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Ornitholidays at a glance JANUARY Sri Lanka – Teardrop of the Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 France – Wallcreeper Tour at Leisure – Mountains & Marshes . . . . 126 Mexico – Western Mexican Endemics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 St Lucia at Leisure – Pitons & Parrots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Spain – Coto Doñana & Sierra de Andújar – Iberian Lynx & Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 FEBRUARY The Gambia – A Taste of West Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Tanzania – Photographic Tour – Rift Valley, Crater & Plains . . . . . . . . 48 Iceland – Winter Wonderland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Spain – The Canary Islands – Winter Sunshine Break . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Cuba – Endemic Birds & Winter Visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 MARCH Bhutan – Birds & Buddhism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Guyana – Rainforests, Waterfalls & Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Ghana – In search of Picathartes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Trinidad & Tobago at Leisure – Caribbean Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Costa Rica – Classic Neotropical Birding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Jordan – Birds & History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 APRIL Kuwait – Birding in the Gulf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Spain – Coto Doñana & Extremadura – Spring Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Morocco – High Atlas & Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Italy – Sicily at Leisure – Heart of the Mediterranean . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Taiwan – Island Endemics & Migrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Belarus – Europe's Last Great Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Hungary – Spring Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Turkey – Turkish Delight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 MAY Spain – The Island of Menorca at Leisure – Mediterranean Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Greece – The Island of Lesvos at Leisure – Spring Migration Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Portugal at Leisure – Hills, Plains & Lagoons in Spring . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Italy – Po Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Greece – The Island of Kos at Leisure – Eleonora’s Island . . . . . . . . 96 USA – Utah & Arizona – Scenic Splendour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Finland – Owls, Woodpeckers & Grouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Spain – Southern Catalonia – Birds, Butterflies & Bouquets . . . . . . . 106 France – The Camargue, the Cévennes & Causses at Leisure – Birds & Butterflies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Iceland – Land of Ice & Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 2014 JUNE Spain – Catalonia – Photographic Tour – Lammergeiers, Bonelli’s Eagle & Ree-eaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Mongolia – Eastern Steppe & Gobi Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Italy at Leisure – Birds & Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Spain – The Pyrenees – Montane Raptorfest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 JULY Uganda – Birds & Primates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Brazil – Atlantic Forest Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 AUGUST South Africa – Natural History Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 SEPTEMBER Brazil – Atlantic Forest Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Romania – Danube Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Bulgaria at Leisure – The Black Sea Flyway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 USA – Utah & Wyoming – Yellowstone & Grand Teton in the Fall . . . . 14 Brazil – Photographic Tour – The Pantanal & Chapada dos Guimaraes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Portugal at Leisure – Hills, Plains & Lagoons in Autumn . . . . . . . . . . 118 Spain – Coto Doñana & Tarifa – Autumn Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Papua New Guinea – Birds of Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Ethiopia – Undiscovered Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 OCTOBER Borneo – Island in the Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Ecuador – Tumbesian & Andean Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 USA – New England – Photographic Tour – Birds & colours in the Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Egypt – Birds & History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Morocco – Atlantic Coast & Southern Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 NOVEMBER Vietnam – Land of the Dragon People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Hungary at Leisure – Crane Spectacular & Wild Goose Chase . . . . . 144 New Zealand – Kiwis, Kakas & Keas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Namibia – Etosha & the Skeleton Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The Gambia – A Taste of West Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Spain – Aragon – Cranes, Lammergeiers & Wallcreepers . . . . . . . . . 114 Costa Rica – Classic Neotropical Birding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 India – Goa at Leisure – Birds, Beaches & Bhajees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Colombia – Birding’s Final Frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 South Africa & Botswana – Kruger, Limpopo & Tuli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Netherlands – Winter Birding Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Iceland – Winter Wonderland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 O R N I T H O L I D AY S AT A G L A N C E 2015 JANUARY Sri Lanka – Teardrop of the Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Mexico – Western Mexican Endemics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 France – Wallcreeper Tour at Leisure – Mountains & Marshes . . . . 126 USA – Florida – Winter Birding in the Sunshine State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 St Lucia at Leisure – Pitons & Parrots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Spain – Coto Doñana & Sierra de Andújar – Iberian Lynx & Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 FEBRUARY Spain – The Canary Islands – Winter Sunshine Break . . . . . . . . . . . 100 MARCH Cuba – Endemic Birds & Winter Visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Tanzania – Rift Valley, Crater & Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Nepal – Chitwan, Koshi & Phulchowki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Ghana – In search of Picathartes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Costa Rica – Classic Neotropical Birding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Trinidad & Tobago at Leisure – Caribbean Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 APRIL USA – Hawaii – Iiwis, Omaos & Nenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Front cover photograph: Red-throated Bee-eater, Uganda by Richard Coomber Back cover photograph: Common Kingfisher, UK by Nigel Jones To make a booking please call Ornitholidays on 01794 519445
