ANDREW P. ANDERSON’S
AABIRDING & TRAVEL
AUSTRALASIA - S.E.ASIA - EURASIA - AFRICA - N.AMERICA - S.AMERICA
Birds and Other Wonders of the World
http://aabirding.com <tours@aabirding.com>
77D Carmen Rd, Christchurch, New Zealand.
tel: +64+334441319
/ +61+740318803.
TOUR PROGRAMME FOR 2007/08
Ground cost only. International travel
is not included. Some of the larger tours are priced in parts; choose
the part or parts you prefer.
2007
SOUTH ASIA
NORTH INDIA & SRI LANKA,
with Ben Blewitt.
Jan 3-24
AUSTRALASIA
NEW ZEALAND, for Active Travel.
Jan 30 - Feb 22
NORTH AMERICA
USA - Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California.
April 15 - May 6, following the migrants.
EURASIA
SAKHALIN - A Wildlife Adventure
June 13 - 20. U$1900
EASTERN SIBERIAN PELAGIC CRUISE - Kuril Islands.
June 21 - 30. Sakhalin - Kuril Islands - Kamchatka. From U$5980 share twin non-private.
KAMCHATKA EXTENSION
July 1 - 8. An exploration of southern Kamchatka from Petroplovask. U$1950
SOUTH-EAST ASIA
PENNINSULA MALAYSIA
July 14 - 30. Selangor, Taiping, Fraser's Hill, Taman Negara.
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIA - THE TOP END
August 11 - 23. Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Timber Creek.
CAIRNS - A BIG DAY CHALLENGE
Sept 2. Midnight to midnight. Bring a team of 2 to 4 people!
AFRICA
MADAGASCAR -
a prospecting tour.
Oct 10 - 24 Central & Southern Madagascar
Oct 24 - 31 North-east Madagascar.
AUSTRALASIA
S.E. OZ - Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney.
November 3 - 21. Birds and plants.
NEOTROPICS
COSTA RICA. Some
of the best wildlife in the world.
Dec 9 - 30. U$3900.
2008
EURASIA
WEST-CENTRAL CHINA - Shaanxi & Qinghai Birding.
May 13 - 18. XIAN - Qinling Mountains and Crested Ibis.
May 19 - 26. XINING - Birding the edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
THE OLD SILK ROAD -
Part I, WESTERN CHINA - birds, history, culture
May 27 - June 9. Terracotta Warriors; Xian-Lanzhou by train;
the start of the Great Wall at Jiayuguan;
ancient
Buddist cave art at Dunhuang on the edge of the Gobi Desert;
the jade market at Urumchi;
exploring remote Kashgar, and travelling the Karakoram Highway to the northern Pakistan border.
WESTERN CHINA - Xinjiang Birding.
June 9 - 16. Exploring and birding the northern Taklaman Desert, Tien Shan (Tien Mts) & Heavenly Lake.
2009
EURASIA
The OLD SILK ROAD - Birds History, Cultures - Part II, Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan.
June 17 - July 13. A prospecting tour. Companions welcome, at own cost.