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Stone and Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump are among many places we visit that are important archaeological sites for the native Blackfoot tribe, so if you don’t mind a little history mixed with great birding, you will really love this trip! Tour Cost: £3295 Deposit: £500 per person Single supp: £525 GROUP SIZE: max 8 participants & 1 guide USA | California Pacific Coast & Deserts Fri 5-Tue 16 September (12 days) Small group tour with Chris Charlesworth The Pacific coast and deserts of southern California at a time when autumn migration is at its peak, with seabirds, waders and passerine migrants - plus all those alluring West Coast specialities and endemics, including California Thrasher, California Gnatcatcher and California Towhee. It’s a journey that will take you from the searing Salton Sea depression, 220 feet below sea level, up into the cool pine forests of the San Jacinto Mountains at 6000 feet; and from the creosote brush flats of the Mojave Desert to the incredible scenery of Joshua Tree National Park. Throw in two great boat trips in search of Blue Whale and the unique Island Scrub Jay for a tour packed with excitements. Tour Cost: £2995 Deposit: £400 per person Single supp: £425 GROUP SIZE: max 8 participants & 1 guide USA | NEW JERSEY Cape May in Autumn Sat 27 September-Sun 5 October (9 days) Single-centre, small group tour with Brian Small Cape May is North America’s premier migration hotspot in autumn. It’s a time when masses of wildfowl, waders, warblers and other migrants crowd the coastal woods and marshes - and a key staging post for southbound birds of prey, too! Relaxed and easy paced, this late September tour will show you everything from Cedar Waxwings, Blue Jays and Northern Flickers on the move, to the tagging of Monarch butterflies on their southward migration to Mexico. Tour Cost: £2395 Deposit: £400 per person Single supp: £325 GROUP SIZE: max 8 participants & 1 guide USA | FLORIDA The Sunshine State Sat 15-Wed 26 November (12 days) Small group tour with Arnoud van den Berg Leave all thoughts of winter at home on this birdwatching tour to subtropical Florida, the ‘Sunshine State’. Snail Kite, Limpkin, Brown-headed Nuthatch and the endemic Florida Scrub Jay among a host of speciality birds, plus crowds of winter waders, warblers and wetland birds to watch for. Add the likes of West Indian Manatee, American Alligator, Palamedes Swallowtail and a wealth of other wildlife wonders - and you’ve got yourself the perfect winter escape! Tour Cost: £2645 Deposit: £400 per person Single supp: £455 GROUP SIZE: max 8 participants & 1 guide Central & South America Join any one of our tours to Central or South America and you will soon realise why this southern landmass is also known as the ‘Bird Continent’. The diversity of species, colour and form is simply extraordinary, with more than 3000 species recorded! Our varied annual programme of tours extends from the shores of the Caribbean in the north, to the remote Falkland Islands in the south. While the wealth of South American bird species can seem overwhelming to first-time visitors, we have a range of tours in our programme to cater for your every need. 2014 sees fresh itineraries for our trips to the Yucatan (with a short extension to Cozumel Island) in Mexico, and a superb new three-centre tour to Trinidad & Tobago in late March, when the islands’ birds will be busy nesting - and the giant Leatherback Turtles should be coming ashore at night - on the beach right outside our hotel - to do the same! FALKLAND ISLANDS South Atlantic Wildlife Spectacular Wed 8-Wed 22 January (15 days) Small group tour with Tim Earl Journey with us to the most accessible of the sub-Antarctic islands: the fabulous Falklands. A land of intimate wildlife encounters, with albatrosses, penguins, sea-lions, elephant seals - and more! With flights with the RAF via a refuelling stop on remote Ascension Island, the Falklands historically offer tourists a warm and very British welcome. Our guide Tim Earl is a veteran of well over 20 tours to the islands, and