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Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise

© Brown Sicklebill by Dusan Brinkhuizen
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) 2026

25 Jul 2026 - 11 Aug 2026 (18 days)

PGK47,950 NO SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Paul Varney

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Tour Price (Per person): PGK47,950 (USD11,128 * GBP8,568 * EUR9,973 * AUD16,391)

Single Supplement: PGK5,100 (USD1,184 * GBP911 * EUR1,061 * AUD1,743)

Flight costs: PGK3,100 (USD719 * GBP554 * EUR645 * AUD1,060)

This tour pairs with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension II 2026

Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise I 2027

14 May 2027 - 31 May 2027 (18 days)

PGK41,450 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

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Tour Leader: Nigel Redman

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Tour Price (Per person): PGK41,450 (USD9,620 * GBP7,406 * EUR8,621 * AUD14,169)

Single Supplement: PGK5,100 (USD1,184 * GBP911 * EUR1,061 * AUD1,743)

Flight costs: PGK4,100 (USD952 * GBP733 * EUR853 * AUD1,402)

Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise II 2027

29 Aug 2027 - 15 Sep 2027 (18 days)

PGK41,450 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth

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Tour Leader: Jan Pienaar

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
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Tour Price (Per person): PGK41,450 (USD9,620 * GBP7,406 * EUR8,621 * AUD14,169)

Single Supplement: PGK5,100 (USD1,184 * GBP911 * EUR1,061 * AUD1,743)

Flight costs: PGK4,100 (USD952 * GBP733 * EUR853 * AUD1,402)

This tour pairs with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension II 2027

Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise 2028

15 Jul 2028 - 01 Aug 2028 (18 days)

PGK43,900 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Julian Parsons

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Tour Leader: Paul Varney

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
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Tour Price (Per person): PGK43,900 (USD10,188 * GBP7,844 * EUR9,130 * AUD15,007)

This tour pairs with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension I 2028

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) 2028

06 Aug 2028 - 23 Aug 2028 (18 days)

PGK51,900 NO SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

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Tour Price (Per person): PGK51,900 (USD12,045 * GBP9,274 * EUR10,794 * AUD17,741)

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) I 2029

06 Jul 2029 - 23 Jul 2029 (18 days)

PGK54,400 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Stephan Lorenz

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Tour Price (Per person): PGK54,400 (USD12,625 * GBP9,720 * EUR11,314 * AUD18,596)

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Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise 2029

14 Jul 2029 - 31 Jul 2029 (18 days)

PGK46,100 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

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Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
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Tour Price (Per person): PGK46,100 (USD10,699 * GBP8,237 * EUR9,588 * AUD15,759)

This tour pairs with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension I 2029

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) II 2029

05 Aug 2029 - 22 Aug 2029 (18 days)

PGK54,400 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Robert Williams

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Tour Price (Per person): PGK54,400 (USD12,625 * GBP9,720 * EUR11,314 * AUD18,596)

This tour pairs with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension II 2029

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

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!

Top Birds

King of Saxony, Superb, Magnificent, King, Twelve-wired, Greater, Raggiana, Lesser & Blue Bird-of-paradise, Magnificent & Growling Riflebird, Black, Brown & Black-billed Sicklebill, Glossy-mantled, Crinkle-collared & Trumpet Manucode, Short-tailed Paradigalla, Ribbon-tailed & Princess Stephanie's Astrapia, Queen Carola's & Lawes's Parotia, Salvadori's Teal, Forest Bittern, Papuan, Pygmy & Gurney's Eagle, Doria's & Black-mantled Goshawk, Papuan Harrier, Chestnut & Forbes's Forest Rail, New Guinea Flightless Rail, New Guinea Woodcock, New Guinea Bronzewing, Cinnamon Ground Dove, Pheasant Pigeon, Southern Crowned Pigeon, Wompoo, Pink-spotted, Ornate, Orange-fronted, Superb, Coroneted, Beautiful, White-bibbed, Orange-bellied & Dwarf Fruit Dove, Purple-tailed, Rufescent, Pinon's, Collared, Zoe's & Torresian Imperial Pigeon, Papuan Mountain Pigeon, Papuan Boobook, Marbled & Papuan Frogmouth, Archbold's Nightjar, Feline, Starry, Wallace's, Mountain & Barred Owlet-Nightjar, Hook-billed, Common Paradise, Little Paradise, Buff-breasted Paradise, Brown-headed Paradise, Forest, Torresian, Yellow-billed, Mountain, Papuan Dwarf & Azure Kingfisher, Shovel-billed, Blue-winged & Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Pesquet's, Yellow-capped & Buff-faced Pygmy, Papuan King, Eclectus & Brehm's Tiger Parrot, Striated, Red-flanked, Fairy, Papuan, Yellow-billed & Orange-billed Lorikeet, Purple-bellied, Dusky, Goldie's & Coconut Lorikeet, Orange-breasted Fig Parrot, Papuan Pitta, Archbold's, MacGregor's, Flame, Yellow-breasted & Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Papuan Treecreeper, Wallace's, Emperor, White-shouldered & Orange-crowned Fairywren, Goldenface, Papuan Babbler, Papuan Logrunner, Loria's & Crested Satinbird, Tit & Crested Berrypecker, Papuan Whipbird, Spotted, Blue & Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler, Painted Quail-thrush, Mottled Berryhunter, Papuan & Black Sittella, Wattled Ploughbill, Rufous-naped Whistler, Crested Pitohui, Lesser Melampitta & Greater Melampitta, Blue-capped Ifrit, Mountain Firetail, White-spotted, Great-billed, Grey-headed, Hooded & Chestnut-breasted Mannikin.

