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Thailand - Bird Photography Tour

© Mrs. Hume's Pheasant by Glen Valentine
Thailand - Bird Photography Tour 2025

02 Nov 2025 - 16 Nov 2025 (15 days)

THB199,500 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer

Tour price (Per person): THB199,500 * USD5,840 * GBP4,658 * EUR5,620 * AUD9,377

Single Supplement: THB18,500 * USD542 * GBP432 * EUR521 * AUD870

Flight costs: THB6,500 * USD190 * GBP152 * EUR183 * AUD306

Thailand - Bird Photography Tour 2026

01 Nov 2026 - 15 Nov 2026 (15 days)

THB215,000 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Quinton Paul Josop

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): THB215,000 * USD6,294 * GBP5,019 * EUR6,057 * AUD10,106

Thailand has always been regarded a fabulous place to visit and for photographers, birders, and nature enthusiasts it is quite simply the quintessential destination of Southeast Asia. Thailand boasts a fantastic diversity of habitats ranging from high mountain peaks draped with rhododendron forest to extensive mudflats and saltpans, and dense tropical forests resounding with birdsong. This bird photo tour focuses on an amazing array of Asian species, including a host of localised and range-restricted specialities. Siamese Fireback, Mrs Hume’s Pheasant, Great Hornbill, Long-tailed Broadbill, Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo, Blue Pitta, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Spot-breasted Parrotbill, Siberian Rubythroat, and Giant Nuthatch are just some of the potential highlights of this incredible tour! Furthermore, culturally, Thailand has few equals, and you will have opportunities to visit some of the many spectacular pagodas and shrines that adorn this friendly, varied, and spectacular land.

Highlights

  • Opportunities to see and photograph some very rare and highly threatened species such as Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann’s Greenshank
  • Visiting several blinds and ‘feeding stations’ across the country where fabulous species of partridge, flycatcher, redstart, rubythroat, laughingthrush, pitta, thrush and robin can be enjoyed and photographed at close quarters
  • Pheasants are always a highlight, and good chances exist for five species – Silver, Mrs Hume’s, Kalij, Siamese Fireback and Grey Peacock-Pheasant

Top Birds

Spoon-billed Sandpiper; Green Peafowl; Silver Pheasant; Siamese Fireback; Grey Peacock-Pheasant; Mrs Hume's Pheasant; Mountain Bamboo Partridge; Great Hornbill; Banded Kingfisher; Silver-breasted, Long-tailed, Black-and-yellow, Black-and-red & Dusky Broadbills; Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo; Blue & Eared Pittas; Rufous Limestone Babbler; Rusty-cheeked & Coral-billed Scimitar Babblers; Pied Harrier; White-rumped Falcon; Black-headed & Great Slaty Woodpeckers; Ratchet-tailed Treepie; Green Cochoa; Black-throated & Spot-breasted Parrotbills; Scarlet-faced Liocichla & Giant Nuthatch; Spectacled Barwing; Hodgson’s Frogmouth; Slaty-bellied Tesia; Silver-eared Mesia

Top Mammals

Lar & Pileated Gibbons; Northern Pig-tailed Macaque; Dusky & Robinson's Banded Langurs; Black Giant Squirrel

Habitats Covered

Lowland and montane rainforests, mangroves, wetlands, coastal mudflats

Expected Climate

Generally hot and humid, cooler in highlands

Max Group Size

10 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local birding leader

Tour Pace & Walking

Undemanding. Suitable for all birding / wildlife interest levels & mobility capabilities. • Our Bird Photo Tours are a hybrid between our Classic birding tours and dedicated photographic tours. You don’t have to be a professional photographer or have the biggest lens; this is for everyone with an interest in photography and birding. Whether you’re using a bridge camera or the latest body and prime lens, our aims are the same. • These tours are not aimed at seeing the most species possible on the route, rather taking time to photograph key targets and any other interesting species we may find. Naturally, the overall species list will be lower than a comparable birding focused tour. • Whilst we may use blinds, feeders and hide setups on some of these tours, we will not be spending an entire day nor even several hours fixed in one spot. • These tours are suitable for photographers who prefer opportunistic photography over entire days in a hide. • Our leaders will assist in helping everyone secure good photographic opportunities and advise as much as they can on camera setup. However, they are not professional photographic tour leaders.

Accommodation

Comfortable.

Ease of Birding

Moderate. Most species provide good visuals in open conditions but get trickier within forested environments.

Photographic Opportunities

Generally excellent but does depend on habitat. More difficult in heavier forest areas.

What our clients say about us

André Bernon
JB, Thailand 2020

"Andre and our local guide were a terrific team. Travelling with the author of the Birds of Thailand was quite a treat. Andre catered to the needs of each participant. He was kind enough to lend me his extension cord which was quite helpful in hotels with few electric outlets. At the end of the tour he helped with transportation and overnight hotel prior to our flight out. Both guides were fantastic, skilled and capable birders. The food was plentiful and good. Overall this was a terrific trip with lots of beautiful sightings and many birds. We look forward to travelling with Rockjumper again."

André Bernon
BD, Thailand 2020

My Rockjumper guide, Andre Bernon, is the best guide I have birded with. I continue to be amazed at his impressive birding skills and he will do whatever it takes to make sure that his guests see the birds. I saw so many awesome birds on this tour because Andre would sometimes physically place me in the right spot so I could see the bird. How many guides have that much dedication to their guests? His excellent guiding skills ensured that all logistics of the birding tour went smoothly. Andre can read his guests and he knows when breaks are needed to avoid fatigue and frustration. His time management skills enabled his guests to arrive at their accommodations on time so that they could enjoy the check list, dinner and relaxation each evening. And Andre's wit and sense of humor made this a very fun birding tour.

André Bernon
CB, Thailand 2018

As for the Tour itself, it was excellent – Andre Bernon is a super leader, not just an excellent birder but very good with all the trip details, dealing with problems, staff etc. nothing was too much trouble. He is a thoroughly good bloke into the bargain. A great asset.

Nigel Redman
EA - Thailand 2024

This was my first ever birding tour, so my expectations were not based on any previous experience. I found the birding aspect to be stellar, with many new species added to my life list. The tour leader and the tour guide were both superb. Transportation was very comfortable in vans with captain's chairs.

André Bernon
DH & JH, Thailand 2018

All our expectations for this trip were met and exceeded, beginning with our guide Andre Bernon, who is a delight in and out of the field. Fantastic birding skills and people skills, a great combination for a guide.

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