Day 1 : Manado Samratulangi Airport – Tangkoko
arrive in Manado Airport, we will drive about five hours to Kotamobagu . With a few birding stops along the way.
Overnight : Sutanraja Hotel Kotamobagu
Day 2 - 3 : Kotamobagu – Tambun – Mt. Ambang.
Early morning breakfast 4: 30 am, we will visit Sanctuary Tambun, ( Maleo Bird ). Black kite, Sulawesi serpent Eagle,Black Eagle Red-eared Fruit-Dove, Matinan Flycatcher, Malia, Sulawesi Fantail, Purple-bearded Bee-eater, Pied Stilt, Oberholser’s Fruit Dove, Sulawesi Drongo. Much more
Overnight : Villa Emmita Tomohon.
Day 4 : Tomohon. Mt. Mahawu
Full day birding in Tomohon area ( Mahawu ). Birds Target to spotted such as:
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher, Sulawesi Myzomela, Sulawesi Pitta, Sulawesi-blue Flycatcher, Sulphur-bellied Whistler, Black-crowned White eye, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Superb fruit-dove, Red eared fruit-dove, Sulawesi Cuckoo-Dove, White bellied Imperial-Pigeon, Turquoise Flycatcher, Snowy - Browed Flycatcher, Citrine Canary-Flycatcher, Blak Kite, Blak Eagle, Spotted Harrier, Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle,Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle, Wandering Whistling-Duck, Sunda Teal.
Overnight : Tangkoko Hill
Day 5 - 6 : Tangkoko Nature Reserve (Two full Days Birding)
We will begin early today and tomorrow. Tangkoko Nature Reserve, which have plenty of opportunities to see a number of Sulawesi endemic bird species such as:
Green-backed Kingfisher, Sulawesi lilac Kingfisher, Sulawesi-dwarf Kingfisher, Sulawesi pygmy Woodpecker, knobbed Hornbill, Ochre bellied-boobook, White-necked myna, Azure-rumped Parrot, Pale-blue Monarch, Ashy Woodpecker, Yellow-billed malkoha, Purple-winged Roller, Sulawesi Babbler, Bay Coucal, Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle, Spot-tailed Goshawk, Sulawesi Goshawk, Rusty-backed Thrush, Sulawesi Masked-Owl, Sulawesi Nightjar, Speckled Boobook, and much more.
Including: Mammals. The Crested Black Macaques, Spectral Tarsier and Bear Cuscus.
Day 7 : Temboan hill – Mangrove
we will have an early start with a drive of about 25 minutes to our next birding destination, Temboan hill. This is a great area view point next to the road where we will try to spotted some of the birds such as:
Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail, Ornate Lorikeet, Golden - mantled Racquet-tail, Sulawesi cicadabird, Pygmy hanging Parrot, Sulawesi hanging parrot, White - necked myna, White - faced cukoo-Dove, White - bellied Imperial-Pigeon, Gray-headed Imperial-pigeon, White - shouldered Triller, White - rumped Cukooshrike, Sulawesi Myna, Sulawesi-dwarf Hornbill, Sulawesi serpent-Eagle. and more.
We will head back to homestay to have lunch and rest a bit. After lunch we will take a boat to a mangrove area to look for Great-billed Kingfisher, and bird species such as:
Ospey, Kentish plover, pacific Reef-heron, Black-naped Tern, Sacred Kingfisher, Pied Imperial-pigeon, Gray-necked green Pigeon, Pink-necked green Pigeon, Whimbrel, Blue rock-Thrush, Grey-tailed tattler, Much more.
Day 8 : Manado Samratulangi Airport.
Morning after breakfast check out Transfer to Manado airport, Next destination
