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SHORT BREAKS
SOUTH BOHEMIA IN EARLY SPRING AT LEISURE
Easy exploration of sedentary birds in the countryside with amazing historical treasures. Here old tree alleys, spruce forests, peatbogs and medieval ponds are home to a good variety of many elusive birds. Though migrants will be arriving in time of our stay, we will look more for woodpeckers, owls and eagles. This is the most likely area to encounter Black and Hazel Grouse with Capercaillie. You will find our dawn and dusk birding so amazing … Fine accommodation amidst the nature and in a hotel overlooking Renaissance square. 6-7 DAYS, from Prague airport, April - May
NEUSIEDL LAKE & CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
This two-center holiday offers the best of birdlife in the region. A unique combination of deep mountain forests and limestone gorges in Slovakia with floodplain forest and shallow lakes in Austria allows seeing birds of virtually all elevations. We will look for all nine woodpeckers, Great Bustard, Wallcreeper, Imperial Eagle, Saker, Tengmalm's and Pygmy Owl, Bluethroat, Moustached Warbler and many others. Good accomodation with nice subalpine scenery in Slovakia and in a village near the lake in Austria. 8-9 DAYS, from Vienna airport, April - June
MOUNTAINS AND MARSHES OF SLOVAKIA
A piece of classic birding in the north and east Slovakia. Eminent local experts who ensure we will find Imperial Eagle, Saker, Marsh Sandpiper, White-winged Black Tern, Ural Owl, Barred Warbler, Wallcreeper, or Thrush Nightingale will guide us through a wealth of habitats. When at the water, anything can turn up here from Pygmy Cormorant to Rosy Starling. Good hotels are located on a mountain meadow and in an English park behind a small town. 8-9 DAYS, Budapest or Cracow airport, April - June
BIRDS AND FLOWERS IN THE HEART OF EUROPE
A relaxing holiday with easy day walks amidst the nature, fields and man-managed landscape with chateaus, Baroque churches, vineyards and tree alleys. We will find a varied wildlife wherever we will be. Enjoy with us sights of Salamander, newts, frogs, snakes, Green Lizard, fine range of butterflies, steppe flowers, flowering meadows with orchids; Souslik, and birds like Red-crested Pochard, Great Bustard, Imperial Eagle, Saker, Eagle Owl, Syrian Woodpecker or Barred Warbler. Peaceful accommodation in small family-run hotels. 7-9 DAYS, from Vienna airport, May - June
FLOWERS OF SLOVAKIA
The best of rather unknown flora in the West Carpathians with target on local endemics, alpine flowers, and orchids. Timed a little earlier in June, we can expect Lady's Slipper, Daphne arbuscula, Clusius's Gentiane, Primula minima or flowers of Pannonian region including Austrian Dragonhead. Moreover, we will see many of the superb sceneries from rugged highest Carpathian peaks through alpine meadows, limestone outcrops and wooded valleys to the sun-dried slopes with rich karst vegetation. Nice hotels are located in loose villages below highest peaks of the High Tatra and Low Fatra. 8-10DAYS, from Cracow or Vienna airport, end of May - June
BIRDS & BEARS IN THE HIGH TATRA
A short break in the High Tatra range takes place right after or before 'winter sleep' of Brown Bears. There is a population of about fifty specimens in a relatively small area there and we stand a very good chance to see one or two from our comfortable hide. In addition, birds like Hazel Grouse, Three-toed and Black Woodpecker, Alpine Accentor, Golden and Lesser Spotted Eagle or Tengmalm's Owl can be seen during the day. Red and Row Deer often feed on a meadow surrounding our hide and higher up we hope for a group of Chamois or a whistling Marmot. Hotel in the High Tatra within easy reach of all holiday destinations. 5-6 DAYS, from Budapest or Cracow airport, April-May; September-October
PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
These short trips are always focused on a few animals, but preferably on one species only. They are lead by professional cameraman and photographer Jiri Petr who has travelled widely and speaks English fluently. Currently he works on various projects for the Czech Television. He will guide very small groups to ensure animals will be not excessively disturbed in their natural world. Accommodation is dependent on remoteness of the localities, from comfortable hotel to mountain challets. 5-6 DAYS, from Vienna or Prague, all year round
LONG-HAUL TRIPS
BIRDS AND CULTURE IN SOUTH OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC WITH NEUSIEDL LAKE OR CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
