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Fixed Date Tours and Special Offers 

Save money by doing a group tour!
Group birding in savannah woodland near Timber Creek (photo copyright Marg Lacey)
Group birding in savannah woodland near Timber Creek  (photo copyright Marg Lacey)

'Best of Top End Birding' August 2015 group posing on the last day at Charles Darwin National Park (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)
'Best of Top End Birding' August 2015 group posing on the last day at Charles Darwin National Park  (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Advantages:- lower cost, company of like minded people who enjoy wildlife and share conservation values, small groups - maximum of only seven guests.

Tours tend to book out very quickly so early booking is recommended. 

Upcoming group tours and dates below.   


Group Tour dates for 2020

Gouldian Finch on Bullita Road near Timber Creek (photo copyright Maree Hanrahan)
Gouldian Finch on Bullita Road near Timber Creek  (photo copyright Maree Hanrahan)

Breakfast with Gouldians

June 15,16; July 10,11; September 28,29. Two days and one night bird watching Savannah Woodland including an early morning bush breakfast by a waterhole that is a regularly visited by Gouldian Finches, other finches and parrots, a great opportunity to see one of Australia's most sought after birds! See itinerary

Top End Birds and Wildlife 

June 1-10, 2020. (Fully booked) Ten day's birding around Darwin, Pine Creek, Timber Creek, Katherine, Kakadu and Mary River - Golden Gate Audubon Society. Starting with prime birding locations around Darwin's mangroves, monsoon forests and parklands, then Mary River National Park and the famous Kakadu National Park. We continue on through open savannah country to Pine Creek and Katherine. Then we follow the Victoria River through wide open plains and rugged escarpment ranges to Timber Creek. Then its back to the Pine Creek area and Darwin. See itinerary

At the Old Victoria River Crossing (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)
At the Old Victoria River Crossing  (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Best of Top End Birding 2020 (9 day, 4 day extension available)
August 3-11, 2020 (2 seats left). These fixed date tours combine the best birding and nature areas in the Top End! This is a nine day tour through prime finch and parrot country from Darwin to Kakadu, Katherine to Timber Creek then we cross over to WA to explore Lake Argyle and Kununurra. Guests can depart from Kununurra by air or extend the experience with a four day drive back to Darwin.   See itinerary

Male Comb-crested Jacana with nest and eggs (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)
Male Comb-crested Jacana with nest and eggs  (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Kakadu Nature's Way 2020
June 29 - July 3 (five seats left); July 13-17 (fully booked). Five day, four night tour starting with woodland and wetland habitats in the Mary River region then through to the dramatic sandstone escarpments and wetlands of Australia's largest National Park, Kakadu.  See itinerary

Hooded Parrot at Pine Creek (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)
Hooded Parrot at Pine Creek  (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)
Top End Birds and Wildlife 

September 17-24 (fully booked) Eight day, seven night tour starting with prime birding locations around Darwin's mangroves, monsoon forests and parklands, then Mary River National Park and the famous Kakadu National Park. We continue on through open savannah country to Pine Creek and Katherine. Then we follow the Victoria River through wide open plains and rugged escarpment ranges to Timber Creek. Then its back to the Pine Creek area and Darwin. See itinerary

 

 


  

Group Tour dates for 2021

Brown-headed Barbet (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)
Brown-headed Barbet  (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Experience Wild Sri Lanka (18 day)
February 1-18, 2021. Eighteen day tour (sixteen days birding) that covers the very best of Sri Lanka, with opportunities to see most of the bird species on this island paradise. See Itinerary 

 

Wilson's BOP (photo copyright K. David Bishop)
Wilson's BOP  (photo copyright K. David Bishop)

Experience Wild Indonesia/West Papua (22 day)
May 11-June 2, 2021. Twenty-two day tour (twenty-one days birding) Exciting birding around Sulawesi, Ternate, Halmahera and West Papua, with experienced guide David Bishop. See Itinerary 

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