Fixed Date Tours and Special Offers 

Day Tours 

Mike Jarvis and guests at a wilderness location in Kakadu (photo copyright Ian Morris)

Darwin Birdwatching Experience

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While we don't run day Darwin Birdwatching day tours everyday, we have some days in 2019 up and running on our booking page. Please click here to check availability and book a day tour.  

Group Tour dates for 2019

Best of Top End Birding 2019 (9 day, 4 day extension available)

Hooded Parrot at Pine Creek (photo copyright Stefan Schlick)

Top End Birding and Wildlife 2019
September 16-23 (sold out). This is an eight day tour through prime finch and parrot country from Darwin to Pine Creek, Katherine, Timber Creek then back to Darwin via Kakadu National Park. See itinerary

Gouldian Finch on the Marrakai Track (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Breakfast with Gouldians

August 12,13 (two seats left), September 2,3 (five seats left); October 1,2 (four seats left). 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 and many other delightful beauties! See itinerary

Group Tour dates for 2020

Brown-headed Barbet (photo copyright Mike Jarvis)

Experience Wild Sri Lanka (18 day)
February 1-18, 2020. (Fully booked) 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

Kakadu Naturalists' Tour (6 day)
May 18-23, 2020 (five seats available). It is my privilege to again offer this tour with the added value of Ian’s expert guidance. Kakadu will yield even more of it’s secrets to enthusiastic nature lovers seeking a unique opportunity to encounter birds, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates and plants, in the Mary River area, Kakadu and Litchfield. See itinerary

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 (6 seats left). August 29 - September 6 (fully booked). 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)

Kakadu Nature's Way
July 13-17 (sold out). 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

Breakfast with Gouldians

286. Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae - View Profile -rare to uncommon nomadic resident, widespread in southern half of Top End, not seen in Darwin since the early 70's, open woodlands, grasslands, rivers (photo copyright Rob Gully)

Dates each month from June to October. June 15,16; July 10,11;September 13,14; October 12,13. 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

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