Tour Price (Per person): USD5,900 (GBP4,581 * EUR5,239)
Pricing notes : Estimate based on a minimum group size of 6 guests. Please contact our Tailor-made team on tailormade@rockjumper.com
We are not currently offering tours to Myanmar due to the ongoing security situation. Until conditions improve and safe, reliable travel is possible, the destination remains off our schedule. (01/01/2026)
Myanmar (Burma), saddled between Thailand and India, remains a poorly known birding destination, partly due to the difficulty in obtaining necessary permits for visiting the more interesting birding localities. However, with the help of our local operator, we have obtained permission to visit some of these seldom-visited hotspots, affording us the fantastic opportunity to bird in some of the planet’s least explored birding localities! To the north of Yangon (Rangoon) lie the Irrawaddy plains, holding not only important populations of declining waterbirds, but also supporting no less than four endemic species (the striking Hooded Treepie, Jerdon’s Minivet, White-throated Babbler and Burmese Bush Lark), which are confined to the dry forest and thorn scrub characteristic of this endemic-rich area. A good proportion of our time will be spent at the southern end of the eastern mountains known as the Chin Hills, in the vicinity of Mount Victoria. These mountains form part of the Eastern Himalayas, another endemic-rich bird region that also sustains several species only seen by a handful of intrepid birders during the past 40 years. These include White-browed Nuthatch, Mount Victoria Babax, Burmese Bushtit, Black-bibbed Tit and Chin Hills Wren-Babbler, among many others. Our final destinations will be in the southern Shan State, situated in the mountains of central Burma. Here we will explore the broad-leaved forests around Kalaw for Burmese Yuhina, another range-restricted species, and a good selection of other hill forest birds. Lastly, we will visit Inle Lake to search for the highly localised Jerdon’s Bush Chat and near-endemic Collared Myna, amongst a wealth of interesting wetland species.
This tour is made available through our Tailor-made tours department. To explore this offering further for pricing, precise day to day itinerary, inclusions & exclusions, or to tailor the tour to your personal requirements, please contact our Tailor-made team on tailormade@rockjumper.com
Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant, White-browed Nuthatch, Black-bibbed Tit, Chin Hills Wren-Babbler, Jerdon’s Bush Chat, Collared Myna, Burmese Yuhina, Burmese Bush Lark, White-throated Babbler, Hooded Treepie, Jerdon’s Minivet, Spectacled Barwing, Red-faced Liochicla, Silver-eared Laughingthrush, Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Black-throated and Spot-breasted Parrotbill, Steak-throated Barwing, Brown-capped, Striped, Assam and White-browed Laughingthrush, Pale-capped Pigeon, Himalayan Cutia, Black-headed Shrike-Babbler, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Grey-headed Parakeet, Himalayan Flameback, White-rumped Falcon, Fire-tailed Sunbird, Burmese Bushtit, Mount Victoria Babax, Hodgson's Frogmouth & Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
lowland, montane and deciduous forests, lakes, mountains, bamboo, dry acacia and euphorbia savanna
mostly cool and moderate, with some colder mornings and high altitude birding
8 with 1 Tour Leader
fairly easy to moderate
mostly basic but comfortable
generally undemanding with some tricky forest species
Shwedagon Pagoda, unbelievable temples
good
The tour structure and arrangements were first class. Leaders were very good and quite knowledgable. I thought Paul was energetic a d really on the birds. Would gladly travel with him again. It was great fun and we got nearly every endemic on the trip. Great fun!!
Lev was the perfect guide- knowledgeable, professional, polite, reliable. And well-dressed for the occasion with his bird-themed T-shirts! Everything was well organized and went smooth.
Stu is a personable, helpful, and organized guide and was a pleasure to travel with. He was ready to help not only with finding and identifying birds, but also with little problems that popped up during our trip, as they so often do. Our local guide was likewise consistently friendly and helpful. My main concern is that on this trip, as on past Rockjumper trips, there doesn't seem to be any effort to vet the physical ability of potential group members, and as a result those of us who are prepared for the experience are held back by those who are physically not ready for it. I know that trips are rated on the website in regards to the level of exertion required, but this does not seem to help -- I have been on multiple tours with people who are not physically capable of maintaining a steady level of exertion while birding. This is not fair to those of us who are.
We chose our China SE in Winter 2026 tour because Stephan is the guide ! Like all the trips we went with him before, we had a great time with him and the team members. Stephan was professional, knowledgable, persistent, energetic and caring. We would definitely tour with him again, in the very near future, we hope !
The Buru extension following the RWPI Cruise was fantastic. I feel sorry for those on the main tour that did not take this extension. The birds were fabulous, Glen was a superb guide, and the scenery great. Glen did a great job trying to get us on all the birds, even the most rare and elusive. Again, flexibility was a key element in the success of the trip. I can't think of anything about the trip that could be done to improve it.
Sign up now and get the best deals straight in your inbox!
1-888-990-5552
info@rockjumper.com
