Birding Ecotours runs worldwide birding tours that contribute to conservation and local communities. Our trips are for small groups of only 6-8 participants. Quality is of paramount importance to us – we prefer to use superior accommodation (where available at the top birding sites) and vehicles. Despite our focus on small groups and the fact that we err on the side of superior quality, our prices are competitive.
It is Birding Ecotours’ company policy to contribute a minimum of 10 % of profits to conservation and local communities. We are passionate about birding and also about leaving a legacy – by genuinely helping people and conserving birds - for generations to come. We disagree that profit is the main goal of any company – what is the point of that if one is not helping people and birds?
We like to do things differently. For example, we offer some unique tours, including Owls of the World® Tours, tough mammal tours (fancy an Aardvark or a Black-footed Cat?), and more. Since 2003, we have been innovating some of the most wonderful tours available.
Our main focus is, of course, on finding the important birds (especially the endemics and specials). Our trip lists are very important to us (we do encourage you to look at these and compare them with those of other companies). However, we understand that birding tours can be tiring, so we prefer to add a day or two and actually have folks enjoy the birding tour. This also gives us backup time, in case some birds don’t cooperate as expected, and also allows time to stop for mammals and other interesting things along the way.
We also run a good number of Birding Photo Tours, which need a different approach to a typical birding tour – more space in the vehicles for camera gear, the correct tour pace to get photos, angling the vehicle correctly, and constantly thinking about lighting.
If you contact us, you’ll find that we’re very enthusiastic and highly efficient at e-mailing detailed information to you. It’s our contagious enthusiasm for birding (and for the natural world as a whole) that spurs us on to give outstanding service.
Reviewer Name | Date of Review | Tour Date | Rating | Recommend? |
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Fatbirder | January 28, 2017 | March 01, 2014 |
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Destination | Sub destination | Description | Trip Start Date | |
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Zimbabwe | Eastern Highlands and Miombo Woodland | Eastern Highlands and Miombo Woodland | January 19, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Mpumalanga | Kruger National Park | DULLSTROOM AND KRUGER NATIONAL PARK CUSTOM TOUR | January 17, 2016 | Download Report |
Panama | Canopy Family lodges | PANAMA: CANOPY TOWER, DARIEN, CANOPY LODGE, AND TRANQUILO BAY | January 07, 2016 | Download Report |
Namibia - Caprivi Strip | NAMIBIA CUSTOM TOUR: A 5-DAY TWITCH | March 02, 2016 | Download Report | |
Australia | Southwestern Australia | SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA TRIP | November 08, 2015 | Download Report |
Australia | Tasmania and the East Coast | AUSTRALIA: TASMANIA PRE-TOUR EXTENSION AND EAST COAST TOUR | October 24, 2015 | Download Report |
Bhutan | the Himalayas | BIRDING TOUR BHUTAN: THE HIMALAYAS AND BLACK-NECKED CRANE | November 01, 2015 | Download Report |
Brazil | Cerrado, Amazon, and Pantanal | BRAZIL: CERRADO, AMAZON AND PANTANAL CUSTOM TOUR | September 15, 2015 | Download Report |
Costa Rica | The Caribbean lowlands, the cloudforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca | COSTA RICA, NEW YEAR CUSTOM TOUR | December 28, 2015 | Download Report |
Ecuador - Northern Ecuador | ECUADOR: THE NORTH | October 15, 2015 | Download Report | |
Madagascar | Masoala | BIRDING TOUR MADAGASCAR 2015: MAIN TRIP AND MASOALA PRE-TRIP | October 11, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa - Mpumalanga | Zimbabwe and Central Mozambique | SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE AND MOZAMBIQUE | November 12, 2015 | Download Report |
Namibia | Okavango Delta, Botswana | NAMIBIA AND OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA, CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR | March 09, 2015 | Download Report |
Namibia | Okavango and Livingstone | NAMIBIA, OKAVANGO AND VICTORIA FALLS | November 02, 2015 | Download Report |
Namibia - Caprivi Strip | Okavango and Livingstone | NAMIBIA, OKAVANGO AND VICTORIA FALLS | November 20, 2015 | Download Report |
Peru | Lima | South Peru with extension | July 01, 2015 | Download Report |
Peru | PERU: SCARLET-BANDED BARBET AND CENTRAL PERU CUSTOM TOUR | July 31, 2015 | Download Report | |
