Very few birds are as mythical and little-known as the Golden Masked Owl, a gorgeous and diminutive Tyto owl that is endemic to the island of New Britain, which in turn is a small, under-explored island situated off the east coast of New Guinea. This species was, until very recently, known only from two specimens...

[vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column width="1/2"]Perhaps the world’s richest cultural landscape, India boasts a staggering geographical diversity, from deserts and forests to tropical, palm-lined shores to the snow-capped peaks of the impossibly high Himalayas. This ABA Safari starts and ends in the capital of New...

Every year our tour leaders are fortunate to enjoy thousands of birds in a hundred countries across the globe, and we thought we’d take the opportunity to share their top bird highlights for 2014 with you as recorded in their own words. Adam Riley 2014 has been pretty much a stay at home year for me with less...

[vc_column width="1/2"]The Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan has, perhaps surprisingly for such a small country, long been considered as one of the top spots for many world birders to experience the wealth of fauna that this part of our world has to offer. In particular, this country provides a wonderful introduction to...

Leeudril is a waterhole situated along the dry Nossob river north of Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. This 15,000 sq mi Kalahari desert reserve straddles the South African and Botswana border regions and was created when two national parks were merged – these being South Africa’s Kalahari...