Birding
Great Kiskadee perched on a banana plant
Holbrook provides a wide variety of birding tours for everyone from beginning birders to experienced ornithologists. Whether your passion is to seek a private customized birding experience, join one of our renowned birding expeditions offered year round, or build your own privately organized group expedition, we're experts at combining birding with a multitude of cultural, environmental, or adventure-based activities.
Travel programs are a wonderful way to create and build relationships and even to raise funds for your birding club. Whether you’re an educator, curator, or organization leader, Holbrook helps you accomplish your goals by providing customer service and expertise. As a full-service travel provider we can assist you with every detail. Holbrook Travel works only with expert in-country birding guides and naturalists, and with experienced drivers, lodges, hotels, and other local providers worldwide. Together we can create a custom program for you and any companions —suited to your dates, your pace, and your budget. Join one of our upcoming birding expeditions. We’re always adding new departures, so check back often!
“Our trip was a mixture of fantastic birding (134 species) and valuable interactions with conservationists, biologists, naturalists, and local groups working to conserve the natural resources of their country and sharing the love of the beauty of nature and birds with the next generation.”
Trips to Join
Join Waitlist
From $3,615
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Panama | Birding Central Panama and the Darién Lowlands
with Northern Virginia Bird Alliance
March 12, 2025 - March 22, 2025
Join Waitlist
From $5,895
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Peru | Birding the Amazonia, Andes, and Desert Coast with the Maryland Ornithological Society
June 17, 2025 - June 29, 2025
From $3,595
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Cuba | Photographing Cuba`s Birding Hotspots with Renate Grupp
December 1, 2025 - December 8, 2025
Trips to Plan
From $5,095
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Colombia | Birding in the Colombian Amazon and Llanos
11 Days | Choose your dates
From $3,365
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Panama | Birding Central Panama and the Darién Lowlands
11 Days | Choose your dates
What makes us different
Top birding guides
Our in-country birding guides are experts in bird identification and behavior, providing rewarding experiences for everyone from novice birders to ornithologists
Scopes
All of our birding guides carry scopes to improve your chances of spotting even the most hard to find species
Bird-based tourism
Support conservation projects that protect the habitats of resident and migratory bird species
Built-in donations
Turn travel into a fundraising opportunity by adding a donation into the trip cost
From the Blog
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