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Not surprisingly, it took the first natural history collectors to penetrate into the Arfak Mountains a good while to recover from their ascertainment that the unreal roofed maypole bowers of the Vogelkop Bowerbird Amblyornis inornatus indeed were no playing houses made by the indigenous children.

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A complete overview of all the scheduled departures of our bird watching expeditions for the year 2009 is presented below in chronological order. Don't you find what you're looking for? Please do not hesitate to contact us then regarding tailor-made birding adventures customized to suit your particular needs.

Amazing Arfak

April 5 > 16, 2009

12 days/11 nights
This birding expedition focuses exclusively on the isolated and rugged Arfak Mountains in the eastern sector of the Bird's Head peninsula near the provincial capital Manokwari. Bound to become the premier birding destination in Papua, the Arfaks support all presently described Vogelkop endemics and provide straightforward access to largely untouched foothill, hill and montane forests that support a wonderfully diverse avifauna. Join us now on this Arfak bird watching adventure of a lifetime, covering all relevant elevations on a single integrated trek into the wild interior.

Easy Papua

May 3 > 23, 2009
May 31 > June 20, 2009

21 days/20 nights
This three week’s bird watching adventure essentially is a condensed version of our ‘Best of Papua’ birding expedition, scouring off the roughest edges and focusing especially on birds of paradise. We thus visit only easily accessible birding sites that require minimal hiking effort: the Lake Habbema alpine plateau in the Snow Mountains above Wamena, lowland forest near Jayapura, the Siyoubrig area of the Arfak Mountains, and tantalizing Waigeo. When combined with our 'Oceanic Papua' pre-tour extension, this expedition provides opportunities for seeing more Papua endemics than any other bird tour advertized on the web today.

Best of Papua

July 1 > 29, 2009

29 days/28 nights
This bird watching expedition combines Papua's finest and most complementary hotspots in terms of species endemism and total diversity: Biak Island, Lake Habbema and the Ibele Valley in the Snow Mountains of Wamena, lowland forest near Jayapura, the Siyoubrig area of the Arfak Mountains, and tantalizing Waigeo. If you only come birding in Papua once, then take this tour!

Easy Papua

August 9 > 29, 2009
September 13 > October 3, 2009

Waigeo, Arfak and Geelvink Islands

October 14 > November 7, 2009

25 days/24 nights
We begin our Papuan birding adventure with a pilgrimage to Waigeo’s avian delights in the Orobiai River catchment. Then follows a relaxed day’s birding our local patches around Sorong. Next, we shift our attention to the Arfak Mountains, where we shall bird all relevant elevations during a single integrated trek into the remote interior. The last leg of our birding expedition, we devote to the deep water islands of Biak and Numfor in Papua's famed Geelvink Bay. The ultimate Vogelkop and Geelvink birding trip!