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August 18, 2009
4th Eilat Birds festival - March 2010
The festival is a weeklong event that includes day and night birding tours to all the best sites in southern Israel, many bird related activities, presentations, talks and more. The 4th Eilat festival is scheduled for the 18th - 25th March 2010.
The Eilat Spring migration festival is organized by the Israeli Ornithological Center of the SPNI and the International Birding and Research Center Eilat. Click here to visit the Eilat Birds Festival website.
As in previous years, the festival is hosted at the comfortable Agamim Hotel in Eilat, where the opening banquet and evening activities will take place and new this year, we will enjoy a special Birders Pub to quench our thirst from the long days in the field.
Black Bush Robin, Israel, Eilat ringing station 29 March 2008
© James Kennerley, from the surfbirds galleries
Festival packages include accommodation at the hotel, a choice of several free fully guided tours daily and evening activities. There are several ways to take part in the event, please consult the Packages page for more details.
Besides the free daily tours, several "specialty tours" will be on offer. These longer tours target specific species or regions of southern Israel. The specialty tours are extras but are world class tours that offer incredible value for money.
In the past 3 festivals, hundreds of birdwatchers from over 15 nationalities enjoyed a host of real rarities, including extreme vagrants and memorable migration days. The festival proves to be an excellent melting pot, bringing together birders from all over the globe to humble at the spectacle of spring migration at its best.
Our ground agents in Europe are the UK based company Wildwings. Their representatives can assist with booking a package, as well as all your travel needs. Go to - www.wildwings.co.uk .
Posted by Surfbirds at August 18, 2009 2:53 PM
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