Top Mammals

Spectacled Dasyure, Black-tailed Giant Rat, Agile Wallaby, Great Flying Fox

Habitats Covered

lowland and montane rainforest, Eucalyptus savanna, mangroves, grasslands, wetlands, islets

Expected Climate

hot and humid with tropical showers, cooler in the highlands

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper Leader / 10 with 2 Rockjumper leaders

Tour Pace & Walking

moderate pace with some longer hikes

Accommodation

comfortable to good hotels and lodges with one basic lodge

Ease of Birding

moderate, can be challenging at times

Number of Species Expected

300 - 350

Other Attractions

traditional carvings, spectacular forest vistas and mountain scenery

Photographic Opportunities

good

What our clients say about us

Dušan Brinkhuizen
RL & CL - Papua New Guinea

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.

Adam Walleyn
BA, Papua New Guinea

Adam Walleyn acted as a very experienced and skilful leader. He had an intimate knowledge of the birds and great skills in finding and showing them. His communication was extremely clear, to the point and flavoured with a good sense of humour. In the few difficult situations that arose due to flights, civil unrest, etc, he showed extremely good skills in handling these with a perfect balance between group decisions and executive decisions. A role model for a tour leader.

Adam Walleyn
MC & HC - Papua New Guinea 2019

Adam Walleyn is an amazing birder, I'm quite experienced but I literally have no idea how he knows, hears and can engage with so much of the wildlife and particularly birds around, that was all great.

Adam Walleyn
JB & SB, Papua New Guinea 2018

We are home having had an amazing trip to PNG....we were very impressed with Adam Walleyn and Gareth Robbins and would rate them very highly as tour leaders. Very Best Wishes from very satisfied customers.

Lev Frid
LF, Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise 2026

The birding in PNG is amazing though the logistics at the end of the tour became extremely challenging and we missed the entire New Britain extension. Those who did not book the extension had to re-book their outbound flights daily until we finally left. I would suggest that if you continue with this itinerary and the Kiunga airport remains closed, that you book charter flights for Tabubil. Having to find and arrange the charter while we were there took up a lot of time and charter flights are not always available. Our first cancelled flight was on Wed and those of us on the charter finally flew out on Sunday and the ones who didn't do the charter were fortunate enough to fly out on Monday. It would be one thing if this was an abnormal event, but the Tabubil airport is known for this. Lev warned us about flying in and out of this airport, but we didn't believe him especially as we got in without any problems. However, after spending five days staring at the cloud cover and wondering if an Air Niugini plane could land (they need a higher clearance than charter/other flights) and then also seeing on flight tracker when no AN planes were even flying in our direction, it's clear that the problem is not just the weather. Given the challenges of PNG, I am grateful for our guide, Lev Frid, who has made an effort to get to know and be on good terms with the local people and service providers. Cloudlands hotel made space for us every time our flight was cancelled and we needed another night's stay. Raintree also looked after us and it felt like returning home at the end. Lev's local connections were also helpful in securing for us access to local hides in the highlands area where we got great views of otherwise difficult-to-see birds. We paid for this as an extra as it was not on the original itinerary, but it was well worth it not just for the birds, but also for the interaction with locals. The time in Kwatu was wonderful. We spent two nights there, and I enjoyed every moment of it. Ok, maybe not the spam at every meal. The stars at night were brilliant, as were the owlet-nightjars! The flame bowerbird, the river ... it's a magical place. Which, actually, is true for nearly all the places we visited ... beautiful birds in seemingly pristine wilderness.

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