Scheduled tours
| Hungary: Birds, Nature and Rural Life
Duration: 7 days (6 nights)
Date: 24 April - 30 April 2010, 8 May - 14 May 2010, 22 May - 28 May 2010
IBAs visited: 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 33
Key species: Herons, Ferruginous Duck, Imperial Eagle, Saker, Red-footed Falcon, Great Bustard, Terns, Woodpeckers, Roller
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During this 7-days (6 nights) tour we will admire the architecture of Hungary's capital Budapest and will visit two smaller towns also famous of their beauty: Sárvár and Tata. We will also spend few days and nights in rural environments in small villages both in West-Hungary and on the Great Plain. We will visit four National Parks (Ferto-Hanság, Duna-Ipoly, Kiskunság and Hortobágy) offering us the opportunity to see a great variety of habitats and birds. During birding we try to see the most characteristics birds of Hungary, the Great Bustard, Saker, Imperial Eagle, Great White Egret, White Stork as well as other species like woodpeckers. Hungary is famous about its spas, so we won't miss to try out a thermal bath during our tour. And of course we will taste prize-winning Hungarian wines and will enjoy the Hungarian cuisine in a csárda "czarda".
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| From Kiskunság to Hortobágy through Zemplén
Duration: 4 days (3 nights)
Dates: 19-22 June 2010, 3-6 July 2010, 17-20 July 2010
IBAs visited: 22, 32, 33, 42
Key species: Herons, Ferruginous Duck, Imperial Eagle, Saker, Red-footed Falcon, Great Bustard, Terns, Woodpeckers, Pygmy Cormorant
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During this trip in the first day we will be birding in Kiskunsag a Pusta (steppe, grassland). Kiskunság is some 70 km South-East of Budapest and is the biggest habitat of Great Bustard which is our main target bird for the day. We will also visit fishponds where different gulls, herons, shanks and waders can be seen. On the second day we will be birding in Zemplén Mountains. Zemplén is an excellent habitat to see woodpeckers and owls as well as raptors. We spend two nights in a lovely small medieval town Tokaj, also very famous of its wine. On the third day we will visit the Lake Tisza, and reach Hortobágy the best marketed birding place in Hungary, where we will spend the fourth day with birding at the Great Fishpond system.
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| Great Spring Tour - Kiskunság-Bükk-Zemplén-Tisza-Hortobágy
Duration: 8 days (7 nights)
Dates: 15 May - 22 May 2010
IBAs visited: 22, 32, 33, 41, 42
Key species: Herons, Ferruginous Duck, Imperial Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Saker, Red-footed Falcon, Great Bustard, Terns, Woodpeckers, Pygmy Cormorant, Warblers
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During this trip we will travel across the East part of Hungary from Kiskunság to Hortobágy. The tour will allow us to visit different habitats: steppe, grasslands, fishponds, mountains giving us the opportunity to see a large variety of birds. The first day we will make a short sightseeing in Budapest and will admire the must-sees: Basilic, Buda Castle, Matthias Church, Heroes Square, Vajdahunyad Castle. On the 2nd and 3rd day we will be birding in Kiskunsag a Pusta (steppe, grassland) habitat, which is the #1 habitat of Great Bustard. On Day 4 we visit the Bükk Mountains, an ideal place for woodpeckers. On the 5th and 6th day we will be birding in Zemplén Mountains. Zemplén is an excellent habitat to see woodpeckers and owls as well as raptors. We spend 3 nights in a lovely small medieval town Tokaj, also very famous of its wine. We should not miss to visit at least one wine cellar during the 3 days! On Day 7 we will visit Lake Tisza and go through the nature trail later the day reach Hortobágy the best marketed birding place in Hungary, where we will spend the eigths day with birding at the Great Fishpond system. We return to Budapest in the evening.
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| Bükk, Zemplén Mountains - Woodpeckers and Ural Owl
Duration: 4 days (3 nights)
Dates: 10-13 April 2010, 17-20 April 2010, 1-4 May 2010
IBAs visited: 41, 42
Key species: Ural Owl, Black, Green, Middle-spotted, Syrian, Grey-headed and White-backed Woodpeckers, Imperial Eagle
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During this trip we will visit Hungary's nicest mountains the Bükk and Zemplén mountains. Both hills offer excellent habitats for Woddpeckers, and we have good chance to see Black, Green, Greater and Middle-spotted, Syrian, Grey-headed and White-backed Woodpeckers. We spend two nights in a lovely medieval town Tokaj, also very famous of its wine. At this time of the year we also have reasonable chance to see Ural Owls as well.
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| Raptor day in Hungary
Duration: 1 day
Dates: 15 May 2010, 31 July 2010
IBAs visited: 13, 15,
Key species: Imperial Eagle, Saker
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These Saturdays we will devote to the most impressive and powerful birds the raptors. We will visit different reviers and feeding areas in order to see Imperial Eagle and Saker. If weather is favourable we will have a reasonable chance to see other raptor species like Honey Buzzard, White-tailed Eagle, Short-toed Eagle and Montagu's Harrier.
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| Colourful day, colourful birds
Duration: 1 day
Dates: 29 May 2010, 26 June 2010, 24 July 2010
IBAs visited: 17
Key species: Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Kingfisher
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We have developed this one-day trip for birders who just like to walk in the nature without any rush for ticking rare species. On these Saturdays we will focus on three colourful species the Bee-eater, Hoopoe and the Kingfisher and will spend enough time to fully admire their beauty.
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Bespoke tours
| Module 1 - Danube Bend, Lake Öreg at Tata, Gerecse and Vértes Mountains
Duration: 2 days
IIBAs visited: 13, 14, 15, 17
Key species:Great White Egret, Middle Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Rock Bunting, Penduline Tit, Imperial Eagle, Saker
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| Module 2 - Kiskunság
Duration: 1 day
IBA visited: 22
Key species: Raptor species, Great Bustard, Kentish Plover
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| Module 3 - Borsodi Mezőség, Tokaj, Zemplén Mountains
Duration: 2 days
IBAs visited: 37, 42
Key species: Imperial Eagle, Saker, White-backed Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Ural Owl
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| Module 4 - Hortobágy
Duration: 3 days
IBA visited: 32
Key species:Lesser White-fronted Goose, Long-legged Buzzard, Saker, Common Crane, Pygmy Cormorant, herons and ibises, Ferruginous Duck, Stone Curlew
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| Module 5 - Lake Fertő, Hanság
Duration: 1day
IBAs visited: 2, 3
Key species: all herons, Red-crested Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Great Bustard, Corncrake, Mediterranean Gull, Moustached Warbler, Savi's Grasshopper and River Warblers, Lesser Grey Shrike
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| Module 6 - Rétszilas
Duration: 1day
IBAs visited: 11
Key species: Little Bittern, Squacco Heron, Purple Heron, Ferrugineous Duck, Mediterranean Gull, Whiskered and Black Tern, Bearded Tit, Penduline Tit
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