Birding Operator - Birding Ecotours
More about the tour operator:
Birding Ecotours operates Small Group birding adventures world-wide. Typically, our maximum group size is six people in countries with primarily forest birding, or eight people in more open countries where the birds are easier to see. We clearly state exceptions to this general rule.
We like to do things differently. Our team is constantly innovating. We lead the way in the birding tour industry.
The two items that are of paramount importance to us are:
1) Tour quality: we err on the side of using better accommodation and vehicles, where available, than other birding tour companies, and
2) Conservation: we donate a minimum of 10 % of our annual profits to bird conservation and local communities. We also strive to be carbon neutral, e.g. we’ve paid for native tree planting in Ecuador, and in Brazil to help restore habitat for the Critically Endangered Cherry-throated Tanager.
What is one of our typical birding tours like? Our main focus is of course on finding the important birds (especially the endemics and specials). Our trip lists are top-notch (we do encourage you to look at our trip lists and compare them with those of other companies). However, we understand that birding tours can be tiring, so we prefer to add a day or two, rather than to knock ourselves completely out by rushing all the way through. This also gives us back-up-time in case some birds don’t cooperate as expected, and also gives time to stop for mammals and other interesting things along the way.
We also run Birding Photo Tours, which need a different approach to a typical birding tour – more space in the vehicles for camera gear, the correct pace to get photos (not just visuals), angling the vehicle correctly (when not on foot) and loads of other considerations are important here. We enjoy rare mammal tours and various other types of tours as well.
We have three official offices, one in South Africa, one in the USA and one in the UK. We also have full time staff members in Peru and Indonesia.
Birding Ecotours can also arrange custom trips, in addition to our wide array of Small Group set-departure birding tours. We can run any of our advertised tours any time by request. And, if you send us a wish-list, we’ll revert to you with a custom itinerary – our team loves the challenge of finding difficult birds including flufftails, owls and other elusive species.
If you contact us, you’ll find that we’re spectacularly enthusiastic, and highly efficient at e-mailing detailed information to you. It’s our contagious enthusiasm for birding, and the natural world as a whole, that spurs us on to give the outstanding service that might be surprising to you. Ask us a question and we’ll answer you with gusto.
Please e-mail info@birdingecotours.com and peruse our website at www.birdingecotours.com/.
Operating Areas:
Worldwide
Contact details:
Email: info@birdingecotours.com
For more information, visit: www.birdingecotours.com
Location details:
Cape Town, Johannesburg, UK (Norfolk), USA (Ohio), Peru (Lima) and Indonesia (Bali)
