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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

5th-24th 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 – £TBA 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

Mongolia Birding Tour

15th-30th June 2026: Mongolian Ground Jay, White-naped Crane, Oriental Plover, Mongolian Lark, Azure Tit, Swan Goose, Siberian Rubythroat, Black-billed Capercaillie, Altai Snowcock, Pallas’s Sandgrouse, Saxaul Sparrow, Godlewski’s Bunting, – £4425

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

Central Asia Birding Tour

17-31st May 2026: Highlights include Ibisbill, Himalayan Snowcock, MacQueen’s Bustard, Black Lark, White-capped Bunting, Saxaul Sparrow, White-browed Tit-warbler, Himalayan Rubythroat, Demoiselle Crane – £4200 PP

Saudi Arabia Birding Tour

6th-16th August 2026: Arabian Golden Sparrow, Crab Plover, Philby’s Partridge, Yemen Thrush, Arabian Lark, Yemen Linnet, Arabian Woodpecker, Desert Owl, Asir Magpie, Arabian Serin, White-eyed Gull, Arabian Scops Owl, Thick-billed Lark – £3750 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

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