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Click the Name of Any Tour to See the Full Itinerary on the Tropical Birding Wilson’s Bird-of-paradise/Keith Barnes Simian Highlands, Ethiopia/Keith Barnes Custom Tours Customized (or private) tours are a major part of our pick dates that suit you and tweak the itinerary to your business, which allows us to offer trips to many more ZWLJPÄJ ULLKZ >L WYV]PKL WLYZVUHSPaLK ZLY]PJL ^OLU destinations than we schedule as set-departures. In short, you put together a custom tour, and our expert guides will we regularly cover way more locations than listed in this help you design the perfect trip. If there is a place in the catalog; this is merely a sample. Every year, TROPICAL world where you would like to observe wildlife, there is BIRDING TOURS runs dozens of customized tours for a good chance we already have the experience to be able varied groups and individuals, including bird clubs, to run trips there, even though these may not be listed conservation societies, families, groups of friends, and for here in this catalog. Some of the custom destinations we other professional birding companies. For larger groups, a JV]LYPUJS\KL4PUULZV[HPU>PU[LY(YPaVUH7HUHTHHSS custom tour often costs less per person than a set departure, over Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and and you have the considerable advantage of getting to Guatemala, among others. Children enjoying nature in the Galapagos/Iain Campbell Helmet Vanga/Ken Behrens King Vulture/George Lin About Tropical Birding Tours This is the most important page; please read it to V[OLYZ^OLYL[OLZPaLVM[OLÄUHSSPZ[PZUV[[OL\S[PTH[L \UKLYZ[HUK^OV^LHYLHUKPM^LHYL[OLYPNO[Ä[MVY`V\! objective. Our ultimate goal is to see as many of the birds as possible, but enjoying your trip while doing so. This page is a gut felt outline of our company, without spin or polish… • TROPICAL BIRDING understand there are many other types of birding companies on the market, and therefore • TROPICAL BIRDING is an American company, with a ^LTH`UV[IL[OLILZ[Ä[MVY`V\;)JSPLU[ZHYL\Z\HSS` diverse group of guides, and has 16 years of experience enthusiastic birders, many of whom are keen to chase in organizing birding and nature photography tours all H NVVK IPYK SPZ[>P[O ZVTL V[OLY IPYK [V\Y JVTWHUPLZ over the world. Directors are based in the USA, Ecuador, chasing the highest bird list is paramount, and enjoyment and Taiwan; other full-time employees live in USA, South of the tour is not necessarily a principal factor. A typical Africa, Madagascar, Ecuador, Australia, and sometimes TB client ranks the overall tour experience as of greater on cruise ships. TROPICAL BIRDING runs hundreds of importance to just the list. However, Tropical Birding tours a year, to over 70 destinations; many of these are runs all kinds of tours as custom tours, for all kinds of customized, or private trips. participants. • Although long established, TROPICAL BIRDING guides • TROPICAL BIRDING know well that packing large are still vehemently passionate about birding, nature, and groups and multiple guides on to a bus makes more money photography. for the company. However, the experience we give to the clients by being in a small group is more personalized, • Most of the guides are full time employees, and all of more intimate, and we think ultimately much better value our leaders view this as their principal career (and never than large group tours. as their personal vacation). Many of our guides have university degrees, and all treat being a tour leader as a • Most of our tours are all inclusive, in country (i.e. you profession. get yourself there; we’ll take care of the rest). • Tours are focused, though fun, birding and nature tours. PLEASE NOTE: FULL TOUR DATES, PRICES, AND >LVMMLY]HYPLK[V\YZMVYSPZ[LYZ^P[OSHYNLIPYKSPZ[ZHUK ITINERARIES ARE FOUND ONLINE Give us a call on 1-800-348-5941 or 1-409-515-9110 Kentucky Warbler/Sam Woods North America Curlew, not to mention thousands upon thousands of www.tropicalbirding.com H]VJL[Z>OLU[OL^PUKZHYLYPNO[[OL^VVKSV[ZVU/PNO Island attract a host of migrating warblers, and a nearby rookery is home to nesting spoonbills and egrets. ;OL>HYISLY;V\Y<:(4H`"KH`Z Many birders in eastern North America set aside time in (YPaVUH!/VWWPUN[OL:R`0ZSHUKZ spring to search for migrants, and the warblers come right (custom only; 10 days or less) at the top of their shopping lists. 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