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Halmahera Birding Tour 7 Days 6 Nights

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Birding on Halmahera Packed with north Moluccan birds endemics including the stunning Wallace’s Standard wing and Ivory-breasted Pitta. A trip to Halmahera is on many people’s wish lists. Halmahera key bird species: Moluccan Scrubfowl; Dusky Scrubfowl; Moluccan Goshawk; Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk; Meyer’s Goshawk; Gurney’s Eagle; Bare-eyed Rail; Invisible Rail; Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove; Blue-capped Fruit Dove; Grey-headed Fruit Dove; Moluccan Imperial Pigeon; Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon; White Cockatoo; Violet-necked Lory; Chattering Lory; Moluccan King Parrot; Moluccan Hanging Parrot; Moluccan Cuckoo; Goliath Coucal; Moluccan Scops Owl; Barking Owl; Halmahera Boobook; Moluccan Owlet-nightjar; Halmahera Swiftlet; Blue-and-white Kingfisher; Sombre Kingfisher; Purple Dollarbird; Ivory-breasted Pitta; Red-bellied Pitta; Dusky Myzomela; White-streaked Friarbird; Dusky Friarbird; Moluccan Cuckooshrike; Halmahera Cuckooshrike; Rufous-bellied Triller; White-naped Monarch; Moluccan Mona...

Birding Tour Sulawesi Halmahera 18 Days 17 Nights

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BEST BIRDING  TOUR SULAWESI & HALMAHERA, INDONESIA The Best Birdwatching Tour in Sulawesi & Halmahera, Indonesia is the best short birdwatching tour in Indonesia that you can take. With more endemic birds than any other comparable area in this vast archipelago, our Best Birdwatching Tour in Sulawesi & Halmahera, Indonesia offers an incredible experience, with an extensive bird list and a huge number of birds. This is a special itinerary for those who want to see as many of Sulawesi and Halmahera’s fascinating endemic birds as possible in an 18-day period. This tour is customisable. Your agent will work with you to create the tour of your dreams. Duration and timing Tour duration 18 days Group size Minimum 2 people, maximum 6 people + Guide These are flexible. Have a chat with this guide to make the tour your own ITINERARY Day 1 Meet at Hasanudin International Airport Makasar. Drive to Malino and it takes about 2 hours, do birding along the road, Stay in Selebes Hotel or...

North Sulawesi Birding 10 Days 9 Nights

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Our North Sulawesi Birding Trip cover Tangkoko Nature Reserve,  Gunung Mahawu Reserve, Maleo nesting ground,   Dumoga Bone National Park   and Gunung Ambang Reserve Best of North Sulawesi’s Endemic birds  with ten days of birding covering hot birding sites including Dumoga Nani Wartabone National Park, Gunung Ambang Reserve, Maleo breeding Center, Gunung Mahawu Reserve, and Tangkoko Nature Reserve. North Sulawesi provides the adventurous with some of the richest ornithological experiences to be found anywhere in the world, for this is one of the most biologically diverse and endemic-rich areas on earth. We design this is a special itinerary for those who want to see the many exciting endemics of Sulawesi. During our trip, we will be birding on Wallacea’s line which is so very different from that of mainland Southeast Asia. On this trip you will visit four of Sulawesi’s fine forest reserves, North Sulawesi covering the area of Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Gunung Mahawu Na...

Birding in Tangkoko

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  TANGKOKO Tangkoko is a Nature Recreation Park in the north-east of Sulawesi, conveniently located near Manado, that consists of lowland and hill forest boasting with wildlife. The level of biodiversity en endemic species is one of the highest in the world and Tangkoko is simply a must visit if you travel to Indonesia. It’s relatively easy to walk through and you’re practically guaranteed to see Celebes Crested Monkey, Gursky’s Spectral Tarsier, several beautiful endemic Kingfishers and a wealth of other endemic species of birds and other animals and plants. KEY BIRD SPECIES Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher:    Unique forest Kingfisher, not easy to find, but if done (by our local guides) quite good to approach and often rewarding the clients with perfect views and photos. Male and female often sitting near each other, making it possible to see the subtle differences. Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher:   Tiny but splashy colored forest kingfisher. It has the size of a Tit, but...