In this section you can read about past Tropical Birding tours. These reports can give you an idea of what kind of tours we can design for you and your friends or family. If a particular itinerary grabs you, please feel free to write us at info@tropicalbirding.com for more info or for a customized quote.

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RECENT TOUR REPORTS:
September 2009: Papua New Guinea
November 2009: Ethiopia
February 2010: Southern Ecuador
Jan-Feb 2010: Southern Ecuador
Sep-Oct 2009: Southeast Brazil: Atlantic Rainforest and Savanna
Oct-Nov 2009: Eastern Australia: From Top to Bottom
October 2009: Australia's Top End: Victoria River to Kakadu
September-October 2009: South Africa: Cape to Kruger
November 2009: Northwest Argentina (fast-paced custom tour)
November 2009: Galapagos Endemics Cruise
November-December 2009: Ecuador Introtour
November-December 2009: Zambia and Zimbabwe
September 2009: Namibia and Botswana
November 2009: Northwest Ecuador: In Search of Choco Endemics
November 2009: Zambia and Namibia
August 2009: Eastern Ecuador: High Andes to Vast Amazon
July-August 2009: Brazil: The Pantanal and Amazon
July 2009: Brazil: The Atlantic Forest Introtour
Nov-Dec 2008: Northern India custom tour
September 2009: Namibia, Botswana, and Victoria Falls
July-August 2009: Northern California
June-July 2009: Borneo
July 2009: Northwest Ecuador

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Africa
Asia
Australasia
Neotropics
North America
Other reports

Africa tour reports:

Cameroon:
March 2006: Cameroon
April 2004: Cameroon
April 2003: Cameroon

Ethiopia:
March 2008: Ethiopia
December 2005: Ethiopia
March 2005: Ethiopia

Gabon, Sao Tomé, and Principé:
August 2005: Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe
August 2005: Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe
February 2004: Gabon and São Tomé & Príncipe

Ghana:
March 2009: Ghana
March 2008: Ghana

Kenya:
November 2008: Kenya
May 2008: Kenya
May 2007: Kenya
November 2006: Kenya

Madagascar:
October 2008: Madagascar
Sep-Oct 2007: Madagascar
July 2007 - The Sakalava Rail
October 2007: Madagascar
October 2006: Madagascar
October 2005: Madagascar
October 2004: Madagascar

Namibia:
November 2009: Zambia and Namibia
September 2009: Namibia and Botswana
September 2009: Namibia, Botswana, and Victoria Falls
June 2008: Namibia and Botswana
January 2007: Namibia
July 2006: Namibia
December 2006: South Africa and Namibia
October 2004: Namibia
July 2004: Namibia
October 2003: Zambia, Namibia and Botswana
November 2003: Namibia
July 2003: South Africa & Namibia
December 2002: Namibia

South Africa:
September-October 2009: South Africa: Cape to Kruger
November - December 2007: Comprehensive South Africa
October 2007: South Africa: Fairest Cape to Kruger
September 2007: South Africa: The Western Cape
July 2007: Northeast South Africa
February 2007: Comprehensive South Africa
December 2006: South Africa and Namibia
October 2006: South Africa: Three short trips
October 2006: South Africa: Cape to Kruger
October 2006: Cape Town Garden Route
November 2005: South Africa - Fairest Cape to Kruger
July 2003: South Africa & Namibia

Tanzania:
April 2006: Northern Tanzania
August-September 2004: Northern Tanzania
August 2003: Northern Tanzania

Uganda and Rwanda:
August 2008: Rwanda
July-August 2006: Uganda

Zambia
November-December 2009: Zambia and Zimbabwe
November 2009: Zambia and Namibia

Other countries:
December 2008: Malawi
October 2003: Zambia, Namibia and Botswana
October 2003: Nigeria

Neotropics tour reports:

Argentina:
November 2009: Northwest Argentina (fast-paced custom tour)
December 2006: Northwestern Argentina

Galapagos
November 2008: Galapagos Endemics Cruise
July 2008: Galapagos Endemics Cruise
November 2006: Galapagos Endemics Cruise

Mexico:
March 2009: Southern Mexico: Oaxaca, Chiapas, and the Tuxtlas
January 2009: Northwest Mexico
December 2008: Northeast Mexico
April 2008: La Pesca, Mexico
January 2008: Mexico: The Biggest Twitch in the Yucatan
January 2007: The Yucután and Palenque
January 2007: Northeast Mexico
January 2008: Oaxaca

Peru:
July 2008: Manu and Machu Picchu
July 2007: Manu and Machu Picchu
September 2005: Manu and Machu Picchu
July 2005: Northern and central Peru
July 2004: Manu
July 2003: Manu

Venezuela:
December 2006: Eastern Venezuela
July 2006: Western Venezuela
December 2005: Eastern Venezuela

Asia tour reports:

Bhutan:
March-April 2008: Bhutan

China:
May 2009: China: Sichuan
May 2007: China: Sichuan and the Tibetan Plateau
May-June 2006: Sichuan, China
April-May 2006: Sichuan, China

India:
Nov-Dec 2008: Northern India custom tour
December 2007: Northern India
November 2007: Northern India
December 2006: Northern India
Nov-Dec 2006: Southern India
December 2005: India: Birds, Tigers and the Taj Mahal

Japan:
March 2009: Japan

Malaysia & Borneo:
June-July 2009: Borneo
June-July 2008: Thailand and Borneo (family tour)
June 2008: Malaysia and Borneo
July-August 2007: Borneo
June-July 2006: Malaysia - The Peninsula & Borneo
June 2005: Malaysia - The Peninsula & Borneo

Philippines:
March 2007: The Philippines

Taiwan:
November 2004: Taiwan

Thailand:
June-July 2008: Thailand and Borneo (family tour)
March 2007: Thailand
March 2006: Thailand
February 2006: Thailand and Cambodia

Other countries:
February 2006: Thailand and Cambodia
December/January 2006: Burma

Australasia tour reports:

Australia:
Eastern Australia: From Top to Bottom. Oct-Nov 2009
Australia's Top End: Victoria River to Kakadu: October 2009
September 2008: Eastern Australia: Queensland to Tasmania custom tour
October 2006: Australia's Outback - Kakadu to Uluru
October-November 2006: Eastern Australia - from Top to Bottom
November 2005: Eastern Australia
October 2004: Eastern Australia

Papua New Guinea:
September 2009: Papua New Guinea
August 2008: Papua New Guinea
June-July 2007: Papua New Guinea

Other countries:
July 2007: New Caledonia

North America tour reports:

April 2009: Texas
April 2009: High Island Migration
July-August 2009: Northern California
April 2008: High Island Migration (second tour)
April 2008: High Island Migration (first tour)
January 2008: The Biggest Twitch in Arizona
June 2007: The Black Hills
October 2006: California

Other reports:

In February 2007, Nick Athanas assisted on an ABC donor tour to Colombia. Click here to read about the trip.

Tropical Birding is truly an international tour company. In July 2004, we ran a tour in Ecuador for a group from Spain. The trip was guided in Spanish by bilingual guide José Illánes. Click here to read the tour report (in Spanish!).

If you want to read the trip report on "the little twitch", in which Iain Campbell and Nick Athanas set the one-month record with 1674 species in May 2001, click here.