Birds Photography in Tangkoko Park and Tomohon 6 Days 5 Nights

Itinerary:

Day 01: Manado airport 13.05 – drive 1,5 hour  to Temboan hillside.

Direct birdwatching or bird photography tour, you will see and shoot: Grey-sided flowerpecker (endemic) , Yellow-bellied Malkoha (endemic), Red Knobbed Horn bill (endemic), Brown Cucko dove, Silver tip imperial pigeon (endemic), Black naped fruit dove and continue night birding to shoot Sulawesi Scops Owl (endemic), Check-in at the guesthouse and dinner.

Day 02: Birding in Tangkoko Park morning and afternoon

Wake up early morning at 04.45 and breakfast at 05 AM, start walk from guesthouse at 05.30 AM.  You will see & shoot: Bay coucal (endemic), philipine scrub fowl, Golden Mantle racquet-tailed (endemic), Sulawesi black pigeon (endemic), Grey-cheeked green pigeon, Lilac-cheecked kingfisher (endemic), green-backed kingfisher (endemic), Hair crested drongo, Red Knobbed Hornbill nesting site, White-ncked Myna (endemic), Slender Billed Crow, Ochre Bellied Boobook (endemic), Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher.

Day 03: Morning birding at Temboan hill and afternoon boat trip

Wake up early morning at 04.15 AM and breakfast at 04.30 AM, start by car from guesthouse at 05.00 AM.  You will see & shoot: Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill (endemic),  Sulawesi Cicada bird (endemic), Sulawesi Triller (endemic), Sulawesi Hanging Parrot (endemic), Grosbeak Starling (endemic), White-Bellied Imperial Pigeon (endemic), Silver Tipped Imperial Pigeon (endemic), Sulawesi serpant eagle (endemic), Glossy Swiftlets, Ornate Lorikeets (endemic), Red Knobbed Hornbill (endemic), Grey-Sided flowerpecker (endemic), Pacific Swallow, Black Fronted White eye. Afternoon boat trip you will see and shoot: Brahminy Kite, Sacred Kingfisher, White-Bellied Fish Eagle, Great Billed Kingfisher, White-Bellied Cuckoo Shrike, Little Heron, Black-Naped Tern, Pacific egret, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Long-tailed jaeger, White breasted woodswallow.

Day 4: Tangkoko to Tomohon

Once we reach Tomohon and if we have time then we can birding around the Lake Tondano for the Sacred kingfisher, Common Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Comb-crested Jacana and raptors.

Day 5: Morning and afternoon birding in Mahawu

Wake up early morning at 4 am, start from guesthouse at 04.30 am and we will try to see and shoot: Scaly Breasted Kingfisher, Isabeline bush hen, barred rail, Rufous-throated Flycather, Sulawesi FlowerPecker, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Crimson sunbird, Black-fronted White eye, Lemon-bellied White eye, and speckled Boobook

Day 6: Transfer to Manado Airport
Morning we still have time birding around our hotel and after that at 10.30 we will transfer you to Manado airport. End of the trip

For more info: northsulawesi@indonesia-tourism.com