Under $5,000

We plan tours that feature engaging, professional leaders and a trusted network of in-country experts. These are tours that we would want to go on: a fun combination of serious birdwatching and natural history.

If you have never taken a birding tour, you might want to look at our introduction to birding tours.

Choosing a Birding Tour

2024 2025

November 2024

Panama: Bocas del Toro and the Western Highlands

Waitlisted

Nov 15-24, 2024 • Gavin Bieber

Panama: Darién Lowlands

Waitlisted

Nov 23-30, 2024 • Gavin Bieber

January 2025

Newfoundland: Winter Birds

1 space remains

Guaranteed

Jan 6-12, 2025 • Jared Clarke

Mexico: San Blas
Mangroves and Forests

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Jan 6-14, 2025 • Steve Howell

Colombia: The Santa Marta Mountains

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Jan 13-21, 2025 • Fabrice Schmitt

Minnesota in Winter

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Jan 16-21, 2025 • Frank Nicoletti

Arizona: A Winter Week in the Southeast

Waitlisted

Jan 26 to Feb 2 2025 • Jake Mohlmann

February 2025

Ecuador: Mindo and the Northwest Andes

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Feb 3-11, 2025 • Jon Feenstra

Honduras
The Hidden Gem of Central America

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Feb 6-15, 2025 • Steve Howell

Sri Lanka

3 spaces remain

Guaranteed

Feb 9-24, 2025 • Deepal Warakagoda

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Winter
Including Whooping Cranes

Waitlisted

Feb 10-19, 2025 • Jake Mohlmann

Ecuador: The East Slope of the Andes

Guaranteed

Feb 12-20, 2025 • Jon Feenstra

Puerto Rico

2 spaces remain

Guaranteed

Feb 21-27, 2025 • Raymond VanBuskirk

Mexico: San Blas
Mangroves and Forests

Guaranteed

Feb 24 to Mar 4 2025 • Steve Howell

March 2025

The Dominican Republic

3 spaces remain

Guaranteed

Mar 1-9, 2025 • Raymond VanBuskirk

Cruise: Around Cape Horn
Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (or reverse)

Waitlisted

Mar 7-21, 2025 • Fabrice Schmitt and Stephen Menzie

Ceibas Pre-Cruise Extension from Mar 6

Santiago Post-Cruise Extension from Mar 21

Nebraska: The Sandhills and the Platte River
Sandhill Cranes and Prairie Chicken

Waitlisted

Mar 12-17, 2025 • Frank Nicoletti

Cruise: Santiago to Los Angeles

Waitlisted

Mar 21 to Apr 8 2025 • Steve Howell and Fabrice Schmitt

Pre-tour extension to Santiago area from Mar 18

Morocco in Spring

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Mar 22 to Apr 2 2025 • Ethan Kistler

Panama: Spring at the Canopy Tower

3 spaces remain

Mar 24-30, 2025 • Gavin Bieber

Canopy Lodge Extension to Apr 4

April 2025

Colorado: Lekking Grouse

2 spaces remain

Apr 4-14, 2025 • Skye Haas

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring

Apr 8-17, 2025 • Ethan Kistler

Greece: Mainland Spring Migration

New

Apr 16-27, 2025 • Oli Reville

Texas: The Upper Coast

Apr 17-24, 2025 • Jon Feenstra

Florida: The South, the Keys and the Dry Tortugas

Waitlisted

Apr 23-30, 2025 • Ethan Kistler

Greece: Lesvos
Spring Migration Through the Aegean

Apr 24 to May 2 2025 • Killian Mullarney

Cruise: Pacific Coast
Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Waitlisted

Apr 26 to May 2 2025 • Ed Corey and Skye Haas

Scotland

Waitlisted

Apr 28 to May 8 2025 • Rob Sheldon

May 2025

Cruise: Pacific Coast
Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Waitlisted

May 3-7, 2025 • Ed Corey

France: Birding à la Française
Birds, Wine and Cheese in Southern France

Waitlisted

May 4-14, 2025 • Fabrice Schmitt and Pierre Defos Du Rau

Arizona: Owls and Warblers

1 space remains

May 6-15, 2025 • Skye Haas

Northwest Ohio: Spring Migration

May 7-13, 2025 • Ethan Kistler

Bulgaria in Spring
Birds and History

May 9-20, 2025 • Oli Reville

Borneo: Sarawak Endemics
Black Oriole, Hose's Broadbill and Dulit Frogmouth

May 14-22, 2025 • Susan Myers

Poland in Spring

May 14-21, 2025 • Stephen Menzie

North Carolina
Pelagics and Pineywoods

May 26 to Jun 2 2025 • Skye Haas

Minnesota and North Dakota
North Woods to Prairies

May 27 to Jun 4 2025 • Ethan Kistler

June 2025

Maine and New Hampshire
From Bicknell's Thrush to Atlantic Puffin

Waitlisted

Jun 2-11, 2025 • Scott Olmstead

Maryland and West Virginia
Birding the American Civil War: Gettysburg, Antietam, and the Appalachians

Jun 16-23, 2025 • Jon Dunn and Matt Orsie

Ecuador: Northwest Andes in Summer

New

Jun 27 to Jul 6 2025 • Scott Olmstead

July 2025

Arizona: Second Spring

Jul 23 to Aug 3 2025 • Jake Mohlmann

August 2025

Romania
Birds and Medieval Monasteries

Aug 17-26, 2025 • Tudor Blaj

Oregon in Late Summer
with Pelagic Extension

1 space remains

Aug 18-29, 2025 • Rich Hoyer

Pelagic Extension to Aug 31

September 2025

Oregon: Birds and Theater

Sep 1-7, 2025 • Rich Hoyer

Sweden: Fall Migration at Falsterbo

Sep 21-28, 2025 • Stephen Menzie