A list of UK-based tour operators specialising in wildlife, nature and ecology tours worldwide. |
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| Avian Adventures |
01384 372013 |
Worldwide birdwatching, wildlife and photographic holidays |
| Biosphere Expeditions |
01502 583085 |
The real thing. Non-profit conservation expeditions, often to truly remote places, to help scientists carry out conservation programmes and research, such as monitoring wolves in the Carpathian Mountains or counting macaws in Peru. It's usually hard work and there are few luxuries, but it can be enormously rewarding. Around two-thirds of the fee you pay to join an expedition goes directly to the project itself. |
| Birdquest |
01254 826317 |
Major bird tour specialist with expert-guided, small group tours all over the world |
| Birdseekers |
01752 342001 |
Specialist bird-watching tour operator running an annual programme of worldwide tours for serious enthusiasts..... founded by, wait for it, Steve Bird! He must get sick of people pointing that out - sorry! |
| Birdwatching Breaks |
01381 610495 |
Small group birdwatching trips all over the world since 1987. |
| Discovery Initiatives |
01285 643333 |
Small group and tailormade nature travel specialists offering everything from whalewatching in California, through safaris in Rwanda, to visiting conservation projects in the wilds of Mongolia on horseback. |
| Dolma Ecotourism |
020 7449 9530 |
Cultural & spiritual tours to a remote part of Nepal close to the Tibetan border. An opportunity to live with locals, learn about their way of life, and put something back; each holiday reinvests in the community through the Dolma Development Fund which sponsors education, health care and cultural activity and crafts. |
| Eagle-Eye Tours |
0800 328 1454 |
Worldwide bird-watching tours. US-based company with UK presence. |
| Exodus |
020 8673 0859 |
Adventure, wildlife & wilderness tours |
| Explore Worldwide |
01252 760100 |
Explore have a programme of 32 wildlife & adventure weekends (long weekends, some of them!) in 28 countries that include tiger tracking in India, gorilla watching in Uganda, brown bear & cheetah encounters, etc. |
| Footprint Adventures |
01522 804929 |
Tours all over the world aimed at trekkers, walkers, naturalists, wildlife enthusiasts and birders. Conservation and community-friendly, their mission statement is to leave places cleaner & better than they found them. |
| Hoskins Tours |
01728 861113 |
Worldwide tours for wildlife photographers. |
| Island Ventures |
01227 770419 |
Bird-watching, botanical, and wildlife trips in the UK and Europe, particularly to island outposts such as the Orkneys, Hebrides etc. |
| Kudu Travel |
01722 716167 |
Botanical and bird-watching tours |
| Kumuka |
0800 092 9595 |
A huge range of soft & hard expedition tours throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East. |
| Kuoni |
01306 744 477 |
Kuoni has launched (May 05) a dedicated birdwatching brochure featuring small group tours to a handpicked selection of 17 of the world’s top birdwatching destinations, including the Middle East, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Africa, the Caribbean and Central and Southern America. The tours are led by resident experts in each country. |
| Limosa Holidays |
01263 578143 |
A portfolio of around 70 inclusive, escorted, birdwatching (mainly) & wildlife holidays worldwide. |
| Naturetrek |
01962 733051 |
One of the best known specialist operators in this field, with a spectacular range of wildlife, birdwatching, botany and natural history tours all over the world. There seems to be few places on the planet they don't cover, either in small group tours with expert guides, or as tailor-made tours for groups & individuals. (I count 91 countries in their 2007 brochure - ED) |
| New Horizons |
01773 716550 |
Husband and wife team operating a programme of birdwatching tours and courses to destinations worldwide. |
| Papyrus Tours |
01302 371 321 |
Natural history tours to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Southern & East Africa, Australia, India and Eastern Europe. |
| Responsible Travel.com |
087000 52836 |
Online portal/agency for conservational, environmental and community-friendly holidays of all types but with a leaning towards adventure and activity holidays. |
| Sunbird Tours |
01767 682969 |
One of the top specialist bird-watching operators with tours throughout the world. |
| Toucan Tours |
01772 787 862 |
Bird-watching tours in Latin America |
| Transun |
0870 4444 747 |
Transun have launched (June 03) a new brochure featuring day trips to Norway, from regional UK airports, to watch killer whales in the fjords. |
| Travelling Naturalist, The |
01305 267994 |
Guided wildlife tours (mainly birds) all over the world. |
| Ultimate Travel Company, The |
020 7386 4646 |
Formerly known as 'Worldwide Journeys & Expeditions'. Now the wildlife and nature tours form a separate division within UTC, offering escorted small group tours worldwide. |
| Why Don't You... |
0845 838 6262 |
Special interest holidays division of WEXAS, the longstanding and well-known holiday club. WDY has a number of nature & wildlife holidays in its programme each year... |
| Wildlife & Wilderness |
01625 530035 |
As the name suggests, wildlife-watching tours worldwide, particularly in dramatic and remote landscapes. Wildlife & Wilderness were formerly known as Oksana Travel. |
| Wildlife Worldwide |
020 8667 9158 |
One of the best-known operators in this field. Small groups tours and tailor-made journeys travelling worldwide to see animals in their natural environments, no matter how remote! |
| Wildwings |
0117 9658 333 |
Wildlife holidays worldwide. Their speciality is bird-watching, hence the name, but they also go for the exotic such as puma watching in Chile or Giant pandas in China (they also offer dive trips to the bottom of the oceans... and space trips, but that's another story!). |
| Windows on the Wild |
020 8742 1556 |
WOW operate adventure-wildlife tours to remote, mostly northern, regions where travellers can enjoy spectacular scenery & wildlife such as bears, caribou, seals, penguins, whales, etc. Travel can be by kayak, plane, dog-sled, snow-mobile, ship, etc. |
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