No birder really needs much excuse to take flight from the British winter. Who wouldn’t swap short days, frosts, grim overcast skies and – let’s face it, the Brexit saga – for sun-soaked locations with colourful birds and thrilling species that they’ve never seen before?

An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Jane Fenton travelled on our 'Brazilian Pantanal & Iguazu Falls' tour.

An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Heather Edwards travelled on our 'Just Tigers!' tour.

We are delighted to launch two new itineraries to witness next year’s total solar eclipse. On 14th December 2020, the shadow of the moon will speed across the Pacific Ocean and make landfall in South America. The eclipse track crosses one of the most beautiful regions on that continent: the clear lakes, forested mountains and snowclad volcanoes of Chile’s Lake District.

The territory of Western Sahara may have a chequered history, but it is home to a remarkable collection of mouth-watering birds and mammals, many of which are almost impossible to see elsewhere, including Sand Cat and the near-mythical Golden Nightjar.