Philippines: Luzon, Palawan & Mindanao
December 25, 2027 - January 12, 2028
Your place on this Venture is reserved with your completed registration and deposit of $700/person are submitted. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer via our website. If paying by cash, check, or money order (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’), please mail in your payment with a paper registration form to PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776, or contact our office. This Venture is limited to 10 participants.
The Philippine archipelago has been geographically isolated from mainland Asia for 50 million years and as a result exhibits some of the highest avifauna endemism on earth with over 44% of its bird species unique to the Philippines, including such strikingly attractive species as Silvery Kingfisher, Philippine Trogon, Steere’s Pitta, and the amazing Philippine Eagle. However, much of the habitat of these birds is severely threatened. On this tour we visit some of the last remaining but intact rainforests in which we should find many of the Philippines wonderful endemics. This is a relatively easy tour to some of the most enjoyable birding areas in the Philippines.
Join Mark and Simon for this unforgettable Venture to the Philippines: Book now »
Cost of Philippines Venture:
$6750 * per person from Manila, based on double occupancy ($575 single supplement)
Price includes: All accommodation, three internal flights, all overland transport, all meals and snacks, all non-alcoholic drinks, guiding fees & tips, entrance fees, trip information packet, bird list, and guide/leader service throughout.
Not included: Flight to the Philippines, alcoholic beverages, laundry, gratuities and items of a personal nature
* This price may change slightly closer to the time.
Birds We Hope to See
Some of the birds we hope to see: Endemic Targets; Scale-feathered and Red-crested Malkoha, Blackish Cuckoo-shrike, Spotted Wood Kingfisher, Indigo-banded Kingfisher, Southern Silvery Kingfisher, Mindanao and Green Racquet-tail, Philippine Eagle, Pinsker’s Hawk Eagle, Philippine Falconet, Apo Myna, Red-eared Parrotfinch, White-cheeked Bullfinch, Bukidnon Woodcock, White-browed Shama, Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove, Mindanao Wattled Broadbill, Black-faced Coucal, Philippine Fairy-Bluebird, Philippine Eagle-Owl, Everett’s Scops Owl, Philippine Frogmouth, Philippine Trogon, Azure-breasted Pitta, Rufous-lored Kingfisher, Buff-spotted Flameback, Visayan Broadbill, Mindanao Blue Fantail, Philippine Swamphen, Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis, Handsome Sunbird, and Mindanao White-eye, Palawan Flycatcher, Palawan Scops Owl, Red-vented Cockatoo, Lovely Sunbird, Falcated Wren-Babbler. Some other interesting good non-endemics; White-bellied Woodpecker, Chinese Egret, Gray-tailed Tattler, Barred Rail, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Black-chinned Fruit-Dove, Whiskered Treeswift, Little Pied Flycatcher, Blue-naped Parrot, Purple Needletail, Chinese Crested Tern and many more.
