Ornitholidays at Rutland Birdfair 2011 - click the link to watch Nigel Jones chatting at the fair. 

As our name suggests we organise birdwatching holidays. Established over 46 years ago in 1965 we were the first birdwatching tour company in the world. Initially set up in Sussex by Lawrence Holloway and now run by Nigel Jones, we are based in Romsey in Hampshire and offer escorted birdwatching holidays all over the world.

Having started with tours in Camargue and Lake Neusiedl all those years ago, we now have a suite of over 150 tours, and annually we offer about 70 of these. You can choose from a short  five-night holiday in  France to one of 20-nights in New Zealand. Our destinations are varied but with over 46 years experience you can be assured that the itineraries will be well-researched and probably the best on offer. We are one of the very few companies that use full time professional tour guides and they spend their year escorting our parties, making sure you are well looked after.

For the 2012 programme we guarantee that there will be no surcharge made on any of our holidays - the prices you see for these tours in 2012 will be the ones you pay.

The company ethos is basically to enjoy the birds and the holiday.  We are not a company that offers 24 hours a day birding.  We try and place the emphasis on having a holiday - we want to see the wildlife that each country has to offer, but we are also travelling to enjoy the scenery and have some time to relax with a drink and watch the sun go down.  In a recent Birdwatch magazine survey we were one of the few companies to score a 100% satisfaction mark from  our clientele.

Our website is quite comprehensive and you will find all the tours we have to offer listed here. There are detailed itineraries, past tour reports and bird lists for virtually every holiday we run. We have also given gradings for each tour so you can see whether we deem it to be a particularly easy tour regarding walking and duration in the field, or perhaps slightly more strenuous. There are even photos for many of the holidays taken by tour participants and leaders, to give you that real flavour of what you might expect (see  Gallery). The complete brochure is also available to download from this site - please see the link on the left side of this page.
 
If you think you would rather take a  holiday that has a broader natural history base then look at our LINKS and visit our sister organisation at Quest for Nature. Please do look at the NEWS link on this page to see about EXTRA HOLIDAYS and also VACANCIES for the holidays. Please also  read our latest NEWSLETTER, the link is above (currently it is the  OCTOBER 2011 issue).

You can also follow us on FACEBOOK - see the link here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ornitholidays/137527703032609?ref=ts

We hope that you find a holiday to interest you.  If you would like to discuss any tours then please contact us at the office.

Nigel Jones - Ornitholidays