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Dominic Pia2 Dec 2025
The most exciting part of the holiday was walking in the magnificent Periyar forest and finding tiger pad prints… The holiday was fantastic and exceeded expectations.read more
Ian Draycott15 Nov 2025
Excellent. Exceeded my expectations in many ways. Great locations, great accommodation and food, rich in wildlife and a very efficient, pleasant and interesting guide/driver. A visit to Sinharaja Forest was very special for me but all other sites were very much worth the visit.
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Jane Gaylard20 Jun 2025
Lovely time. We couldn't have enjoyed the trips more seeing some 70+ species of birds plus other wildlife.read more
Andrew Clarke15 Jun 2025
My overall experience exceeded my expectations beyond belief. The hospitality of Andrei and Irina was faultless. The accommodation was clean, spacious and with good facilities. But most importantly, Andrei showed us his precious Danube Delta with its fascinating wild life.read more
Chris Scanlan22 Apr 2025
The most memorable part of the holiday was the bird watching.read more
Sabine Wacheux21 Apr 2025
Seeing the 110 species of birds, mission accomplished :)… I'd give it a 10 out of 10. Best organised holiday so far.read more
Gillian Bedford11 Mar 2025
This holiday has fulfilled all my expectations. Thank youread more
Nicola Pulham10 Mar 2025
Absolutely fabulous, beyond our expectations.read more
Maureen Dunning2 Mar 2025
Excellent in every way. The staff all went over and above what they were asked to do. Book this operator for an excellent birdwatching holiday.read more
Karen Lee-Campbell23 Feb 2025
Fabulous trip! Main objective of birds greatly achieved, but also enjoying the many other great sites, beach and hospitality too. We had a pair of Hornbills knocking on our room windows in the morning!!
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Ricardo Berrio12 Mar 2025
In terms of experience and the overall bird and wildlife biodiversity is great and the guide was excellent and knowledgeable. Nihal, the guide was excellent too.
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Leonard Williamson15 Jan 2025
Overall the holiday was well organised and flexible enough to cope with any adverse weather condition. Seeing 5 species of penguin during the holiday.read more
GAVIN HENDERSON21 Nov 2024
All good. Excellent bird guide.read more
Linda Green13 Sep 2024
One of the best we have had - extremely well organised and a great guide/driver with incredible knowledge of birding and wildlife as well as the history, etc, of
both Uganda and Rwanda. We learnt such a lot from Frank and nothing was a problem including changing the itinerary both before and during the trip.read more
Olga Fedina11 Sep 2024
Fantastic! Highly recommended. We saw over 50 species of bird in our trips around the impressive Danube delta. Andrei and Irina are wonderful hosts, and we really enjoyed the meals all made with local products.read more
Ceara mcgovern28 Jun 2024
Fantastic trip to a very special natural place staying in a warm and welcoming guest house.read more
Bob Biggs30 May 2024
Excellent. All communications beforehand were dealt with efficiently and all arrangements made were just what we wanted. Thoroughly recommended.read more
Lynn Crowe30 Apr 2024
So many highlights - a fabulous holiday in a beautiful country. Of course Petra is stunning, but also driving & walking around the desert in Wadi Rum, and swimming in the Dead Sea. Sunrise in the Asraq wetlands bird reserve. But all the marvellous meals in such friendly places.read more
Graham Jones27 Mar 2024
Photographing humming birds. Seeing Scarlet Ibis roost and flamingos in evening light at Caroni Marsh -from our own boat! Swimming outside our room in Tobago
Seeing Oil birds in Trinidad at Asa Wright read more
Darren Burge7 Feb 2024
We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. We met other guests from around the world and got to know some of the local people who were lovely and friendly. We saw a variety of creatures.
