Purchasing an air ticket can be quite a daunting task when you consider the cost involved.  Air travel is expensive, regardless of where you live or where you are travelling to. The last thing a traveller wants to do is make a mistake and incur additional costs to change the ticket, or to lose money by...

Over the last few years of intense travel I’ve learned a few things, both from my own experiences and from those of other travelers. Most of this is common sense but I hope at least one or two items will be of use. Birding tours usually operate in countries with limited access to a wide range of supplies. Even...

I have often been asked, if you were to choose only four countries to travel to in Africa, what would they be? Not an easy question to answer; however, it helps when breaking the continent down into regions.In North Africa, Morocco is the obvious choice. It has the highest diversity of species in the area,...

“In 80 birding tours to more than 100 countries, that was definitely the best day of birding I have ever had in my life!” This unequivocal statement was recently made to me by a highly experienced American birder after a day trip up Sani Pass. What a way to sum up what is undoubtedly one...

There are so many birding tours out there to choose from that it can be totally overwhelming to figure out which one is right for you. Recently there have also been a number of countries and regions that have become more accessible, making the choice even tougher. Here we will take you through some of the factors...