Groups of 1 to 4.<\/strong> Most bird tours run at ten to twelve people. In a hide, that means waiting your turn. With us, everyone has a window, everyone shoots the same bird at the same time, and the guide can actually help you.<\/p>\n We know the birds.<\/strong> Nick has photographed 2,500 species across Asia and Oceania, more than 1,200 of them in China alone, working in every province. When we say a species is likely at a site in a given week, it is because we have shot it there.<\/p>\n Hides, feeding stations and local partners.<\/strong> Across Asia we work with the people who run the best hides, and where none exist we build our own. A large part of what you will photograph is done from a blind, at eye level, with the background already chosen.<\/p>\n Golden-hour scheduling.<\/strong> We are in position before first light and again for the last hour. The middle of the day is for travel, rest and editing, not for standing in flat light.<\/p>\n Logistics handled.<\/strong> Permits, internal flights, drivers, park fees, local guides: all arranged. You bring your camera and your boots.<\/p>\n Custom trips at group prices.<\/strong> If our dates do not fit, we build a private itinerary for you or your group, usually for the same price per person as a scheduled departure.<\/p>\n China bird photography tours<\/a> \u00b7 Japan bird photography tours<\/a> \u00b7 Taiwan bird photography tours<\/a> \u00b7 Mongolia bird photography tours<\/a><\/p>\n China alone is a decade of work: pheasants and tragopans in Sichuan, cranes in Jiangxi, the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai, subtropical forests in Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan. Japan in winter is the most reliable big-bird spectacle in Asia. Mongolia in spring is steppe, wetland and taiga in one trip.<\/p>\n Vietnam<\/a> \u00b7 Thailand<\/a> \u00b7 Cambodia<\/a> \u00b7 Laos<\/a> \u00b7 Malaysia<\/a> \u00b7 Indonesia<\/a> \u00b7 Philippines<\/a> \u00b7 Timor-Leste<\/a><\/p>\n The hide capital of the world. Pittas, partridges, pheasants, laughingthrushes and broadbills photographed at a few metres, plus the hornbills and the endemic-rich islands of Wallacea.<\/p>\n India<\/a> \u00b7 Nepal<\/a> \u00b7 Bhutan<\/a> \u00b7 Sri Lanka<\/a> \u00b7 Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n From Ladakh and Kashmir to the Andaman Islands, with Bhutan's spring forests and Sri Lanka's 34 endemics in between.<\/p>\n Kazakhstan<\/a> \u00b7 Kyrgyzstan<\/a> \u00b7 Tajikistan<\/a> \u00b7 Uzbekistan<\/a> \u00b7 Turkmenistan<\/a><\/p>\n Mountain and desert specialists most photographers have never seen in a viewfinder: snowcocks, accentors, ground-jays, rosefinches.<\/p>\n Papua New Guinea<\/a> \u00b7 Solomon Islands<\/a> \u00b7 Australia<\/a> \u00b7 New Zealand<\/a> \u00b7 New Caledonia<\/a> \u00b7 Vanuatu<\/a> \u00b7 Fiji<\/a> \u00b7 Palau<\/a> \u00b7 Micronesia<\/a> \u00b7 Federated States of Micronesia<\/a> \u00b7 Kiribati<\/a> \u00b7 Melanesia<\/a> \u00b7 Mariana Islands<\/a> \u00b7 Hawaii<\/a><\/p>\n Birds-of-paradise, island endemics and some of the least-photographed birds on the planet.<\/p>\n Colombia<\/a> \u00b7 Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n Our scheduled departures are small-group trips with fixed dates, chosen for the best season at each site. They suit photographers who want the planning done and the company of two or three like-minded people.<\/p>\n A custom tour is built around you: your dates, your target species, your pace. Couples, photo clubs and single travellers all book them. Because we already run the logistics in every country we cover, a private trip usually costs about the same per person as a scheduled one. Tell us what you want to photograph<\/a> and we will send a draft itinerary.<\/p>\n A birdwatching tour is built to see as many species as possible; a bird photography tour is built to photograph a smaller number of them well. That changes everything: fewer sites, more time at each, hides instead of trails, and a schedule fixed to the light.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/details>\nDestinations by region<\/h2>\n
East Asia<\/h3>\n
Southeast Asia<\/h3>\n
South Asia & Himalaya<\/h3>\n
Central Asia<\/h3>\n
Oceania & Pacific<\/h3>\n
Americas<\/h3>\n
Scheduled tour or custom itinerary?<\/h2>\n
Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n
What is a bird photography tour, and how is it different from a birdwatching tour?<\/summary>\n