Tropical Birding ToursReviews of tropicalbirding.com

Great trip for photography - every effort was made to put us in front of birds from a wide variety of habitats = tropical forest, island on the Great Barrier Reef, outback scrub forest, botanical gardens, and Tasmania! We could take our time for photography, could get suggestions on composition and other helpful guidance whenever we wanted it, but we also had time to do our own thing. Wonderful to spend quality time with pink cockatoos, bowerbirds, kangaroos, cranes and several stunning robins.

Perfect as expected My photos are outstanding. Saw everything on my wish list

This tour was excellent in every way. Our guide was extremely skilled at sensing all the birds around us, focusing on the birds we had not yet seen, and locating them with his scope. In several instances he would tell us that the bird would quickly pass through a particular opening in the leaves in 15 to 30 seconds, and he was correct each time. His skills in bringing birds close with technology were exceptional and incredibly helpful to us newcomers. The entire tour went through smoothly, even when the normal road to our first destination was closed for days due to a major rockslide. Our driver knew many birds well by sight and was extremely competent at negotiating the occasional high traffic or dense areas. All of us in our group had a very positive experience with each component of the trip, and would eagerly go with the same company and guide again.

I worked with Tropical Birding to assemble an itinerary for a private tour earlier in 2018. My objective was to see several of the families of birds that can be found in Ecuador, and some of the other beauties like cock-of-the-rock. There were 2 of us, my son-in-law and I. The Tropical Birding people, both office and field, were exceptional. Great communication, flexibility, thoroughness, carefulness (excellent driver, and good judgment in cancelling a part of the trip that had become of safety concern, and arranging a good alternative). Good accommodation selection. Good food provided. Above and beyond helpful. At the very top of my list of tour experiences.

A great tour with a great guide, Scott Olmstead. His knowledge of birds and ability to find them was fantastic. Birders often have interests in other parts of the natural world, and Scott had something to offer in many areas there as well (8 life frogs, woo-hoo!). Best of all, though, was his attitude throughout the trip. He was always patient, quick with a smile or laugh, and generally had exactly the sort of calm personality one wants to be around when going through the early mornings and long, hot days of a tropical excursion.

A very good birding company. Have been with them lots of times.

Outstanding company! We have done a lot of tours with Tropical Birding all around the world, and have always enjoyed each and every one of them. The guides are all "first class" and extremely knowledgeable. Not only that, they are personable and some of them have become great friends over the years. While setting up tours (especially private tours) takes more time than going with "set departures" TB really works hard to make each experience a great one and puts a lot of time into meeting our expectations, because we often have a very limited "hit list." If you've never traveled with TB, give it a try! We think you'll be as pleased with this company as we have been.

I have traveled with Tropical Birding on trips to Ecuador, Brazil, Peru and Mexico. I have always appreciated the leaders' skills in finding and getting participants on the birds. The leaders are also very accommodating to individual needs and very pleasant. Lodging has been very good to excellent except in a few cases where the best that was available was adequate but not great. Food has always been good to excellent. Transportation has usually been good to very good. I would recommend Tropical Birding to anyone who likes to travel and loves birding.