Tour Price (Per person): USD5,900 (GBP4,503 * EUR5,148)
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
SEChina in winter was sensational thanks to Stephan Lorenz who is a superb birder and guide, as well as being quite personable. He got us such quality birds and some that were quite unexpected. He answers questions and gives information freely. Most importantly If a bird was possible he got it for us. We were all elated with the tour. Jason the local guide was also excellent. I would think this tour will become very popular or should be.
Glen ran an excellent tour for northern India and the Assam extension. He knows his birds and keeps guests informed about sightings as well as distinguishing bird features. His calming influence during times of stress helps the support staff and guests. We loved his enthusiasm and energy.
Excellent tour. Accommodations were as good as could be expected given the isolated areas we needed to reach to see all the endemics. We saw them all. Dusan and the two local guides were exceptional at finding the birds and getting us on them. The vehicle fit our purpose, the luggage trailer was a great idea, and our driver Jose was very professional.
I was very pleased with the birding. I saw all 29 endemics and a total of 42 life birds. The leaders are great at finding, luring in and identifying birds. I appreciated that the focus was very much on the birding. The food and accommodations were excellent and appropriate. I wonder if we should have spent our last night near the coast but am not sure how that would have affected our birding success.
While the birding was more difficult, the guides knowledge on where to search for some of the key species. Helped the group find a number of very interesting species of birds.
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