Neotropical Birdwatching
Birdwatching in the neotropics is like birdwatching nowhere else in the world.
If you are a birdwatcher new to the neotropics then you might like to read these pages to see why:
Those pages will help get you started, and show you how to plan your birdwatching trips to the neotropics in the most logical way.
Small group birdwatching holidaysWe offer twelve small group birdwatching holidays carefully designed to build into a comprehensive coverage of this fascinating region. Because of the complexity of neotropical birdwatching they are structured into 3 levels:
Click here to find out more. The principal leader for our small group birdwatching holidays is Eustace Barnes, probably the UK's most experienced neotropical birdwatching guide, an enthusiastic teacher of the field skills needed in the neotropics, and a talented bird artist and illustrator. |
Tailor-made birdwatchingYou can also choose to go birdwatching on a tailor-made basis, to suit your own dates and preferences. We will help you design an itinerary that works well logistically and suits your budget, and with the assistance of local birdwatching guides in many areas where you’d like their help. Tailor-made trips enable you to visit some important sites that either don’t really suit groups, or that we just don’t have time to include in our group itineraries. We can also design the pace of the itinerary to suit the special needs of bird photography, or to make a special feature of other wildlife too. So to see Darwin’s finches on the Galapagos Islands, go self-drive birding in Costa Rica, take it easy on Trinidad, see Hyacinth Macaws in the Pantanal, or climb canopy towers in Panama, just click here and give us a call. |
Birdwatching with Geodyssey
Geodyssey has been making travel arrangements to Latin America and the Caribbean for the birding community since 1993. We are known for our in-depth knowledge of our destinations and for our thorough approach to making travel arrangements that meet birders’ needs and budgets.
Holidays booked with Geodyssey are fully protected (our ATOL licence number is 5292). We are members of the Latin American Travel Association, AITO (the Association of Independent Tour Operators), Friends of the Galapagos, and the Neotropical Bird Club—which we have supported almost since its inception.
Booking with Geodyssey
It’s good to know that when you book your holiday with Geodyssey you not only get the benefit of our in-depth knowledge of most parts of Latin America and the Caribbean from many years of making travel arrangements in the region, and our up-to-date knowledge of the best places, old and new.
You also get our long experience in the logistics of well-run and effective neotropical birdwatching trips (as well as designing holidays for general travellers to suit many different tastes and budgets), the confidence that your money is fully protected, and the reassurance that if anything goes wrong while you are away you have a well-established network of helpful people both locally and back in the UK to support you. We’re at the end of a phone for you when you are planning your holiday, preparing to leave, or out in the field.
When you get back we will send you a short questionnaire to make sure that everything went well for you and to gather your comments on the places you visited. We will also ask what you think of us. More than 90% of our customers describe their overall level of satisfaction with their holiday as "excellent". The most frequent comment we receive is:
"this was the best holiday we have ever had"
Your protection
You may book with Geodyssey in the knowledge that your money is completely protected.
The air holidays on this website are ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is 5292. The CAA make stipulations as to our paid-up share capital to help make sure that we stay in business, and they require us to provide surety so that clients who buy domestic or international flights as part of the holiday they purchase from us will be protected should the company fail. The protection afforded by the ATOL arrangements extends primarily to customers who book and pay in the United Kingdom. It is not widely recognised that this system does not protect those who do not buy any flights from their tour operator. As a member of the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO), Geodyssey also provides equivalent protection for these customers. For further details please refer to the insert issued with this brochure.
A note of caution
If you have experience of travelling in developing countries, Latin America’s culture of mañana and sporadic inefficiency will come as no surprise—you may even be pleased at how well some things work. However despite all our efforts it is almost inevitable that at some point during your stay you will face some delay or local inadequacy. If you can approach such situations with a flexible, positive attitude you will help yourself to maximise your enjoyment of your trip. Remember, this isn’t Switzerland!
