Hose's Broadbill and Dulit Frogmouth

May 14-22, 2025 Susan Myers

Two spaces remaining

May 24 to Jun 2 2025 Gavin Bieber and Jon Dunn

Nome Extension to Jun 5
Pribilofs Extension to Jun 8

North Carolina

Pelagics and Pineywoods

May 26 to Jun 2 2025 Skye Haas

Minnesota and North Dakota

North Woods to Prairies

Two spaces remaining

May 27 to Jun 4 2025 Ethan Kistler

June 2025

Maine and New Hampshire

From Bicknell's Thrush to Atlantic Puffin

Waitlisted

Jun 2-11, 2025 Scott Olmstead

Jun 5-17, 2025 Jake Mohlmann and Raymond VanBuskirk

Utqiagvik (Barrow) Extension to Jun 20

Jun 8-20, 2025 Gavin Bieber and Skye Haas

Pribilofs Pre-tour Extension from Jun 4
Utqiagvik (Barrow) Extension to Jun 23

Japan in Spring

Endemics and Culture

Waitlisted

Jun 8-22, 2025 Susan Myers and Koji Tagi

One space remaining

Jun 15 to Jul 4 2025 Brian Finch and Paul Tamwenya

Optional Gorilla Trek to Jun 28

Maryland and West Virginia

Birding the American Civil War: Gettysburg, Antietam, and the Appalachians

Jun 16-23, 2025 Jon Dunn and Matt Orsie

Colombia: Central

The Eastern and Central Cordilleras and the Magdalena Valley

New
Waitlisted

Jun 30 to Jul 11 2025 Fabrice Schmitt

July 2025

Colombia: The West

Montezuma Road and Valle del Cauca

New

Jul 11-20, 2025 Fabrice Schmitt

Brazil: Marvelous Mato Grosso

The Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimarães, and Cristalino Jungle Lodge

One space remaining

Jul 20 to Aug 3 2025 Rich Hoyer

Iguaçu extension to Aug 7
August 2025

Romania

Birds and Medieval Monasteries

Aug 17-26, 2025 Tudor Blaj

The Solomon Islands

Into the Heart of the Solomons

New

Aug 18 to Sep 5 2025 Faraaz Abdool

with Rennell Island Extension** to Sep 11

Oregon in Late Summer

with Pelagic Extension

One space remaining

Aug 18-29, 2025 Rich Hoyer

Pelagic Extension to Aug 31

California: Central and Southern

Pinnacles National Park, The Coast, Santa Cruz Island, the Salton Sea, and the Mojave Desert

Aug - Sep, 2025 Jon Dunn and Jon Feenstra

Aug 30 to Sep 8 2025 Raymond VanBuskirk (and Debbie Brooks as cook)

