Remote Sulawesi: Sangihe, Talaud, Peleng, Taliabu and Togian
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- Explore island of Sangihe
- Explore the island of Talaud and enjoy the birding
- Explore Togian Islands
- Enjoy fabulous Bird watching tour
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After arrival in Manado we take the ferry north to the mall island of Sangihe, allowing us two full days to explore the island. Night on Sangihe.
With two full days birding on Sangihe, the endemic hanging parrot, scops owl and Elegant Sunbird can all be found in secondary forest but we will need to venture higher on Gunung Sahendaruman to find Sangihe Shrike Thrush and the stunning Cerulean Paradise Flycatcher ...
We fly or sail back to Manado this morning. The remainder of the day will be spent in the remaining forests at Gunung Mahawu, a volcano above Manado where in addition to more widespread Sulawesi endemics we will search for the elusive Scaly Kingfisher. Night in Tomohon.
After some early morning birding at Gunung Mahawu we return to Manado for our flight to Melanguane on Talaud (JT 1162 1045-1150) and will begin our birding in the afternoon. Night on Talaud.
We have two full days to explore the island of Talaud. Red-and-blue Lory is still present in good numbers and Talaud Kingfisher is quite common. We will try hard to find Talaud Bush-hen and Talaud Rail, both of which were discovered by Frank Lambert as recently as the...
After some final morning birding we return to Manado connecting with a flight to Makassar. Night in Makassar.
After a flight to Luwuk we make the crossing to the island of Peleng on the morning of day 9. During the next 4 ½ days we will split our time between the mountains in the west of the island and the remnant lowland forests in the north-east.
The island shot to f...
Today is predominantly a travel day as we board our private chartered boat for the long crossing to the island of Taliabu hoping for some interesting seabirds along the way. Upon arrival we will transfer to a local village for the night.
Our four full days on Taliabu will be split between the lower areas of forest and a higher altitude camp. Our time on Taliabu gives a second chance at many of the endemics which it shares with Peleng, but we will also hope to find Bare-eyed Myna, Taliabu Masked Owl, a...
Today we return again by boat to Luwuk where we will spend the night.
This morning we drive north across the central peninsular of Sulawesi to the small coastal town of Bunta from where we will take a chartered speedboat across to the Batudaka the largest of the Togian group of islands and in the afternoon will begin our exploration. Night on Togian islands.
Another full day birding will be concentrated on the two new species to science recently described from Togian islands, namely Togian Boobook and Togian White-eye, although we will also look out for an potentially new taxon of Cyornis flycatcher that might prove to be yet another new species. Night on Togian islands.
After arriving back into Luwuk we fly to Makassar to connect with international flights.
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