Birding Expeditions with Atlas Group Travel: a tropical rainforest canopy at dawn with a brass spotting scope on a weathered wooden tripod in the foreground, mossy branches catching warm morning light, atmospheric haze in the canopy beyond.

The Atlas Portfolio

Birding Expeditions.

Ten of the world's great birding regions, walked at the pace of the species that matter. Private lodges, named naturalists, and target lists curated to the group.

Monteverde and San Gerardo de Dota birding with Atlas Group Travel: a Costa Rican cloud-forest canopy at first light with mossy branches catching warm dawn light, soft mist between the trees, and a brass spotting scope mounted on a weathered wooden tripod in the foreground.

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Costa Rica

Monteverde and San Gerardo de Dota

Monteverde Cloud Forest, Cerro de la Muerte

The resplendent quetzal at first light on the wild avocado, a private lodge in the cloud forest, and a naturalist with publication credits walking the group between target lists.

Best Season
January through April.
Ideal For
Serious birders. Multigenerational families.
Pantanal and Atlantic Forest birding with Atlas Group Travel: a wide Brazilian wetland at golden hour with reflective channels, gallery forest along the riverbank, and warm sidelight on the floodplain grass.

02

Brazil

The Pantanal and the Atlantic Forest

Northern Pantanal, Rio Negro, REGUA

Hyacinth macaws on the gallery forest, jaguars from a slow river skiff, and a fazenda lodge held for the group through the dry season. Two ecosystems in a single itinerary.

Best Season
July through October.
Ideal For
Serious birders. Photographers.
Tari Valley birding journey with Atlas Group Travel: highland forest in the Papua New Guinea Tari Basin at first light, atmospheric mist between the tree ferns, warm sidelight on the canopy, and a distant ridge in golden haze.

03

Papua New Guinea

Tari Valley Birds of Paradise

Tari Basin, Huli Wigmen country

Twelve species of birds of paradise on a single itinerary. A small private lodge in the highland forest, Huli guides who have grown up tracking these birds, and a pace set by the dawn lek.

Best Season
June through September.
Ideal For
Serious birders. Anthropology-minded travelers.
Tambopata and the Amazon macaw lick journey with Atlas Group Travel: a tropical rainforest canopy at dawn with a brass spotting scope on a weathered wooden tripod, mossy branches catching warm morning light, and atmospheric haze in the canopy beyond.

04

Peru

Tambopata and the Amazon Macaw Lick

Tambopata Reserve, Manu

Dawn at the great Tambopata clay lick with macaws in clouds of red and gold, a private river lodge on the Tambopata bend, and a guide whose grandfather walked the same forest.

Best Season
May through October.
Ideal For
Photographers. Slow-travel groups.
Kruger and Sabi Sand birding journey with Atlas Group Travel: a martial eagle perched on a flat-top acacia at golden hour above South African private-reserve savanna, golden grass and warm dust haze in the foreground, distant koppies in atmospheric haze.

05

South Africa

Kruger and Sabi Sand

Sabi Sand Reserve, Kruger Park

Eagles on the acacia, vultures circling the carcass, lilac-breasted rollers and ground hornbills against the savanna. A private lodge in Sabi Sand and a ranger who answers the radio before the call goes out.

Best Season
May through September.
Ideal For
Multigenerational families. Photographers.
Bhutan and Phobjikha Valley birding with Atlas Group Travel: a flock of black-necked cranes wading in a wide glacial wetland at first light, dzong rooftops on a distant hillside in atmospheric mist, snowcapped Himalayan peaks catching warm alpenglow beyond.

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Bhutan

Bhutan and the Phobjikha Valley

Phobjikha, Paro, Punakha

Black-necked cranes wintering in the glacial valley, monasteries reached on foot, and a small heritage lodge held for the group beneath the Himalayan ridge.

Best Season
November through February.
Ideal For
Cultural-heritage groups. Reflective travelers.
Galapagos Islands birding journey with Atlas Group Travel: two blue-footed boobies standing on dark volcanic rock above the Pacific at golden hour, distant sea cliffs and a single private expedition vessel anchored far offshore, warm sidelight on the rock.

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Galapagos

The Galapagos Islands

San Cristobal, Espanola, Genovesa

Blue-footed boobies, frigatebirds, the world's only seagoing iguana. A small private expedition vessel chartered for the group, with a naturalist on board for every landing.

Best Season
February through May.
Ideal For
Multigenerational families. Photographers.
Antarctica and South Georgia birding journey with Atlas Group Travel: a vast king penguin colony on a South Georgia tussock beach at blue hour, thousands of king penguins stretching to the foothills of distant snow-capped mountains, soft warm light raking across the colony.

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Antarctica

Antarctica and South Georgia

South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula

King penguin colonies of hundreds of thousands on the South Georgia tussock, wandering albatross on the wing, and a private expedition vessel that holds the group in one shared cabin world.

Best Season
November. December. February.
Ideal For
Serious birders. Photographers.
Borneo Sabah and Kinabatangan birding journey with Atlas Group Travel: a rhinoceros hornbill perched on a dipterocarp branch high in the Bornean rainforest canopy at first light, soft golden mist filtering through the leaves, a wide river bend visible far below in atmospheric haze.

09

Borneo

Sabah and the Kinabatangan

Kinabatangan River, Danum Valley

Eight species of hornbill, the Bornean orangutan in the dipterocarp canopy, and a small private lodge on the river bend reached only by boat.

Best Season
March through October.
Ideal For
Serious birders. Adventurous couples.
Iceland and Westman Islands birding journey with Atlas Group Travel: a single Atlantic puffin standing on a moss-covered sea cliff in the Westman Islands at golden hour, the North Atlantic stretching to the horizon, distant basalt sea stacks in atmospheric haze.

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Iceland

Iceland and the Westman Islands

Heimaey, Latrabjarg, Vik

Atlantic puffins on the great sea cliffs of Heimaey and Latrabjarg, gannets diving offshore, and a private lodge at the edge of the North Atlantic during the long northern summer.

Best Season
June. July. August.
Ideal For
Photographers. Reflective travelers.

The Atlas Promise

Never Travel Alone.

Expert naturalists with publication credits. Target lists curated to the group before draft one. Purpose-built lodges at every stop and a named specialist who reads the report at the end of every day.

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