Future birding trip ideas
Travel philosophy - articulating the type of travel that I am seeking, and how I would like to approach it.
In roughly decreasing order of current interest (subjective, also see work-in-progress Trip grading metric for prioritizing)
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Bahia (best in Sep-Feb)
- Southern Brazil (avoid Dec-Mar)
- Southern Ecuador revisited (best in Nov-Jan, avoid Feb-May!)
- El Choro trek, Bolivia (avoid Oct-Mar)
- Mexico - Puerto Vallarta, San Blas, Colima, Yucatan, Bonampak, Huatulco, etc.
- NW Argentina
- Brazil
- Asia
- Chiang Mai, Thailand (best in Nov-Apr)
- Sichuan, China (best in May/June)
- Malay Peninsula (best in Mar-Jul, avoid Aug-Jan)
- Oman
- Africa - Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Angola, others?
- The Netherlands in winter (though Spectacled Eider captured and taken into care, Dec 2025)
See also - Past major birding trips