South Africa | Western Cape and Kruger National Park | Cape and Kruger Custom Tour | June 07, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | Cape Point Pelagic | CAPE PELAGIC TRIP | August 08, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | Wilderness National Park and Garden Route | THE BEST OF SOUTH AFRICA: CUSTOM BIRD and MAMMAL TOUR | September 25, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa - Gauteng | Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve | SOUTH AFRICA: 2-DAY SOUTHERN GAUTENG TO DULLSTROOM BIRDING TRIP | December 16, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa | Western Cape, Kruger National Park | WESTERN CAPE AND SUBTROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA TRIP | October 09, 2015 | Download Report |
Mozambique | Dullstroom | SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE AND MOZAMBIQUE TRIP | November 12, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa | northern cape | Cleanup trip for a short list of target birds, Northern Cape to Zululand | March 07, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Cape Town - Kruger National Park | Skukuza | BIRDLIFE SOUTH AFRICA FLOCK IN KRUGER | March 10, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Cape Town - Kruger National Park | DULLSTROOM, MOUNT SHEBA AND KRUGER NATIONAL PARK CUSTOM TOUR | March 19, 2016 | Download Report | |
Madagascar | COMORO ISLANDS AND REMOTE MADAGASCAR | November 01, 2014 | Download Report | |
Israel | Eilat | “CHAMPIONS OF THE FLYWAY”- A BIRD RACE FOR CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL | March 26, 2016 | Download Report |
India - Delhi | India: Tigers, Birds and the Himalayas | NORTHERN INDIA: TIGERS, BIRDS AND THE HIMALAYAS | January 02, 2016 | Download Report |
Bhutan | Assam | BIRDING TOUR INDIA: BHUTAN EXTENSION - ASSAM | November 11, 2015 | Download Report |
South Africa | Kalahari | Sharks, Whales, and Rare Mammals in South Africa | July 23, 2015 | Download Report |
Namibia | Okavango | NAMIBIA, OKAVANGO AND VICTORIA FALLS | November 20, 2015 | Download Report |
Thailand | Kaeng Krachan National Park | CENTRAL THAILAND CUSTOM TOUR | February 25, 2016 | Download Report |
United States - Florida - Dry Tortugas | FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE FLORIDA KEYS | April 24, 2016 | Download Report | |
Greece - Lesbos | GREECE MAINLAND | 9-DAY GREECE BIRDING ADVENTURE WITH EXTENSION TO LESVOS | May 02, 2016 | Download Report |
United States - Ohio | Magee Marsh | THE BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING | May 04, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Northern Cape | NAMAQUALAND - KGALAGADI - KIMBERLEY | Western and Northern Cape Trip Report | November 06, 2014 | Download Report |
South Africa - Northern Cape | Northern Cape, Wakkerstroom, and Zululand | Cleanup trip for short list of target birds, Northern Cape to Zululand | March 07, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Northern Cape | plus Garden Route Extension | Namaqualand, Kalahari, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape | November 16, 2013 | Download Report |
South Africa - Northern Cape - Karoo | garden route | Cleanup trip for a short list of target birds, Northern Cape to Zululand | March 07, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Karoo | TRIP REPORT: WESTERN CAPE | October 11, 2013 | Download Report | |
South Africa - Karoo | Subtropical South Africa | October 16, 2012 | Download Report | |
South Africa - Karoo | Subtropical South Africa | October 18, 2013 | Download Report | |
South Africa - Karoo | Subtropical South Africa Trip Report | October 18, 2014 | Download Report | |
Namibia | extreme northwestern Namibia, | NAMIBIA CUSTOM TOUR: Northwestern specials | June 28, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | AGULHAS PLAINS AND GARDEN ROUTE | WESTERN CAPE CUSTOM TOUR: AGULHAS PLAINS AND GARDEN ROUTE | August 17, 2016 | Download Report |
Senegal | TRIP REPORT SENEGAL: SCOUTING TOUR | November 19, 2014 | Download Report | |
Uganda | MURCHISON FALLS | UGANDA: SHOEBILL, ALBERTINE RIFT ENDEMICS, GREEN-BREASTED PITTA.. | August 01, 2016 | Download Report |
Uganda | MURCHISON FALLS | UGANDA: SHOEBILL, ALBERTINE RIFT ENDEMICS, GREEN-BREASTED PITTA.. | August 01, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Gauteng | Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Western Cape | TRIP REPORT SOUTH AFRICA: GAUTENG, MPUMALANGA, AND WESTERN CAPE | July 20, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Gauteng | Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve; Marievale Bird Sanctuary | SOUTH AFRICA: SUIKERBOSRAND NATURE RESERVE AND MARIEVALE BIRD SANCTUARY | September 04, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Gauteng | Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve and Marievale Bird Sanctuary | SOUTH AFRICA: SUIKERBOSRAND NATURE RESERVE AND MARIEVALE BIRD SANCTUARY | September 12, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | karoo, overberg | BIRDING TOUR SOUTH AFRICA: WESTERN CAPE CUSTOM | October 08, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Northern Cape | Kalahari | CAPE, NAMAQUALAND AND KALAHARI | August 15, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa | Kruger, Garden Route and the Karoo | KRUGER, GARDEN ROUTE AND KAROO | September 04, 2016 | Download Report |