49 Our Forty-Ninth Year ORNITHOLIDAYS 2014 Welcome to the 2014 Ornitholidays’ brochure which marks our 49 th year of operation. Our tours for 2014 include some new and exciting destinations, with holidays to Mongolia, Kuwait, Italy (both Sicily and the Po Delta), USA – New England, Spain (for Lynx) and St Lucia. We can also offer some new itineraries to Costa Rica, Ecuador, South Africa & Botswana, The Netherlands, and Spain – Tarifa & Coto Donana, Once again we have many of our old favourites in the programme, with the likes of Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Lesvos, Morocco, Namibia and Menorca. We have found that our tours with a photographic slant proved popular over the last 12 months, so for 2014 we now have Photographic Tours to Tanzania, Spain, Brazil (Pantanal) and USA (New England in the fall). The Pound is managing to hold its ground against many of the major currencies, but continues to be weak against the New Zealand and Australian Dollars. Air fares are still creeping higher, with the potential for higher price increases if the value of oil continues to rise. As we are a large company we have made the decision to absorb any fluctuations due to currencies changes or aviation fuel changes. For the 2014 programme we guarantee that there will be no surcharge made on any of our holidays – the prices you see for these tours in 2014 will be the ones you pay. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Looking ahead to 2015 we shall be celebrating Ornitholidays’ 50 th year of operations. To mark this event we intend to hold a reunion in Iceland from the 19 th to the 23 rd February. Hopefully we shall have a large group of loyal clients who would like to come along and help us celebrate this special occasion – we are the oldest bird tour company in the world! Andy Jones will be our host, but many of the regular Ornitholidays’ leaders will be in attendance as well. We would hope to have some great birding at this time of year with Gyr Falcon, Harlequin Duck and Barrow’s Goldeneye high on the “wanted-list”. But there will also be talks and a themed dinner! If you’re interested in joining us then please contact us at the office and we can send you further details. Our tree planting for the REGUA project continues apace and if you look at pages 8 and 9 you will see the progress that has been made with the restoration of some degraded areas of the endangered Atlantic rainforest. In 2014 we have three tours to this part of Brazil, where you can enjoy the fabulous lodge and also get the chance to visit the Ornitholidays’ forest. Finally, we would now like to invite you to read through our colourful brochure and choose a holiday. Feel free to call us at the office and discuss any tours that might interest you – we are always more than happy to help answer any questions that might arise. Giant Kingfisher Nigel R Jones August 2013 All the flight-inclusive holidays in this brochure are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels, and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for more information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate. Our ATOL number is 0743. Indian Peafowl ORNITHOLIDAYS 29 Straight Mile Romsey Hampshire England SO51 9BB Tel: 01794 519445 Email: info@ornitholidays.co.uk www.ornitholidays.co.uk
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Page 5 and 6: I S O R N I T H O L I D AY S R I G
Page 7 and 8: L AT E 2 0 1 3 T O U R S Summary of
Page 9 and 10: T O U R G R A D I N G Tour Grading
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Page 13 and 14: Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
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Page 27 and 28: C O S TA R I C A Costa Rica Classic
Page 29 and 30: C U B A Cuba Endemic Birds & Winter
Page 31 and 32: T R I N I D A D & T O B A G O Trini
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Page 35 and 36: G U YA N A Guyana Rainforests, Wate
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G H A N A Ghana In search of Picath
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E T H I O P I A Ethiopia Undiscover
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U G A N D A Uganda Birds & Primates
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N A M I B I A Namibia Etosha & the
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T H E G A M B I A The Gambia A Tast
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E GY P T Egypt Birds & History Frid
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M O R O C C O Morocco High Atlas &
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M O R O C C O Morocco Atlantic Coas
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Sing-sing with Huli, Papua New Guin
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J O R D A N Jordan Birds & History
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K U W A I T Kuwait Birding in the G
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I N D I A India - Goa Birds, Beache
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S R I L A N K A Sri Lanka Teardrop
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M O N G O L I A Mongolia Eastern St
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TA I W A N Taiwan Island Endemics S
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B H U TA N Bhutan Birds & Buddhism
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N E PA L Nepal Chitwan, Koshi & Phu
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V I E T N A M Vietnam Land of the D
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S PA I N Spain - Coto Doñana & Sie
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S PA I N Spain - The Island of Meno
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P O R T U G A L Portugal at Leisure
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P O R T U G A L Portugal at Leisure
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I TA LY - S I C I LY Italy - Sicily
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I TA LY Italy Po Delta Po Delta Pal
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I TA LY Italy at Leisure Birds & Wi
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I C E L A N D Iceland Winter Wonder
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I C E L A N D Iceland Land of Ice &
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T U R K E Y Turkey Turkish Delight
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B E L A R U S Belarus Europe’s La
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F I N L A N D Finland Owls, Woodpec
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H U N G A R Y Hungary Spring Tour S
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R O M A N I A Romania Danube Delta
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O U R T E A M O F L E A D E R S Our
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C A L E N D A R Calendar 2014 JANUA
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C O N D I T I O N S O F B O O K I N
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