Bird Watching Vacations

Bird watching vacations are offered by many tour companies. But you don't want a second-rate tour, so below we've listed some of the more reputable companies that specialize in bird watching tours.

All of the companies below offer tours worldwide including but not limited to North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe and the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

What if I'm just a beginner birdwatcher? No problem. Most bird watching vacations offer a range in participant skill, from complete novice to the highly-skilled tour veteran. When I worked as an ornithology instructor for Audubon, I loved to have an enthusiastic beginner in my group over an expert who was bored unless he/she saw a new species to add to his/her list.

US Based Bird Watching Tour Companies:

Wings Birding Tours

Wings has been around since 1980 and their tours "...are planned as ones that we ourselves would like to go on, so they are very strongly oriented toward birds."

Group size for the tours ranges from four to 16 people plus the leader(s).

They also own the British bird tour organization, Sunbird, where all United Kingdom tours are operated.

They have a wonderful page of information about Choosing A Bird Tour, where they address common questions and concerns about choosing and going on a birding tour.

Victor Emanuel Nature Tours

They definitely have the experience - have been in business over 25 years, and will take care of you:

"When you call the VENT office you are dealing with a staff which has over 80 years of combined experience with travel and tour operation. You can feel confident that your questions and requests will be handled by the best in the business."

VENT has an impressive list of tour leaders as well as a wide variety of tours (140 tours to over 100 destinations), including bird watching cruises.

UK Based Bird Watching Tour Companies:

Birdquest Bird Watching Vacations

Bird Quest's philosophy, "Birdquest tours are exciting, friendly, small-group birding holidays designed and guided by a team of leaders and office staff whose professionalism, experience and knowledge are unsurpassed..."

You can look at their trip reports online and they claim to have shown their participants more species of birds than any other bird tour company in the world.

Birdfinders

They have a price comparison chart of their tour cost vs. other tour companies, emphasizing value without loss of quality.

Want to plan your own bird watching vacation and save some money? Follow the link above for suggestions and tips for your next bird watching holiday.

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