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Nimbokrang, Arfak mountain and Waigeo island Birding Tour 15 Days/14 Nights

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Nimbokrang, Arfak mountain and Waigeo island Birding Tour 15 Days/14 Nights itinerary: Day 1st: meeting point at the airport in Sentani (Jayapura), we will go directly to Nimbokrang (2 hours drive). we will stay at the local homestay arrange by Mr.Alex (guide in Nimbokrang). after lunch we will go for see Lesser Bird-of-paradise, pale bill Sicklebill, yellow face myna,etc Day 2nd and Day 3rd: the tour will start early around 4:30 to have breakfast and start the tour after breakfast. Bird target: King Bird-of-paradise, twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise, pinnon imperial pigeon, lowland peltops, sulfur Crested cockatoo, papuan hornbill,etc Day 4th: breakfast at 4am, after breakfast we will go to the place to see magnificent rifiebird and some bird around. after lunch, we will go to Sentani to stay at the hotel near the airport. Day 5th: Flight from Sentani to Manokwari, stay one night in Manokwari, because I will buy all the food where we need in Arfak mountain. Day 6th: we will go to Arf...

Tangkoko, Tomohon, Halmahera Birding Tour 11D-10N

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  Tangkoko, Tomohon, Halmahera Birding Tour 11D-10N Itinerary: Day 1:  Pick you up at Manado Airport, directly to Tangkoko. Check in at the local Homestay. Prepare your birding stuff and then we will start to explore the jungle. In this day, Sulawesi Scops-Owl is one of the highlight bird targets to photograph. Day 2-3:  Breakfast at 5:30. After breakfast, we will catch the highlight species such as: Green-backed Kingfisher, Lilac-cheek Kingfisher, Sulawesi-dwarf Kingfisher, Red-knobbed Hornbill, Sulawesi-dwarf Hornbill, Ashy Woodpecker, Yellow-billed malkoha, Purple-winged Roller, Sulawesi Pitta, ochre-bellied Boobook, Sulawesi Babbler, Red-backed Thrush, and much more Day 4:  Start the tour around 5am, we will drive around 20 minutes  to Temboan hills spend 2-3 hours there to spotted some birds such as: Yellow-breasted  Racquet-tail, Ornate Lorikeet, Golden-mantled Racquet-tail, Sulawesi cicadabird, Great-billed hanging parrot, Pygmy hanging Parrot, Sulaw...

Halmahera and Raja Ampat Birding Tour 11 Days / 10 Night

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  Halmahera and Raja Ampat Birding Tour 11 Days / 10 Night Itinerary: Day 1st: meeting point at the airport in Ternate, I will pick you up and we will go to the port. from the port, we will go by speedboat to cross to sofifi (Halmahera). from Sofifi, we will drive (4 hours) to the place called Weda resort. Day 2nd: breakfast at 4:30am, after breakfast we will go to see Wallace standardwing Bird-of-paradise at the displaying place and another bird suck as: blue-and-white kingfisher, common paradise kingfisher, ivory breasted pitta, northern molucan pitta,and many more. in the afternoon we will birding from the main road to see another bird suck as: Mollucan cockatoo, moluccan Whistler, purple dolarbird, rusty breasted couckostrike, golden monarch, sombre kingfisher, etc. the nights bird, moluccan scops owl, moluccan owlet nightjar. Day 3rd: birding in the morning until lunch time. after lunch, we will drive to aketajawe lolobata National park. we will stay at the local homestay. Day...

Halmahera Birding Tour 5D-4N

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Ternate Halmahera birding tour. Halmahera has spectacular endemic birds species such as Wallacs's Standardwing, Ivory-breasted Pitta, Moluccan pitta, Paradise crow, Moluccan Owlet Nightjar, Fruit Doves and some impressive selection of the Kingfishers. Etc Duration:  5 days 4 night Starting Point:  Ternate (Halmahera) Ending Point:  Ternate (Halmahera) Physical difficulty:  Moderate to difficult Focus:  Birding Bird Photography:  is the best, Halmahera bird endemic Walking condition:  From easy to moderate. Type of Land Transport & Road:  Minibus or cars. Road is some part in good condition and some part in bad condition. Speedboat Accommodation:  Stay at the Standard Hotel Min group size:  2 persons Max group size:  6 persons   Halmahera , also known as Jilolo, is a birdwatcher's paradise! This island, the largest in the North Moluccas, boasts incredible avian diversity with over 327 species recorded. Here's what makes Halm...