Additional days in Gambell to Sep 12
September 2025

Arizona and Utah

Fall Migration in the Canyonlands

Four spaces remaining

Sep 2-14, 2025 Jake Mohlmann

South Africa: The West

Kalahari to the Cape

Waitlisted

Sep 2025 Steve Rooke

Sep 7-17, 2025 Oli Reville and a local leader

Mexico: Veracruz

Migration is a Moving Experience

Sep 29 to Oct 7 2025 Steve Howell

Alaska: The Pribilofs and Utqiagvik (Barrow) in Fall

Vagrants and the Ross’s Gull Migration

Sep 29 to Oct 6 2025 Raymond VanBuskirk

Ross's Gull Extension (Utqiagvik/Barrow) to Oct 10
October 2025

Portugal

Birds and Culture

Oct 1-14, 2025 Helder Cardoso

Australia: Queensland and New South Wales

Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests

Waitlisted

Oct 2-16, 2025 Gavin Bieber

Argentina: The North

High Andes, the Chaco and Iguazú Falls

Oct - Nov, 2025 Jake Mohlmann and Mario Mosqueira

Cruise: Pacific Coast

Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Oct 11-15, 2025 Ed Corey

Guyana

Kaieteur Falls, Sun Parakeet and Red Siskin Specialties

Oct 21 to Nov 3 2025 Roland Rumm

Oct 28 to Nov 12 2025 Ethan Kistler and a local leader

November 2025

Kenya in November

Samburu to the Masai Mara

Nov 2025 Brian Finch

Ngulia Extension

South Africa: The East

Birds and Mammals

Waitlisted

Nov 15 to Dec 3 2025 Ethan Kistler

Nov 23 to Dec 7 2025 Paul Holt and a local assistant

Andaman Islands extension to Dec 14
December 2025
January 2026

Trinidad and Tobago

with Trinidad Piping Guan

Jan 11-21, 2026 Ethan Kistler

Colombia: The Chocó

An introduction to the megadiverse Colombian Chocó

Jan 2026 Fabrice Schmitt

February 2026

Feb 2-16, 2026 Gavin Bieber and Fabrice Schmitt

Auckland Pre-cruise Extension from Jan 29
Tasmania Post-cruise Extension to Feb 22
Melaleuca, Tasmania Charter Extension to Feb 23

New Zealand

Island Endemics and Seabirds

Feb 6-27, 2026 Dave Howes

Mexico: San Blas

Mangroves and Forests

Feb 2026 Steve Howell

March 2026

Hawaii

Rainbow of Birds

Mar 2026 Mandy Talpas

India: The North

Ranthambhore, Bharatpur, Nainital and Corbett

Mar 2026 Susan Myers and a local leader

April 2026

Apr 2026 Roland Rumm

Tikal Extension

Georgia and South Carolina

Birding the American Civil War: Savannah to Charleston

Apr 18-24, 2026 Jon Dunn

May 2026

France: Birding à la Française

Birds, Wine and Cheese in Southern France

One space remaining

May 3-13, 2026 Fabrice Schmitt and Pierre Defos Du Rau

May 2026 Steve Rooke with local leaders

May 2026 Gavin Bieber

Pribilofs Extension
Nome Extension

Japan in Spring

Endemics and Culture

May - Jun, 2026 Susan Myers and Koji Tagi

June 2026

Borneo: Sabah

Mount Kinabalu, Kinabatangan River, Tabin Reserve, and the Danum Valley

Jun 18 to Jul 3 2026 Susan Myers

Brazil: Marvelous Mato Grosso

The Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimarães, and Cristalino Jungle Lodge

Waitlisted

Jun 23 to Jul 7 2026 Rich Hoyer

Iguaçu extension to Jul 11
July 2026

Borneo: Sarawak Endemics

Black Oriole, Hose's Broadbill and Dulit Frogmouth

Jul 4-12, 2026 Susan Myers

Colombia: Central

The Eastern and Central Cordilleras and the Magdalena Valley

Jul 2026 Fabrice Schmitt

Colombia: The West

Montezuma Road and Valle del Cauca

Jul 2026 Fabrice Schmitt

August 2026
September 2026

South Africa: The West

Kalahari to the Cape

Sep 2026 Steve Rooke

Australia: Victoria and Tasmania

Plains-wanderer, Pardalotes, and Penguins

Waitlisted

Sep 16 to Oct 3 2026 Gavin Bieber

October 2026

Australia: Queensland and New South Wales

Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests

Three spaces remaining

Oct 3-17, 2026 Gavin Bieber

November 2026

Nov - Dec, 2026 Ethan Kistler

South Luangwa Extension
February 2027
March 2027

Cruise: Around Cape Horn

Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (or reverse)

Mar 2027 Fabrice Schmitt and Steve Howell

Ceibas Pre-Cruise Extension
Santiago Post-Cruise Extension
May 2027
July 2027

Brazil: Marvelous Mato Grosso

The Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimarães, and Cristalino Jungle Lodge

Jul 11-25, 2027 Rich Hoyer

Iguaçu extension to Jul 29
September 2027
October 2027

Australia: Queensland and New South Wales

Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests

Oct 2027 Gavin Bieber

May 2028
September 2028

Australia: Victoria and Tasmania

Plains-wanderer, Pardalotes, and Penguins

Sep - Oct, 2028 Gavin Bieber

October 2028

Australia: Queensland and New South Wales

Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests

Oct 2028 Gavin Bieber