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At M17026 we have been delivering unbeatable birding and wildlife holidays since 1998. Our birding tours are professionally guided, fun and educational. They follow expertly planned itineraries and represent exceptional value for money. If you have not yet experienced the joys of world birding with us, we would be thrilled to hear from you and help you decide on the birding or wildlife holiday of your dreams, be it a set departure or customized tour. Whether you are a single traveler with a specific target species list or a family group wanting a relaxing and educational wildlife getaway, we have what it takes to help you realize the tour of your dreams.

In addition to delivering fantastic tours we support and endorse a range of conservation bodies from the African Bird Club to Birds Korea and by contributing to a diverse range of conservation initiatives is how we play our part in mitigating the heavy ecological footprint of man. US$50 from each tour sign-up goes to the fund therefore as we grow as a company, the fund continues to grow and we continue to expand our support for conservation. Simply by signing up for one of our departure means that you contribute to the fund and ultimately to the conservation of birds and their habitat. Thanks to all of you who have decided to join us on one of our unbeatable birding adventures, through birding we are all making a difference!

Questions and Answers

We offer unbeatable birdwatching and wildlife tours across the world, operated by one of the most dependable birding companies in the bird tour industry.

1. How long has the business been operating and how did it start?

Started in 1998.

2. What is your company's mission?

To offer unbeatable birding tours throughout the world that offer good value for money with small groups and top tour leaders

3. What does your company specialize in?

Birding Tours; Bird Watching Tours

4. Who is the founder or owner of the company and briefly describe his/her past activities?

Adam Riley: Adam Riley has grown up with a lifelong interest in wildlife, which evolved into a particular fascination with the birds, reptiles and amphibians of Africa and Madagascar. Coming from a farming background in the Pietermaritzburg area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, he studied accountancy and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has traveled extensively in Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia and the Americas, leading trips to numerous countries ranging from South Africa to Egypt, Angola to Ethiopia and Bhutan to Papua New Guinea. Adam has also guided in the Neotropics for six months. He is now one of Africa’s most experienced birders, having recently recorded his 2000th species on the continent.

5. What is your most popular travel package and why?

Papua New Guinea: Birds in Paradise

6. What is the best compliment you received from a client?

“Cuan Rush is a phenomenal birder and one of the best on calls and song of the many professionals I know. As a guide he was unflaggingly friendly, attentive, perceptive and flexible in meeting our group's mixed interests. Please commend Cuan in every way possible. We would be delighted to recommend him and M17026 and to every birding group with which we have contact.”

Vacation Packages offered by supplier M17026
Picture	Name	Highlight	Activity	Price	Destination

	Classic Antarctica: Antarctica, the Falklands & South Georgia - Contact Supplier	This voyage of a lifetime will take in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctica Peninsula. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 11100	Antarctica Falkland Islands

	Cameroon - Rainforests, Rockfowl and Sahel Tour - Contact Supplier	Our comprehensive three-week tour visits all these zones and provides a thorough coverage of West Africa’s richest birding destination. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching National Parks	USD 6510	Cameroon

	Ethiopian Endemic Birding with Lalibela Historical Extension - Contact Supplier	Ethiopia is Africa’s most productive birding destinations. Numerous endemics, a rich assemblage of forest and savanna species and an influx of Palaearctic migrants all add up to a bird-filled tour. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5250	Ethiopia

	Southern India - Birding and Wildlife of the Western Ghats - Contact Supplier	Home to over a billion people reflecting the world’s richest cultural kaleidoscope. Famous for its rich avifauna and charismatic mammalian mega fauna. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3500	India

	Kenya and Tanzania - Birds and Big Game - Contact Supplier	The East African nations of Kenya and Tanzania are the epitome of “birdiness”, each boasting a bird list of over a thousand species! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 6450	Kenya Tanzania

	Madagascar Comprehensive Birding Tour - Contact Supplier	Of the two hundred species regularly recorded on the island, no fewer than one hundred and forty are endemic or near endemic! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 7310	Madagascar

	Malaysia and Borneo - Rainforest Birds and Mammals - Contact Supplier	Malaysia is a very modern and efficient Asian country that makes a perfect birding destination. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 6080	Malaysia