Madagascar | Berenty Reserve | THE BEST OF MADAGASCAR AND BERENTY EXTENSION | November 06, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal | Kruger National Park | BIRD & MAMMAL TOUR SOUTH AFRICA: KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE AND KRUGER NATIONAL PARK | October 09, 2016 | Download Report |
Madagascar | Berenty Reserve | THE BEST OF MADAGASCAR AND NORTHWEST AND BERENTY EXTENSIONS | September 15, 2016 | Download Report |
Namibia | Erongo Mountains, Etosha National Park | NAMIBIA AND BOTSWANA CUSTOM TOUR | March 14, 2017 | Download Report |
Canada - British Columbia | Vancouver Island | VANCOUVER ISLAND CUSTOM BIRDING TOUR | August 17, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | Rooiels, Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens, and Stony Point | Cape Peninsula 1-day custom tour | March 18, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa | WESTERN CAPE AND SUBTROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA CUSTOM TOUR | WESTERN CAPE AND SUBTROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA CUSTOM TOUR | March 11, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Mpumalanga | Wakkerstroom | SOUTH AFRICA: WAKKERSTROOM CUSTOM TOUR | September 22, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | Cape Peninsula | 9-DAY WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA, CUSTOM TOUR | April 24, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | Custom Tour: South Africa and Namibia, September 2017 | August 29, 2017 | Download Report |
India | Ranthambhore, Keoladeo Ghana,Corbett, and Sultanpur National Parks | NORTHERN INDIA: TIGERS, BIRDS AND THE HIMALAYAS | October 16, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa | western cape, subtropical south africa | 8-DAY WESTERN CAPE TOUR AND16-DAY SUBTROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA | October 09, 2016 | Download Report |
Namibia | Etosha National Park, Okavango Delta | NAMIBIA, OKAVANGO AND VICTORIA FALLS | November 02, 2016 | Download Report |
Namibia | Zambia, Namibia, Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle | Namibia, Okavango Panhandle and Victoria Falls in reverse | November 20, 2017 | Download Report |
India | Himalayas, Ranthambhore, Keoladeo Ghana, and Corbett National Parks | NORTHERN INDIA: TIGERS, BIRDS AND THE HIMALAYAS | January 03, 2016 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | Tankwa Karoo | Western Cape custom tour December 2017 | December 04, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Northern Cape - Karoo | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | SOUTH AFRICA PHOTO CUSTOM TOUR: DIFFICULT MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN CAPE | November 07, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Gauteng | Zaagkuilsdrift, Borakalalo Park, Marievale and Walter Sisulu | SOUTH AFRICA: GAUTENG AND LIMPOPO CUSTOM TOUR | August 02, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Eastern Cape | Kruger National Park, Etosha National Park | South Africa and Namibia Custom Tour July/August 2017 | July 18, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Mpumalanga | Kruger National Park | EASTERN SOUTH AFRICA CUSTOM TOUR | September 22, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa | cape town, Kalahari Desert,Kruger National Park | COMPREHENSIVE SOUTH AFRICA CUSTOM TOUR | September 01, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | top birding spots along False Bay | FALSE BAY DAY TRIP, CUSTOM TOUR | October 20, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | top birding spots along the eastern shores of False Bay | False Bay, South Africa 1-Day Custom Tour December 2017 | December 18, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | top birding spots along the eastern shores of False Bay | False Bay, South Africa 1-Day Custom Tour December 2017 | December 18, 2017 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | some of the Cape Peninsula’s top birding spots | CAPE PENINSULA DAY TRIP, CUSTOM TOUR | January 10, 2018 | Download Report |
South Africa - Western Cape | West Coast National Park | WEST COAST DAY TRIP, CUSTOM TOUR | January 17, 2018 | Download Report |