knows the Falklands’ birds and wildlife with an intimacy few can match. Tour Cost: £6995 Deposit: £1000 per person Single supp: £995 GROUP SIZE: max 8 participants & 1 guide TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Stepping Stones to South America Thu 23 January-Tue 4 February (13 days) Two-centre tour with Richard Thaxton & local guides Our January tour to the twin island paradise of Trinidad and Tobago offers both a welcome mid-winter escape and the best possible introduction to the natural riches of the Caribbean. Seven nights at the famous Asa Wright Centre on Trinidad, followed by four at a beachside hotel on Tobago, enjoying the islands’ tropical rainforests, seabirds and coral reefs. It’s a tour crammed with delights: oilbirds and oropendolas, hummingbirds and honeycreepers, and a mangrove boat trip for roosting Scarlet Ibis - plus quite a bit of rum punch! Tour Cost: £3795 Deposit: £600 per person Single supp: £845 GROUP SIZE: max 12 participants & 2 guides 18 limosaholidays.co.uk
JAMAICA Birds of the Blue Mountain Isle Wed 12-Thu 20 February (9 days) with Stephen Daly & local guides A blast of warm winter sunshine and great birding await you on Jamaica: the ‘Blue Mountain Isle’. Good chances to see all 28 of the island’s endemic birds, including Jamaican Owl, the immense Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo, Jamaican Tody, Red-billed Streamertail and Blue Mountain Vireo, along with many more widespread Caribbean specialities and North American migrants. Three terrific centres - Forres Park, Greencastle, and the excellent Mockingbird Hill Hotel overlooking the glorious north coast - plus bags of Jamaican hospitality and delicious local cuisine. Tour Cost: £3395 Deposit: £500 per person Single supp: £495 GROUP SIZE: max 12 participants & 2 guides COSTA RICA Classic Costa Rica Sun 23 February-Sat 8 March (14 days) Thu 31 July-Wed 13 August (14 days) Small group tour with Jason Horn Staying at the best lodges - Selva Verde, Rancho Naturalista, Savegre and Punta Leona - our best-selling Classic Costa Rica tour is crammed with great birding! Join ‘our man in San Jose’ for a trip that’s got everything from Snowcap and Scarlet Macaw to Sunbittern and Resplendent Quetzal, as we journey from Caribbean coast to cloud-forested volcanoes in this tiny, species-rich country. Tour Cost: £3495 Deposit: £500 per person Single supp: £435(Feb), £345 (Jul) GROUP SIZE: max 10 participants & 1 guide MEXICO Yucatan Tue 18-Fri 28 March (11 days) with Gabor Orban & Stephen Daly NEW ITINERARY! Focusing on the rich and varied birdlife of Mexico’s amazing Yucatan Peninsula. Fabulous tropical birding, including a wealth of Yucatan and other more widespread Mexican endemics, Caribbean specialities and Neotropical migrants... and all to be enjoyed against a backdrop of some of the New World’s finest and most extraordinary archaeological sites. Guide Gabor Orban has a home in the Yucatan, where he specialises in birding, wildlife and cultural tours. Tour Cost: £3395 Deposit: £500 per person Single supp: £295 GROUP SIZE: max 14 participants & 2 guides TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Tropicbirds & Turtles Mon 24 March-Sat 5 April (13 days) with Robin Chittenden & local guides NEW! Three-centre tour featuring six nights at the world famous Asa Wright Centre, followed by two at a private beachside hotel at Grande Riviere on Trinidad, and concluding with three nights on Tobago, staying at Blue Waters Inn. Special highlights of this late March trip include a nocturnal excursion to see Leatherback Turtles coming ashore to nest; the remarkable hummingbird gardens at Yerette; and a boat trip over the coral reefs to Little Tobago Island, where in early April the breeding season for seabirds should be in full swing. Tour Cost: £3895 Deposit: £500 per person Single supp: £725 GROUP SIZE: max 12 participants & 2 guides Giant Leatherback Turtles should be nesting on the beach right outside our hotel on our April to Trinidad © Robin Chittenden, www.robinchittenden.co.uk Book online or call 01692 580 623 19
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