Birdwatching in North Sulawesi

This itinerary should be considered as reference only and can be modified according to the needs and time of tour participants. 

Warbling White-eye
Warbling White-eye
Day 1
  • When you arrive, we will meet you at Sam Ratulangi airport of Manado city. 
  • After that we will organize your transfer by car to Tomohon town or Subdistrict Sonder.
  • You will take a rest for 1 or 2 hours. 
  • After having lunch, we will go birdwatching in the nearby rice field where you could watch Barred Rail, White-browed Crake, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Purple Heron, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Collared Kingfisher, White-breasted Woodswallow, and Zebra Dove.
  • Back to homestay, dinner and rest.
birds in North Sulawesi
Birds in North Sulawesi
Day 2
We will wake up early in the morning at around 05:00. We will have some coffee or tea with biscuits. At 05:30, we will leave our homestay for a hill outside Subdistrict Sonder
We will look for such birds as Warbling White-eye, Black-crowned White-eye, Crimson Sunbird, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Sulawesi Myzomela, Black Sunbird,  Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, White-faced Cuckoo-dove, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon, Green Imperial Pigeon, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Sulawesi Drongo, Hair-crested Drongo (white-eyed), Bay Coucal, Isabelline Bush-hen, Barred Rail.
We will return to Sonder town at around 09:00 to take a rest. After that, we will continue again our birding activity. Usually, there are Sooty-headed Bulbul, Chestnut Munia, Sahul Sunbird, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Brown-throated Sunbird, Pale Blue Monarch, and etc. 
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
Day 3
We will do an easy roadside birding to look for such birds as Black-naped Oriole, Pale Blue Monarch, Zebra Dove, White-eyed Drongo, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Sahul Sunbird, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker. Sometimes we could see birds of prey in the air such as Sulawesi Serpent Eagle or even the Lesser Fish Eagle. 
Minahasa highland birding tour
Black-naped Oriole in Minahasa highland

Highland of Minahasa
Sonder town in the highland of Minahasa

Day 4
We will do birding in Mount Mahawu, Lake Linow and Pine Forest where we could see such birds as Turquoise Flycatcher, Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher,  Superb Fruit-dove, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, and Sulawesi Myzomela.

farmland below Mount Mahawu
Farmland in Tomohon
Day 5
Some birding walk in Sonder
Lunch, check out
Transfer by car to Tangkoko Nature reserve
Day 6
Birding in Tangkoko Batu Angus Nature Reserve. Our targets include: Green-backed Kingfisher, Lilac Kingfisher, Ruddy Kingfisher, Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher, White-necked Myna, Spot-tailed Goshawk, Ashy Woodpecker, and etc.
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
Crimson Sunbird

Day 7
Birding in Temboan to see Knobbed Hornbill, Sulawesi Hornbill, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, Black-naped Fruit-dove, Finch-billed Myna, Green Imperial Pigeon, Sulawesi-crested Myna, Minahasa Racquet-tail, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, Gray-rumped Treeswift.
Lunch
Check-out of homestay, and transfer to Manado city. Birding in Talawaan waterfall.
Check into hotel
Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove
Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove

Day 8
Transfer to airport
You could fly back to your country or we organize your next trip to West Papua. 


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