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Tangkoko – Tomohon Birding Tours
Explore Endemic Birds from Tangkoko to Tomohon in One Unforgettable Journey
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Tangkoko – Tomohon Birding Tour
Duration: 5 Days 4 Nights
Starting point: Manado airport
Ending point: Manado airport
The area to be covered
Tangkoko NR
Temboan Hills
Mangrove
Tomohon (Mahawu Mt)
Itinerary

Day 1: Manado airport – Tangkoko NR

Pick you up at Manado Airport, directly to Tangkoko. Check in at the local Homestay. 
Prepare your birding stuff and then we will start to explore the jungle. On this day, (Sulawesi
Scops-Owl) is one of the highlight bird targets to photograph.

Day 2: Full day trip at Tangkoko NR

Morning breakfast at 5:45 am. After breakfast, we will go to (Tangkoko NR), to find some bird
targets such as:

  • Green-backed Kingfisher
  • Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher
  • Yellow-billed Malkoha
  • Knobbed Hornbill
  • Ochre-bellied Boobook
  • Ashy Woodpecker

Come back to the beach at 11:30 am. for lunch, Around 2pm, we will start the tour for catch
the highlight bird target such as:

  • Azure-rumped Parrot 
  • White-necked myna 
  • Sulawesi Roller 
  • Sulawesi Babbler 
  • Pale-blue Monarch
  • Black-naped Fruit-dove and much more.

Day 3: Temboan Hills – Mangrove

Early morning before breakfast we will drive around 25 minutes to Temboan hills, breakfast
at Temboan Hills, spend there around 2-3 hours there to spotted some birds such as:

  • Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail 
  • Sulawesi dwarf Hornbill 
  • Green-Imperial Pigeon
  • White-bellied Imperial pigeon
  • Gray-headed Imperial pigeon
  • White-necked Myna
  • Sulawesi Cicadabird
  • Sulawesi hanging Parrot
  • Pygmy hanging Parrot
  • Sulawesi Myna, and much more.

After that we will go to next spotted, namely (Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher)
Come back to Homestay for lunch, after lunch we will birding around the Homestay for the
next bird target such as:

  • Yellow-sided Flowerpecker 
  • Grey-sided Flowerpecker
  • Sulawesi crimson Sunbird, and much more.

Around 3pm, we will go to the mangrove area by boat to spotted one of the kingfisher, Great
(black)-billed Kingfisher and some birds
such as: Pink-necked green Pigeon, Whimbrel, Grey-tailed tattler, etc.

Day 4: Tangkoko – Tomohon

Breakfast at 5:00 am. After breakfast Check-out, and heading to Tomohon (Gunung
mahawu) to spotted birds target such as:

  • Scaly-breasted Kingfisher
  • Sulawesi Pitta
  • Sulawesi-blue Flycatcher
  • Citrine Flycatcher 
  • Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker 
  • Sulawesi myzomela, and much more.
  •  Check-in at the Hotel


Day 5: Tomohon – Manado airport/Hotel

Morning breakfast at 7am, go directly to (Mahawu Mt) to spot some of bird such as:

  • Superb fruit Dove 
  • Red-eared Fruit-Dove 
  • Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker 
  • Isabelline Bush-hen, etc.
    Come back to the hotel, check-out and then transfer guests to the Airport/Hotel and end the
    trip.
List of the birds its possible to take picture
  • Green back kingfisher,
  • Sulawesi lilac kingfisher,
  • sulawesi dwarf kingfisher,
  • great billed kingfisher,
  • scalybreastedkingfisher,
  • commonking fisher (cobalteared),
  • Sulawesi pita,
  • red knobbed hornbill,
  • Sulawesi bush hen,
  • barred Rail,
  • Sulawesi hanging parrot,
  • Sulawesi breastedmyna,
  • whiteneckmyna,
  • maleo,
  • yellow billed malkoha,
  • yellow sided flowerpecker,
  • grey sided flowerpecker,
  • grosbeck starling,
  • sooty headed bulbul,
  • sahul sunbirds,
  • ashy woodpecker,
  • ochree bellied boobok,
  • Sulawesi scops owl,
  • Sulawesi myzomela,
  • white eye spangleddrongo,
  • scallybreastedmunia,
  • blackheadedmunia,
  • Sulawesicrow,
  • black naped oriole,
  • barred Rail,
  • buf banded Rail,
  • Sulawesi cuckoo dove,
  • green imperial pigeon,
  • silver tiped imperial pigeon

Including mammals: (Tarsier, Sulawesi black Macaque, Sulawesi bear Cus-cus).

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