Comments on: Fixed departures for 2010? http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/fixed-departures-for-2010/ Birding in Peru and South America with Kolibri Expeditions Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Gunnar Engblom http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/fixed-departures-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-5166 Gunnar Engblom Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:08:57 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=2203#comment-5166 Jeff There is a part on the Guyana/Roraima/Suriname trip in which you can exchange the Roraima trek to an Escalera trip if you prefer. I shall be working in pricing this trip the comin g week. Dates are suggested dates, but can somewhat be adapted Jeff
There is a part on the Guyana/Roraima/Suriname trip in which you can exchange the Roraima trek to an Escalera trip if you prefer. I shall be working in pricing this trip the comin g week. Dates are suggested dates, but can somewhat be adapted

]]> By: Jeff Lockwood http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/fixed-departures-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-5153 Jeff Lockwood Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:47:18 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=2203#comment-5153 I would like to see a group trip going up La Escalera to the tepui area in Venezuela. I would like to see a group trip going up La Escalera to the tepui area in Venezuela.

]]> By: Gunnar Engblom http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/fixed-departures-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-4893 Gunnar Engblom Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:00:52 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=2203#comment-4893 Kevin That certainly is a way of doing it. I usually help out independant birders the best way I can. We can often rent a supply a vehicle with or without a driver, book hotels, flighs, boats and trains. And we supply birding info. I used to advertise this type of set-up as well, but I don't anymore, because I have gotten requests from people who would have been far better off in a group with a guide. Since, I don't actively promote this kind of birding, but as I said we can certainly be of help for independant birders. Just let me know! Kevin

That certainly is a way of doing it. I usually help out independant birders the best way I can. We can often rent a supply a vehicle with or without a driver, book hotels, flighs, boats and trains. And we supply birding info.
I used to advertise this type of set-up as well, but I don't anymore, because I have gotten requests from people who would have been far better off in a group with a guide.
Since, I don't actively promote this kind of birding, but as I said we can certainly be of help for independant birders. Just let me know!

]]> By: Bird Explorers http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/fixed-departures-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-4883 Bird Explorers Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:45:22 +0000 http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/?p=2203#comment-4883 Hey Gunnar, Thanks for the chance to provide some feedback. The two of us at Bird Explorers have never been on a formal bird tour. We do not like things organised, but like the thrill of exploring and finding things by ourselves very organically. Very occasionally we use local guides to find and photograph very difficult birds. We like to fly in and (1) rent a vehicle/boat and be on our way or (2) be driven to a base camp from which we walk around the area, (3) do a longer walking/boating expedition with porters for the gear. For people like us, it would be great for bird tour companies to provide a do-your-own-thing option (like some are starting to do) where we say where we want to go and what we want to do, and the bird tour company organises things like (1) rental vehicles and boats (2) permissions for protected areas (3) local porters/guides (4) literature on key birds/areas; (5) perhaps a few hours of induction/orientation at the beginning and (6) other general logistics, but let's the birders take it all from there. I think this would be an ideal offering that would be taken up by lots of independent birds travelling by themselves or in groups of 2-4. Anyway that is my 2 pence worth. ---Kevin .-= Bird Explorers´s last blog ..<a href="http://birdexplorers.blogspot.com/2009/10/missing-john-denver.html" rel="nofollow">Missing John Denver</a> =-. Hey Gunnar, Thanks for the chance to provide some feedback. The two of us at Bird Explorers have never been on a formal bird tour. We do not like things organised, but like the thrill of exploring and finding things by ourselves very organically. Very occasionally we use local guides to find and photograph very difficult birds. We like to fly in and (1) rent a vehicle/boat and be on our way or (2) be driven to a base camp from which we walk around the area, (3) do a longer walking/boating expedition with porters for the gear. For people like us, it would be great for bird tour companies to provide a do-your-own-thing option (like some are starting to do) where we say where we want to go and what we want to do, and the bird tour company organises things like (1) rental vehicles and boats (2) permissions for protected areas (3) local porters/guides (4) literature on key birds/areas; (5) perhaps a few hours of induction/orientation at the beginning and (6) other general logistics, but let's the birders take it all from there. I think this would be an ideal offering that would be taken up by lots of independent birds travelling by themselves or in groups of 2-4. Anyway that is my 2 pence worth. ---Kevin
.-= Bird Explorers´s last blog ..Missing John Denver =-.

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