	Namibia, Okavango and Victoria Falls Overland - Contact Supplier	Our popular Namibia, Okavango and Victoria Falls overland tour visits some of the major highlights of three of Africa’s most remarkable countries, all offering vast areas of pristine wilderness. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 6830	Namibia Zambia Botswana

	Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise with New Britain Endemics Extension - Contact Supplier	Of all the birding destinations in world, Papua New Guinea would have to rank as the most fascinating and exotic. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 7580	Papua New Guinea

	South Africa - Mega Birding Tour - Contact Supplier	Our South African tours offer, quite simply, the best of African birding. Spend a great safari vacation exploring our fabulous national parks. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 7480	South Africa

	Uganda - Birds and Gorillas - Contact Supplier	Uganda's huge bird list is even more remarkable given the small size of the country, making it arguably the richest African birding destination. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 7750	Uganda

	Northern India - Birds and Tigers - Contact Supplier	Our Northern India circuit is one of the world’s classic “must-do” birding, wildlife and cultural tours! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 4980	India

	Best of Argentina - Buenos Aires to Iguazu - Contact Supplier	Our Argentina tour is an overland adventure through the north that, combined with our Patagonia extension, offers the very best of this bird-rich country. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3580	Argentina

	Classic Peru - Amazonia, Andes and Machu Picchu - Contact Supplier	Peru is well known as one of the world’s premier birding destinations - a bird list of over 1,800 species is tough to compete with! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 6980	Peru

	Ghana birding Tour - Contact Supplier	This birding tour of Ghana covers the most crucial sites in the region, offering an in-depth view of Ghana's spectacular avifauna and an exciting African experience. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 4160	Ghana

	South Africa - Cape to Windhoek - The Best of the West - Contact Supplier	This tour is a two-week adventure covering Fairest Cape, Namaqualand, including a pelagic birding trip off the Cape and the endless plains of southern Namibia and the Great Fish River Canyon. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5110	South Africa Namibia

	South Africa - Eastern South Africa with Western Cape Extension - Contact Supplier	Our South African tours offer, quite simply, the best of African birding. South Africa boasts the highest total of endemic bird species of any African country. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 4640	South Africa

	Brazil - Birds and Wildlife of the Pantanal and Cerrado - Contact Supplier	Brazil is a dream destination for any naturalist - and especially so for birders! Our journey leads you to the superb birding and wildlife viewing this region is famous for! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3500	Brazil

	Angola - Endemics Overland Adventure - Contact Supplier	After 30 years of crippling civil war, this vast land is now at peace and actively encouraging tourism. We plan to visit key sites for the numerous Angolan endemics and near-endemics. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 6325	Angola

	Spitsbergen Circumnavigation - Land of Arctic Dreams - Contact Supplier	This epic high Arctic journey will circumnavigate Spitsbergen and include some smaller islands within the Svalbard Archipelago. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 7000	Arctic

	Colombia - Andean Endemics with Santa Marta Extension - Contact Supplier	This tour to Colombia gives you the opportunity to enjoy its birdwatching as this country has more species of birds than any other country on earth! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 6960	Colombia

	Birding the Russian Far East - Contact Supplier	Three species of albatross, numerous species of alcid, Steller’s Sea Eagle, Snow Bunting, cetaceans, spectacular scenery, numerous war relics, snow-covered volcanoes and beautiful wildflowers Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Marine Biology	USD 7000	Arctic Russia

	Brazil - Serra dos Tucanos - Contact Supplier	This tour captures the very best of Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest endemic bird species, and after a week's birding you can expect to have seen up to 250 species including 70 endemics! Read more >>>	Tour Package Wildlife Viewing Rainforest	USD 1670	Brazil

	Panama - Rainforest and Canopy Tower Birding with Darien Birding Extension - Contact Supplier	A host of endemic birds, some of the most accessible rainforests & high-altitude cloud forests on Earth, spectacular mountains and the famous Canopy Tower! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3480	Panama

	Guatemala - Central American Specialties with Tikal Extension - Contact Supplier	This tour offers the best of Guatemalan birding with comfortable lodges and fabulous scenery throughout! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 2250	Guatemala

