Cairns Area Bird Guides (1 Viewer)

[Mark Jarrett]

My wife and I will be in Cairns for eight days at the end of November this year. As part of a longer holiday, we will have worked our way up from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. My wife isn’t a birder, so I tend to bird on my own first thing in the mornings and also when we are out walking together later on during the day.

I will be doing my own birding in Cairns but I also have in mind a full day out with a guide for a general spread of birds which I may struggle to see on my own. I have found three companies who offer guiding in the area, namely :-

• Bell Bird Tours
• Sicklebill Safaris
• Great Northern Birdwatching Tours

I have a good idea as to which of the above three I may contact but was wondering if anyone knows of any other decent guides, in or around Cairns, that may be a bit better on price and who would be good for a full day out.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

 

[Atropos]

Contact Doug Herrington

Birding Tours Port Douglas| Bird Watching Port Douglas

Birdwatching Tropical Australia birding tours Port Douglas, birding tours in the Port Douglas and Julatten area for the discerning birder - Bird Watching Port Douglas

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[Mark Jarrett]

Contact Doug Herrington

Birding Tours Port Douglas| Bird Watching Port Douglas

Birdwatching Tropical Australia birding tours Port Douglas, birding tours in the Port Douglas and Julatten area for the discerning birder - Bird Watching Port Douglas

mangroverobin.wixsite.com

Thanks very much Antropos.

 

[flatfield]

A pair of Ospreys can be regularly observed from the small harbour tour boat cruise.

 

[John Shipley]

Yes, Doug was good with our communications. If you select Sicklebill, you'll likely experience a communication quagmire!

 

[seedyrom]

Sicklebill have let us down significantly. We even made a special trip to Bird Fair this year just to see them and clarify matters but to no avail. Avoid!

 

[Lerxst]

I would like to give a very strong endorsement for Doug Herrington. We worked with him in 2018 and he was outstanding.

 

[Mark Jarrett]

Thanks for all your replies. I managed to get sorted with Blue Planet Ecology and have a day planned at various locations around Cairns, then time up on the Atherton Tablelands.

 

[mjh73]

If you get the chance to head up a far as the Daintree Rainforest, the Daintree Boatman is a great general experience with some good birds likely - did this with my (solidly non birding) family and they loved it. It's doable in a day from Cairns (albeit a long day)