Ramblers Worldwide Holidays spreads its wings

The UK’s longest established walking holidays company, Ramblers Worldwide, has responded to client demand to offer a selection of holidays designed to incorporate birdlife in many of its exciting destinations. The operator offers over 200 destinations in 70 countries throughout the World. Here are some of the prime destinations and holidays which have an abundance of bird life.

South and Central America - appropriately named the ‘bird continent’ as it is home to about a third of the World’s 9,000 bird species. Ramblers Worldwide offers a number of holidays to this region including:

Amazonian Explorer - a new holiday in Ecuador, which embraces the high Andes, the Rio Napo and the Yasuni National Park. Hoatzins, Black and Yellow headed Caracaras, Amazon and Ringed Kingfishers, Anhingha, Cocoi Heron and several species of large Macaw are in abundance.

The Galapagos Islands - a visit to Darwin’s ‘Enchanted Islands’ is an Aladdin’s Cave for bird lovers. Ramblers Worldwide Holidays offers a 5 night stay and 3 night cruise to this unique biological haven. Frigate birds, Red-billed Tropic birds, Waved Albatrosses, Swallow-tailed Gulls, Elliott’s Storm Petrels, Short-eared Owls, Blue-footed Boobies and many other fascinating species abound.

Costa Rica - which spans the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, with a high volcanic spine, has a rare number of habitat zones and diversity of species.

Ramblers Worldwide Holidays offers a holiday to the famous Tortuguero National Park; the cloud forest reserve of Monteverde (best place to see the resplendent Quetzal).

Southern Africa - offers over 133 species of bird, Ramblers Worldwide offers holidays to The Cape, Drakensburg, Kruger National Park, where the birder can enjoy African Penguins, Blue Cranes, Cape Sagerbirds, Bearded Vultures, Secretary Birds, Bateleurs, Martial Eagles, African Fish Eagles, Giant Eagle Owls, Maribou and Woolly-necked Storks amongst many others.

The operator also offers holidays to Zambia, Botswana and Namibia famed for their birdlife which includes Slaty Egrets, endangered Wattled Cranes, Pel’s Fishing Owls, a host of Storks and Egrets, Ostrich, Kori Bustard, and Greater and Lesser Flamingoes.

For further information about these and other holidays provided by Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, visit RamblersWorldwideHolidays.com.