Of all the world’s birding destinations, Papua New Guinea must certainly rank amongst the most fascinating and exotic. The second largest island on Earth, New Guinea was the last inhabited island to be explored by Europeans, and even today many areas have little or no exposure to Western influence. The virtually untouched forests come alive with incredible fruit doves, fig parrots, fairywrens, jewel-babblers, pittas, honeyeaters and berrypeckers, while over twenty species of dazzling birds-of-paradise present sometimes unbelievably iridescent colours and wild tail plumes in one of the most astonishing exhibits of the natural world!
Travelling by air, road, and boat we will explore the diverse habitats of the country, from winding lowland rivers and sprawling grasslands, to the richly forested highlands. Native tribes still dress themselves to mimic the island’s fabulous birds, adorned with elaborate head plumes made from the feathers of parrots and birds-of-paradise. Our eighteen-day tour covers the highlights of this enchanted and little-travelled country. We can expect a phenomenal variety of remarkable birds in and amongst vast regions of immaculate forests that have been experienced by few people on earth!
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Client TestimonialsTour price (Per person): PGK46,950 * USD13,152 * GBP10,759 * EUR12,208 * AUD19,693
Single Supplement: PGK4,950 * USD1,387 * GBP1,134 * EUR1,287 * AUD2,076
Flight costs: PGK3,300 * USD924 * GBP756 * EUR858 * AUD1,384
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - Adelbert Range & Huon Peninsula 2023
Tour price (Per person): PGK37,950 * USD10,631 * GBP8,697 * EUR9,868 * AUD15,918
Single Supplement: PGK4,950 * USD1,387 * GBP1,134 * EUR1,287 * AUD2,076
Flight costs: PGK3,300 * USD924 * GBP756 * EUR858 * AUD1,384
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain III 2023
Tour price (Per person): PGK46,950 * USD13,152 * GBP10,759 * EUR12,208 * AUD19,693
Single Supplement: PGK4,950 * USD1,387 * GBP1,134 * EUR1,287 * AUD2,076
Flight costs: PGK3,300 * USD924 * GBP756 * EUR858 * AUD1,384
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain I 2024
Tour price (Per person): PGK40,700 * USD11,401 * GBP9,327 * EUR10,583 * AUD17,071
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain I 2024
Tour price (Per person): PGK50,700 * USD14,202 * GBP11,618 * EUR13,183 * AUD21,266
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain II 2024
Tour price (Per person): PGK40,700 * USD11,401 * GBP9,327 * EUR10,583 * AUD17,071
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain II 2024
Tour price (Per person): PGK40,700 * USD11,401 * GBP9,327 * EUR10,583 * AUD17,071
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain III 2024
Tour price (Per person): PGK40,700 * USD11,401 * GBP9,327 * EUR10,583 * AUD17,071
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain III 2024
Tour price (Per person): PGK50,700 * USD14,202 * GBP11,618 * EUR13,183 * AUD21,266
We thought the birding went very well. Both Dusan and Stephan were great guides - very knowledgeable, very dedicated, quite determined to get everyone onto pretty much everything, and they combined very well. And, they both tried very hard to help all the participants who needed it, whether it was locating a bird, getting up a steep section or getting in or out of the boats. They did an admirable job.
This has been an incredible tour with Stephan Lorenz and Dušan Brinkhuizen as amazing guides. Experts in their knowledge of the New Guinea birds and wonderful companions who looked after the needs of all the participants. We all worked as a team under their guidance and saw many challenging as well as beautiful birds.
Special thanks to Dušan Brinkhuizen for his care in helping me to locate birds on my camcorder.
The credit for the trip’s success goes to our guides, Glen Valentine and David Erterius. Both have seemingly limitless knowledge of the birds, extrasensory capacities to find them, apparently endless patience and generosity with their clients, and (critically) wonderful senses of humor. They consistently squeezed more out of the birds, the environment, and the experience than I thought possible.
Andre and Lev were excellent guides, and ensured we had a great time, even when birding, the weather, or the inevitable logistical challenges of travel within PNG seemed to do their best to thwart us. They did an excellent job of managing expectations, but also ensuring that as many people in the group got to see the birds, while also understanding that not everyone would see ingle bird. Difficulties, whether with accommodations, weather, or even participants, were dealt with quickly, and I have no doubt far more issues were cleared before the group was even aware they existed! I look forward to returning to New Guinea (including West Papua) with Rockjumper soon, and also exploring more birding destinations with Lev and Andre or the other excellent guides you have!