	Central and Eastern Europe - Contact Supplier	Numerous special birds in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, ancient historical buildings and sites, great scenery and excellent food and wine. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3750	Austria Czech Republic Hungary

	Ethiopia - Birding in Style with Northern Extension - Simiens, Gondar and Lalibela - Contact Supplier	Come and have this great bird-watching vacation in Ethiopia. Prime birding locations in central & northern Ethiopia and only premier lodges. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5980	Ethiopia

	Guyana - Birds and Wildlife Guyana with Kaieteur Falls and Sun Parakeet Extensions - Contact Supplier	A variety of pristine habitats, the famed Kaieteur Falls and a host of special birds and wildlife. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5230	Guyana

	Sulawesi and Halmahera - Wallacean Endemics - Contact Supplier	The chance to find more than one hundred range-restricted bird species confined to this fabulous region, including the extraordinary bird-of-paradise called "standardwing". Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5660	Indonesia

	Madagascar Highlights - Contact Supplier	All five endemic Malagasy bird families, good numbers of lemurs and other representative wildlife and fascinating habitats! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5430	Madagascar

	Essential Madagascar Birding - Contact Supplier	Chances of finding all 5 of the island's endemic bird families, as well as up to 10 different lemur species, including the awesome Indri! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 2930	Madagascar

	Essential Namibia Birding - Contact Supplier	Our Essential Namibia tour is a comprehensive camping circuit of the prime birding and wildlife destinations in Namibia in a compact 10-day, budget safari. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 2620	Namibia

	Birding Spain - Contact Supplier	Fabulous species of birds including Spanish Imperial Eagle, Great and Little Bustard, Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Spectacled Warbler and Wallcreeper! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 4980	Spain

	Birding Eastern Turkey - Contact Supplier	We expect to find some very special and seldom-seen bird species, including Caucasian Chiffchaff, Green Warbler, Mongolian Finch and Grey-headed Bunting! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 2970	Turkey

	Antarctic Peninsula Adventure - Contact Supplier	On this trip you will have encounters with numerous species of seal, dolphin, whale and other Antarctic fauna, not to mention spectacular scenery. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Marine Biology	USD 6260	Antarctica Argentina

	Galapagos of the Southern Ocean - Contact Supplier	Visits to the pristine islands of Snares, Auckland’s, Macquarie and Campbell, an incredible variety of seabirds, vast penguin colonies and spectacular scenery. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Marine Biology	USD 4930	Antarctica New Zealand

	China Winter Birding - Contact Supplier	Winter birding in southeast China offers a rich kaleidoscope of impressive and localized bird specialties, including several of the world’s most spectacular cranes. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3690	China

	Colombia - Highlights - Contact Supplier	Our comprehensive highlights of Colombia tour covers all three Andean ranges and both inter-Andean valleys, as well as lowland rainforest in search of numerous endemics and regional avian specialties! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 5800	Colombia

	Essential Uganda Birding - Contact Supplier	This tour provides a comprehensive coverage of the highlights of this incredible nation, and aside from the birds, offers superb game viewing and the chance to track Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees! Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 4180	Uganda

	North Spitsbergen - Polar Bear Special - Contact Supplier	Spending quality time watching and photographing Polar Bears in their spectacular natural surroundings. Read more >>>	Tour Package Wildlife Viewing	USD 3850	Arctic

	Essential Borneo Birding with Essential Malaysia Birding Extension - Contact Supplier	This thorough exploration of these fantastic Asian destinations is bound to be a brilliant, exotic blend of mouth-watering birds, mammals and scenery. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 2950	Malaysia

	Sri Lanka - Endemic Birds and Big Game - Contact Supplier	Our Sri Lanka - Endemic Birds and Big Game tour targets all 34 endemics and other wildlife highlights of the island. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 3600	Sri Lanka

	New Zealand Birding Tour - Contact Supplier	A host of unusual endemic land birds and a rich assemblage of marine birds and mammals. Read more >>>	Tour Package Birdwatching Wildlife Viewing	USD 7175	New Zealand

Reviews and Comments

	Rating	By	Subject	Added

1		Merilyn	Tour feedback	2011-05-17
		Dennis's knowledge & ability to imitate bird calls is phenomenal. He is also an interesting person to travel with. I enjoyed Eric's humor and felt he handled the group well.

