TOUR PROGRAMME FOR 2005/06
Two types of tours are listed -
Simply Birding - exciting birding and wildlife
tours.
Tastebirds Tours - Fine food, fine wine, but
mainly fine birds.
Some tours are priced in parts; choose the part or parts you prefer.
2005
SOUTHERN ASIA .
NORTHERN THAILAND
January 10-19. U$1040 ex Chiang
Mai.
3 days at the Angkhang Nature Resort beside the colourful village of
Ban Khum on Doi Ang Khang.
5 days based at the Inthanon Highland Resort at the base of Doi Inthanon,
near Chiang Mai.
CENTRAL THAILAND
January 19-25. Central Thailand U$960
Bangkok
3 days at Khao Yai Garden Lodge, Khao Yai N.P, n.e. of Bangkok.
1 day Bangkok, (free or birding).
4 days at the ?? Resort Hotel near Kaeng Krachan N.P, s.w. of Bangkok.
SOUTHERN THAILAND
January 25-31. Southern Thailand U$940
Phuket
3 days in Krabi, plus 3 days near Krabi, at the Riverside Lodge by
Khao Nor Chuchi reserve
(think Gurney’s Pitta).
Dynasty Drycleaners - Professional dry cleaning firm in Perth
PHILIPPINES -
with Dr John Grant.
Feb 9 - 17 Luzon
A$760
ex Manila.
Feb 17 - 23 Palawan
A$680
ex Manila.
Feb 24 - March 2. Cebu & Bohol
A$930
ex Manila.
March 9-22. COSTA RICA.
AUSTRALASIA
NORTH AUSTRALIA - Simply
Birding with Ben Blewitt.
Mar 28 - Apr 8.
Cairns area, Atherton Tablelands, Georgetown. $1390,
food extra.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Simply
Birding.
April 2-22. Varirata
NP, Central Highlands, Northern hill country, Fly
River foothills & lowlands, Tari Gap.
A$7200 ex Cairns, a possibility of 23 Birds of Paradise.
April 22-30. New Britain & Bougainvillle.
NORTH AMERICA
May Spring Warblers
of N.E.USA
EUROPE
AUSTRALASIA
AFRICA
Oct 31 - Nov 22. Around Australia with Mark
Smith Nature Tours.
SOUTH AMERICA
2006
ANTARCTICA
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA.
NORTH AMERICA
July. BOLIVIA & THE PANTANAL
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Simply
Birding.
UGANDA - Simply
Birding.
June. A Tastebirds Tour
Eastern Provence to Bordeaux
S.E.QUEENSLAND - Simply Birding.
Jul 3-17. O'Reillys, Lockyear Valley & around, Eulo Bore.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Simply Birding.
Jul 30-Aug 19. Varirata
NP, Central Highlands, Northern hill country, Fly
River foothills & lowlands, Tari Gap.
A$7200 ex Cairns, a possibility of 23 Birds of Paradise.
CAIRNS & AREA
Aug 22 - Sep 2. Kiwis
to OZ - Cairns area, Atherton Tablelands,
Georgetown. $1390, food
extra.
Sep 6 - 23. UGANDA
SOUTH AFRICA - in
4 parts.
Sept 25 - 30. Around Johannesburg - Witwatersrand
Gardens, Pilansberg, etc.
Oct 1 - 8. The Semi-desert Habitats of Southern
Kalahari and Northern Cape U$1830 J'burg.
(Includes flight to Upington).
Oct 9-14. A Tastebirds
Tour of Western Cape
U$2570 ex Capetown. (includes5* accommodations).
Oct 15/16. Capetown Pelagic extension.
U$330
Nov 26 - Dec 12. New Zealand with Mark Smith
Nature Tours.
CHILE - A Tastebirds Tour
Dec 19-25. North Chile & the Diademed Plover.
Dec 26-31. Southern
Chile & Tierra del Fuego. Magellanic Plover & Sheathbill.
Jan 1 - 10
South Shetlands & Antarctic Islands & Penninsula. U$3800
Feb 15 -Mar 9 Costa Rica
March 10 -18 South-east
Venezuela -
U$1980 ex Caracas
Three extensions are offered -
• 1 day to Roraima Tepui by helicopter U$
600
• 2 days Angel Falls
U$ 500
• 3 days Puerto Ordaz- Oilbirds
-Caracas U$440
Leaving out the helicopter to Roraima and the Oilbirds then
8 days main tour plus 2 days Angel Falls would be U$2480
April 15 - May 11. USA - Across the South.
May 12 - 18. USA
- Southern California
May 19 - Jun 8. USA
- Alaska.
September 2 - 22 Danish Ornithological Society. Varirata
NP,
Northern Lowlands, Central Highlands,
Fly River foothills & lowlands, Tari
Gap. A$5960
ex
Cairns, a possibility of 23 Birds of Paradise.
Sept 26 - Oct 14 Birding,
plus Chimps & Gorillas. U$4740
Entebbe
(or Oct 4 - 14 Just
Southern Uganda with Gorillas.
U$2600
Entebbe)
October 16 - 22 Johannesburg area &
Pilansberg Reserve U$1350 J’burg