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Neil Riley7 Feb 2024
The operator provided excellent local guides and their expert knowledge of the birds and animals made a real difference in making the holiday so enjoyable. Each day was well planned and all of our guides and drivers were friendly.read more
Cindy Kilgore1 Jan 2024
Every step of the way there was a penguin experience, a songbird, bird of prey, elephant seal encounter that blew me away. But also, and just as important at the end of the trip, was the daily encounters with the Kelpers (Falkland Islanders).read more
John Walford27 Jun 2024
There were a few drawbacks to my experience but I expect a group trip with the same itinerary would be very successful.read more
Gretchen Nicholoff12 Mar 2024
It was wonderful. Excellent work by the operator. We never felt abandoned and were always treated very well. Pick-ups and drop-offs went very smoothly, always something we get concerned about while traveling.read more
Talitha Soldera19 Feb 2024
It was a once in a lifetime trip that was well worthread more
Anne Romans20 Dec 2023
India is a feast for the senses. Amazing colours, amazing scenery, I loved the
birds the people and the food. I saw many endemics and my guide Joji had
such good knowledge of the environment and could spot birds I did not have a hope of seeing. read more
vicki lader4 Dec 2023
The birds were amazing and the guides very knowledgeable. Very well organised and we were looked after brilliantly.
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Gina G16 Jun 2023
Excellent. The tour operator organized a memorable trip, accomodations were great, food was awesome, guide was extremely knowledgeable, and I rated this trip/Rwanda one of my top 3 out of 46 countries.read more
Valerie Walker25 Mar 2023
Watching the leatherback turtle coming ashore to lay her eggs and the tropic birds at Little Tobago Island and all the hummingbirds we saw were all memorable.read more
Martin Blow16 Mar 2023
The wildlife was fantastic. We saw 5 species of penguin, which were very comfortable to walk next to you. Another big highlight when on Pebble Island was watching 5 Killer Whales from the beach...read more
Susan Lennox9 Mar 2023
Absolutely brilliant, it was our special trip and it met and exceeded our expectations.read more
Karen Bennett16 Feb 2023
This was truly a trip of a lifetime, the number of ecosystems we ventured into, the variety of bird life and the healthy forests all added to a unique experience. The Western Ghats hosts incredible biodiversity.read more
Sherian Morgan17 Jan 2023
Super stay thank you,and hitel could not do enough to please us. Also the food was plentiful and delicious!read more
Richard Penticost9 Apr 2022
Very rewarding trip. Good weather throughout (Spring was a good time to visit). Mixture of wonderful scenery/architectural sites and nature reserves.read more
Marek Cibor13 Sep 2021
Very good, I did not expect so many birds to be seen and from so close, hospitality and care from the hosts was superb, living conditions met the standard of anybodyread more
Catherine Lee-Elliott24 Feb 2020
The courtship performance of the blue backed manikins in Tobago was both amusing and marvellous. read more
Roger Greeff20 Feb 2020
A great birding trip, staying at some great small accommodations in beautiful settings. read more
David Davies30 Apr 2019
The most memorable part of the trip was seeing the Leatherback turtles nesting and the many birds.
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Liz Crowther17 Apr 2019
Highlights included seeing turtles come up onto the beach at Grande Riviere to lay their eggs, going along to rehearsals of a couple of steel pan bands in Port of Spain and spending time on the beautiful beach at Pirates Bay.read more
Tricia Henton17 Mar 2019
We struck gold and saw four of the highly endangered Great Indian Bustards, which is roughly equivalent to winning the Lottery twice!read more
Sherry Koina21 Feb 2019
This whole holiday was brilliant. We enjoyed every minute of it. The wildlife is amazing.read more
Wendy English5 Feb 2019
Great variety of accommodation, abundant wildlife, good guides in the national parks.read more
Susie Wiltshire12 Dec 2018
Most memorable was the stunning and very diverse scenery we passed through whilst travelling the countryside, the very interesting birds and wildlife and the friendly cheery people. read more
Gilbert Grant6 Jan 2018
Sitting next to penguins and elephant seals was the most memorable.read more
Brian Kings1 Feb 2018
Overall seeing 306 bird species was my highlight. Specifically the drive across the Sanetti Plateau.read more
John Payne28 Nov 2017
There were so many memorable times that it's difficult to choose, but highlights were birdwatching while eating lunch overlooking Bishoftu Lake far below; walking in Awash National Park guided by Mohamed and eating traditional food overlooking Awash Falls; staying at Sabana Resort and swimming in Lake Lagano...read more
Peter Pinfield9 Feb 2017
There was a highlight nearly every other day because we were moving around and we had so much to see and experience.read more
Christopher Smith12 Dec 2016
The tea plantations are photogenic in a very special way: so impossibly green in the sun. Walking in the forests near Periyar was like being in heaven: in the shade, beautiful birds, no other people around and with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. read more
