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We offer a variety of birdwatching and other wildlife and natural history tours in Bulgaria, including botanical tours, Brown Bear and Wolf viewing, dragonfly and butterfly tours, wildlife photography tours and mountain hiking. Cultural aspects are however never forgotten.

Our birding tours, set during the breeding and migration of the birds are very much in demand. The great number of species that can be seen during these periods is very impressive, with over 200 bird species possible in 10-14 days.

Spring and summer round-tours include the richest and most attractive bird areas in the country. On these tours you can see and enjoy an incredible diversity of birds, including a great number of Eastern and South-eastern European bird specialities, like Pygmy Cormorant, White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Red-footed Falcon, Levant Sparrowhawk, Paddyfield Warbler, Olive-tree Warbler, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Pied Wheatear, Masked Shrike, Rose-colored Starling, Black-headed Bunting and many others

Early spring and autumn migration tours focus on the spectacular annual migration of tens of thousand of birds of prey, pelicans, storks and passerines along the Black Sea coastal Flyway known as the Via Pontica - one of the major bird migration routes in Europe. Some 70 % of the European Raptors, thousands of White Pelicans, Dalmatian Pelicans, Black Storks and Cranes, more than 100 000 White Storks pass over.

Winter birding tours will take you to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast - the wintering grounds for hundreds of thousands of wild geese, among which almost the whole population of the globally threatened Red-breasted Goose. In the recent 20 years up to 62 000 Red-breasted Geese spend the winter in the area of the lakes of Durankulak and Shabla. Thanks to their small area, good shelter conditions and traditional winter cereal crops, these two lakes have become famous as the best spots for watching and photographing these attractive and rare birds. The less severe climate on the southern Bulgarian coast allows for enjoying hundreds of wintering Dalmatian Pelicans, thousands of Pygmy Cormorants and various species of ducks, including the White-headed Duck, shorebirds, gulls, raptors and many more.

Our birding tours can be combined with botany or viewing Brown Bear, Wolf , Golden Jackal and other mammals. Bulgaria holds stable Brown Bear and Wolf populations - about 800 bears and 1500 wolves. Brown Bears are quite easy to observe, especially in spring when they come out of hibernation and actively search for food.

We offer several botanical itineraries , which introduce you to the great wealth of Bulgarian wild flora. Special attention is paid to the Bulgarian endemics, numbering about 170 species.

For the naturalists who do not have the time to spare for longer trips we offer several short breaks, among which the highlighted Wallcreeper and Red-breasted Goose short breaks.

The unique character of the Bulgarian butterfly, moth and dragonfly fauna leaves unforgettable memories for the participants in our tours.

Thanks to our affiliation to the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, we manage the only and well developed network of bird and wildlife photography hides in Bulgaria, which is a good base for organizing different photo tours in Bulgaria. Many wildlife photographers from Bulgaria and abroad have succeeded to make perfect shots of White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Griffon Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Golden Jackal, etc.


 
 
   
   
   
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