The Galapagos: the crucible for Darwin’s theory of evolution, isolated for millions of years and an equatorial home to a variety of birds and animals found nowhere else… it’s no wonder it’s on many people’s bucket lists of places to visit. We journeyed there in December 2025, taking an 8-day boat cruise on the easternContinue reading “Birding in the Eastern Galapagos, Ecuador”
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Birding in the Sacred Valley, Peru
The Sacred Valley of the Incas is somewhere you might travel to because of that rather well-known historical site, Macchu Picchu. There are a bunch of other places worthy of your tourist attention in the valley too. But it also has some really, really good birding. This post covers a few key sites in theContinue reading “Birding in the Sacred Valley, Peru”
Birding at Manu Biolodge, Peru
After the twists and turns of upper Manu Rd, it is a relief to hit some flatter and straighter sections of road as you drop in elevation. This is lower Manu Rd, which keeps going a long way, all the way into the Amazon! Our tour only took us as far as Manu Biological Station,Continue reading “Birding at Manu Biolodge, Peru”
Birding at Upper Manu Rd, Peru
After our five days in Pisac, north-east of Cusco, we embarked on a birding tour of the famous Manu Rd, courtesy of Kolibri Expeditions. We chose the five day tour as a short “taster” taking in three lodges along Manu Rd staying at elevations between 2900m and 600m; there are longer expeditions one can optContinue reading “Birding at Upper Manu Rd, Peru”
Birding in Pisac, Peru
As mentioned in our post on Planning our South America Trip, we decided to initially stay in the town of Pisac, about an hour north-east of the city of Cusco (which was our entry into Peru, from Australia via Santiago). This decision was made largely to help mitigate the effects of altitude, which can beContinue reading “Birding in Pisac, Peru”
Peru-Ecuador-Chile 2025 – The Planning
In which two of the Bird Spots crew undertake an epic four month birding and cultural tour of South America. Goals of the Trip Long-time followers of this website will know that our international birding adventures are usually accompanied by mostly breezy photo-driven summaries with cheeky captions. We’re changing tack now as we embark onContinue reading “Peru-Ecuador-Chile 2025 – The Planning”
Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve, Jul 2024
[A stop on the Top End Revisited Jul 2024 trip] Knuckey Lagoons CR is a nature site just east of Darwin airport, and is a convenient location to pop into on your way to or from other places. Being a wetland style of place, it attracts a decent number of birds. There are a fewContinue reading “Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve, Jul 2024”
Lee Point, 2022 and 2024
Summary: Terrific bush and grassland birding spot in the north of Darwin Dates of visits: 29 Jul 2022, 8 Aug 2022, 25 & 27 Jul 2024 Muirhead Bushland is a nature area in the Darwin suburb of Lee Point, in the Northern Territory. It’s an unexpectedly rewarding spot for birding, with many excellent species toContinue reading “Lee Point, 2022 and 2024”
Buffalo Creek, 2021 and 2024
Summary: Excellent site for desirable birds, especially if explored by boat Dates of visits: 28 Aug 2021, 29 Jul 2022, 26 & 27 Jul 2024 Buffalo Creek is a tidal creek located at the very north of Darwin in the Northern Territory and is a great spot to find lots of interesting birds. If you’reContinue reading “Buffalo Creek, 2021 and 2024”
Noosa Botanic Gardens, 2022-2024
Summary: Lovely underrated gem of a location with some surprisingly good birding Dates of visits: 30 Apr 2022, 13 Jul 2024 Noosa Botanic Gardens comprises eight hectares of lush gardens on the shores of Lake MacDonald on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. It’s a good 15 kilometres west of Noosa Heads, and about an 8Continue reading “Noosa Botanic Gardens, 2022-2024”
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