12 Best Birdwatching Destinations in the World
Birders + photographers: here are 12 of the world’s most spectacular birdwatching destinations.
1. Pantanal, Brazil
650+ species + hyacinth macaws + jabiru storks + jaguars + wetlands
2. Costa Rica (entire country)
900+ species + Resplendent Quetzals + Monteverde + Manuel Antonio
3. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Endemic + finches + boobies + cruise + naturalist guides
4. Madagascar
300+ species + 60% endemic + remote + lemurs combo
5. Borneo (Sabah)
650+ species + hornbills + proboscis monkeys + Kinabatangan + canopy walks
6. Ranthambore + Bharatpur, India
Tigers + Painted Storks + Sarus Cranes + Keoladeo Ghana
7. Cape Town + South Africa
Cape sugarbirds + Cape sparrows + Robben Island penguins
8. Kenya + Tanzania safaris
Flamingos + secretary birds + lilac-breasted rollers + Big Five combo
9. Skomer + Skellig + Iceland (puffin season)
Atlantic puffins + Manx shearwaters + cliff colonies + May-July
10. Skagit Valley, Washington, USA + winter snow geese
Snow geese migration + winter Skagit Valley
11. Hokkaido, Japan (winter)
Red-crowned cranes + Steller’s sea eagles + Whooper Swans + winter peak
12. Ecuador Amazon (Yasuni) + Mindo cloud forest
Tanagers + hummingbirds + Andean cock-of-the-rock