2		George	Tour feedback	2011-05-17
		I would like to add my thanks to you, Crystal, and all the other people associated with M17026 for making this the best birding tour in which I have ... view more participated. David's leadership was superb as our trip bird count shows. I would be happy to go with M17026 on future trips. Thanks again for your assistance during the Mega South Africa trip.

3		SB	Verified User Review	2011-04-14
		"I thought I would drop you a note to let you know how thoroughly I enjoyed the trip! Your company did a wonderful job and Markus was a joy to have as a ... view more guide. I know all the 'birders' were impressed with his knowledge. I appreciated the time he took to share his knowledge of the wildlife and the ecosystems with me. I learned so much about your country and look forward to bringing my family there in the future!"

4		Steve and John	Verified User Review	2011-04-14
		"Richard White listened carefully to our goals and crafted an itinerary that perfectly blended Bhutan's natural and cultural elements for us...the ... view more itinerary sounded awesome and executed just as well on the ground. Alison was always prompt and courteous in the pre trip planning phase. We are grateful to M17026 for making this incredible journey possible, essentially bringing a dream to life! Our best wishes to you and your talented team."

5		Tanya	Verified User Review	2011-04-14
		"I just wanted to pass on our thanks for a well organised trip. We had a ball in Cuba! Not only were the birds fantastic but the cigars, rum and country ... view more were mind-blowing. Luis was superb in leading some rather misbehaving South Africans around the island! Our first RJ trip but I am sure that it won’t be our last. Well done to the team for arranging a hassle-free trip in a country where it can be difficult to organise things."

6		CP	Verified User Review	2011-04-14
		"I've been on 60+ birding trips, and while not all of these were guided, David ranks in the top 3 guides with whom I've birded. I don't ... view more think anyone has his visual skills and, like most top birders, he has great auditory skills as well. I really have enjoyed birding with him, am in awe of his skills, and would bird anywhere with him as his preparation and knowledge would make any trip a success."

7		EP	Verified User Review	2011-04-14
		"I would recommend M17026 to my birding colleagues back in Cape May, New Jersey. Cuan and M17026 did an outstanding job in helping us plan our trip."

8		Steve and John	Verified User Review	2011-04-07
		“We wanted to drop you a line to let you know how absolutely thrilled we are with our very recent experience in Bhutan! We were blown away by the scenery and ... view more the birds. All the iconic species showed well plus Glen's expertise enabled us to discover many other lesser known (to us) but no less interesting species. His knowledge, enthusiasm, and sense of humour were spot on for us! Though Bhutan is not a mammal destination, many unexpectedly fascinating species came to life for us as well, especially on an impromptu night drive at Zhemgang.”

9		JD	Verified User Review	2011-04-07
		“I just wanted to thank you and the rest of the 17026 team for a wonderful birding trip in RSA. We had a great time, thanks to your team's planning, ... view more coordination, communication, etc. The trip was much better than we expected and we saw lots of new birds, animals, etc. Our guide never ceased to amaze us with his knowledge of birds, their calls, and their habitats. He has eyes like a hawk!”

10		MR	Verified User Review	2011-04-07
		“David is a superb, incredibly sharp birder and a really friendly guy. Firm when he needs to be, which is something I appreciate and I feel he has the respect ... view more of all the participants. I would recommend him without hesitation and he scores a perfect 10 for me. Also your office is brilliant, always making it seem as if you are the only person they have to deal with, even when they must be rushed off their feet!”

11		David and Miriam	Verified User Review	2011-04-07
		“I am motivated by the memory of a fabulous trip to South Africa, to write to you. To say that we were happy with our guide, Jan Pienaar, would be to ... view more understate our position. He has a fine and extensive knowledge of all aspects of South African fauna and flora and was always eager to share his knowledge. He always placed our comfort and well being above his own. It was indeed a great pleasure to have made the acquaintance of this young man.”

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