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Birdwatching Holidays with Calidris Birding Tours

Worldwide birding tours that create a balance between finding the maximum number of species and spending the time to enjoy watching them at a sensible pace.

We aim to provide well-planned and professionally-led birding tours that not only supply the best opportunities to see many of the world's most exciting birds but are fun to be on too; very much a birding holiday. Our tours are listed by date with summaries of the key bird species, price and trip overview, please take a look at them all here - Birding Tour Calendar.

All of our advertised itineraries can be arranged as private tours; just email us to request a private tour - info@calidrisbirdingtours.com

We certainly do welcome your emails but please check our Frequently Asked Questions page to see if your general questions about our tours are answered there.

UPCOMING BIRDING TOURS

Sulawesi & Halmahera Endemics Birding Tour

2nd-19th October 2026: Knobbed Hornbill, Ivory-breasted Pitta, Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise, Purple-bearded Bee-eater, Maleo, Diabolical Nightjar, Sulawesi Pitta, Ashy Woodpecker, Moluccan Owlet-Nightjar, Geomalia, Rusty-backed Thrush – £5190 PP

West Papua Birding Tour

8th -21st September 2026: Magnificent Riflebird, Western Parotia, Papuan Pitta, King Bird-of-Paradise, Masked Bowerbird, Vogelkop Lophorina, Papuan Frogmouth, Red Bird-of-Paradise, Western Crowned Pigeon, Wilson’s Birds-of-Paradise – £6175 PP

South Korea Winter Birding Tour

3rd-15th January 2027: Steller’s Sea Eagle, Red-crowned Crane, Baikal Teal, Relict Gull, Scaly-sided Merganser, Asian Rosy Finch, White-naped Crane, Varied Tit, Swan Goose, Solitary Snipe, Hooded Crane, Oriental Stork, Japanese Wagtail – £4175 PP

South Vietnam Birding Tour

7th-18th March 2027: Bar-bellied Pitta, Vietnamese Cutia, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Collared Laughingthrush, Blue-rumped Pitta, Vietnamese Greenfinch, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Indochinese Green Magpie – £3475 PP

Java, Sumatra & Bali Birding Tour

31st July – 24th August 2026: Christmas Island Frigatebird, Bali Myna, Schneider’s Pitta, Large Frogmouth, Oriental Bay Owl, Javan Banded Pitta, Salvadori’s Pheasant, Graceful Pitta, Javan Cochoa, Sumatran Trogon, Bonaparte’s Nightjar, Red-billed Partridge – £6275 PP

North Borneo Birding Tour

14-27th August 2026: Bornean Bristlehead, Helmeted Hornbill, Blue-headed Pitta, Blue-banded Pitta, Whitehead’s Trogon, Bare-headed Laughingthrush, Black-and-crimson Pitta, Bornean Peacock Pheasant, Crimson-headed Partridge, Great Argus – £6215 PP

Peninsula Malaysia Birding Tour

6th – 18th September 2026: Garnet Pitta, Malayan Whistlingthrush, Helmeted Hornbill, Mountain Peacock Pheasant, Red-naped Trogon, Chestnut-naped Forktail, Malayan Peacock Pheasant, Green Broadbill, Malayan Laughingthrush, Rhinoceros Hornbill – £4050 PP

Sri Lanka Endemics Birding Tour

19th Nov-1st Dec 2026: Sri Lanka Spurfowl, Red-faced Malkoha, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Serendib Scops Owl, Malabar Trogon, Crimson-fronted Barbet, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Indian Pitta, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Spot-winged Thrush, Sri Lanka Thrush. – £3450

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