This trip is an ideal balance between busy birdwatching and cultural relaxing. We will look at the many important bird species found in the country including owls, rare raptors, woodpeckers, watefowl, waders and omnipresent passerines. We also enjoy a chamber concert of classical music, folklore music perfomed in a traditional wine cellar, castle interiors, well-preserved historical cores of medieval towns and an opera in Prague. Extra days in 'Gothic' Prague coinciding with festival of classical music "Prague spring". Comfortable accommodation throughout. 13 DAYS, from Vienna to Prague airport, April-June
SLOVAKIA & BULGARIA IN SPRING
The ultimate birdwatching in Eastern Europe lead by foremost local guides. Visit forested Carpathian mountains, Europe's largest salt lake; mountains, marshes and dry habitats in Balkans for the best choice of birds east from Alps. Owls, vultures, eagles, woodpeckers, herons, rollers, northward wader migration, Great Bustard, fine passerines and search for Wallcreeper in very accessible sites both in Slovakia and Bulgaria. In both countries you will experience rather different habitats, birds, meals and local tradition. More than 200 species can be expected. We will sleep in beautifully located hotels with all en suites. They are nice and the best in the area but with one exception cannot be rated as 4 or 5-star ones. 17-18 DAYS, from Vienna to Sofia airport, April-June
BROWN BEARS IN SLOVAKIA & HORTOBAGY/HUNGARY
This special trip takes you to the High Tatra in search of Brown Bears and some elusive forest birds and to Hortogagy plain renowned for its extremely rich birdlife. An easy exploration of plains and mountains in bursting of spring and towards the forthcoming winter. While there is first snow falling or melting in spring in Tatras, the sun shines in Hortobagy during busy nothward migration and Indian summer. Another contrast will be range of birds seen with Aquatic Warbler, Pygmy Cormorant, Three-toed Woodpecker or Nutcracker together on one list. Pleasant hotels in spa villages both in Slovakia and Hungary. 13 DAYS, from Budapest airport, April-June, September-October
BEST OF BUTTERFLIES IN MORAVIA & SLOVAKIA
This tour covers many of large and the most attractive day butterflies of Central Europe together with some moths. Apollos, Swallowtails, Emperors and host of Blues, Coppers and Fritillaries are all to be found here in a beautiful landscape. Walking at relaxed pace, wine tasting and all other associated wildlife including Salamander, newts, orchids and birds. Accommodation in a small hotel in the historical town center of Mikulov and in the family run hotel in White Carpathians. 8 DAYS, from Vienna airport, June-July Combination of this tour with BUTTERFLIES IN HUNGARY (14 DAYS, from Vienna to Budapest airport) or BUTTERFLIES IN BULGARIA (16 DAYS, from Vienna to Sofia airport) is highly recommended.
FLOWERS OF HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA and UKRAINE
This is a unique occassion to experience flowering plants of three areas - Pannonia, the West and the East Carpathians. Two days in Hungary add many excellent flowers of hilly countryside to the north from Budapest while in Ukraine, where we stay two nights, we will look for endemics of extremely interesting local flora near Romanian border. Slovak part of the trip is described above. We will explore flowers from the warmest Hungarian hillocks to the coolest peaks in Tatras with little effort spent and lots of original plant associations seen. Accommodations good in Hungary and Slovakia, rather modest but clean with en suites in Ukraine. 13-14 DAYS, from Budapest airport, June
BIRDS AND LYNX IN SOUTH BOHEMIA
Due to an extremely succesful re-introduction of Lynx some 60 specimens now roam freely in Sumava mountains, the border area to Germany. We are now in final search of accessible places and comfortable hides. Besides lynx, many birds from our South Bohemia trip will be seen, especially woodpeckers and owls. Good hotel in the mountains with forest birds outside the window. 7 DAYS, from Prague airport, April
BEARS AND WOLVES IN SLOVAK CARPATHIANS
We are sorry some people will not rate this trip as a nature friendly but we are made to use meet or carrion as bait for Wolves. Certainly we do not so with bears and that's why we will look for both species in two separate places. This trip promises scenery of real wilderness in forgotten part of Slovakia, hopefully together with bears, wolves and other wild mammals like Red Deer or Wild Boar. Accommodation in almost 4000ft is surprisingly good with its own swimming pool. 8 DAYS, from Budapest airport, April; September - November All of our trips accompany our local guides thus giving you an opportunity to learn more about local wildlife and history. They also have accurate and up-to-the minute information on all aspects of our trip, but especially on wildlife.
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