Bird Watching Tour in Bhutan

Bhutan possesses large areas of intact forests in its land, one of the highest in the world. 

Bhutan has an outstanding wealth of birds.  The Kingdom hosts a stunning 770 species found, including many that are globally threatened.  For bird watchers, Bhutan is a dream.  The rich diversity of Bhutan’s bird species is mainly due to its moist climate, wide altitude range, low population density, vast forest cover, and the government’s strict conservation policy.  

We hope that birdwatchers will record their own observations, thus expanding our knowledge of the country’s birds and furthering the conservation of threatened species.  There is so much waiting to be discovered!

This is a tour to show you both the beauty of this mountain kingdom and the delights of its fascinating wildlife.  The excursion takes you from beyond Thimphu to Punakha further via Phobjikha to Trongsa and Zhemgang and to some truly superb birding locations.   Enjoy your walk through oak and rhododendron forests and beneath trees festooned with lichens, mosses, ferns, and orchids, in search of such tantalizing delights as several superb pheasants, Cutia, Scarlet Finch, Fire-tailed Myzornis, and the enormous Rufous-necked Hornbill.

We time your visits to seek the greatest diversity of bird life.  Spring and autumn remains part of the dry season, Bhutan’s resident birds will be in full song (with a great chorus of barbets and cuckoos), and many migrants will be heading north through the mountains en route to Tibet and beyond.