Another great year for birding has flown by, presenting our tour leaders with the difficult task of selecting their top bird out of hundreds and thousands of specials seen in 2016. The rest of us however have the pleasure of reading the year’s highlights from our leaders as recorded in their own...

Right between Russia and China, Mongolia, “the land of the eternal blue sky”, sits on a high plateau at an average altitude of 1500 meters. Far from any ocean or sea, it’s the second largest landlocked country in the world. Comprised by endless steppes, the spectacular Altai Mountains, and the vast...

Cuba – Birding the Greater Antilles Clayton Burne I have had the great privilege of visiting all of the Greater Antilles on a number of occasions, but some of my best experiences have come in Cuba. Aside from the diverse birding opportunities, Cuba was a living history – a country trapped in a time...

[vc_single_image image="84537" img_size="612x246" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="/tours/destination/uae-united-arab-emirates-oman/84/"] Long and lanky, the Greater Hoopoe-Lark has a wonderful set of piping whistles in its song. It is one of many dapper desert birds...

Erik Forsyth, our New Zealand-based guide, lives right on the doorstep of a reserve that protects about 200 North Island Brown Kiwis. Having a keen interest in global species and habitat protection, as well as the kiwi being the special species that it is, we, therefore, decided to sponsor some of the work being...