14 nights, 4 stops — the full west papua bird-of-paradise circuit.
Arfak Mountains → Nimbokrang → Waigeo Island → Raja Ampat.
Round trip · returns to Arfak Mountains
Arrive in Arfak Mountains, met and transferred to your accommodation. The Arfak's bowers and dances are among the most astonishing displays in the bird world.
Bird the steep cloud-forest trails for montane endemics. Dawn and dusk at the display grounds and bowers.
Dawn and dusk at the display grounds and bowers. Sit at a forest hide for the Vogelkop bowerbird and Western parotia.
Transfer to Nimbokrang. Dawn at the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise display, then forest birding. Work the canopy leks for the lesser bird-of-paradise.
Work the canopy leks for the lesser bird-of-paradise. Search the lowland forest for pittas, jewel-babblers and parrots. Nimbokrang's lowland birds round out the Arfak's montane species for a full Papua list.
Search the lowland forest for pittas, jewel-babblers and parrots.
Transfer to Waigeo Island. A pre-dawn forest trek for Wilson's and red birds-of-paradise. Bird the lowland forest, then snorkel the island reefs.
Bird the lowland forest, then snorkel the island reefs. Search the canopy for displaying birds-of-paradise. Waigeo offers two of the planet's most spectacular birds within reach of the world's best reefs.
Search the canopy for displaying birds-of-paradise.
A pre-dawn forest trek for Wilson's and red birds-of-paradise.
Transfer to Raja Ampat. Dive or snorkel the world's richest reefs, then kayak the karst lagoons. A boat day among the islands, with mantas and reef life below.
A boat day among the islands, with mantas and reef life below. An early forest walk for Wilson's bird-of-paradise, then the sea. Nowhere on earth packs more marine life into one place — Raja Ampat is the global summit of reef biodiversity.
An early forest walk for Wilson's bird-of-paradise, then the sea. Explore hidden lagoons and viewpoints across the archipelago.
Explore hidden lagoons and viewpoints across the archipelago.
A final morning in Raja Ampat — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Drier highland weather — the best window for the steep forest trails.
Birds display in most months; expect mist and rain at altitude any time.
A celebrated eco resort on a private island in southern Raja Ampat, ringed by a no-take marine reserve.
Overwater and beach bungalows on Birie Island, a comfortable reef-and-birding base.
Community-run homestays in the Arfak highlands, basic but perfectly placed for the bowerbird hides.
A dedicated birders' lodge at Nimbokrang, run by the guide who knows every display tree.
A straightforward dive resort on Waigeo, handy for the reefs and the birds-of-paradise treks.
A simple, well-run dive and nature resort on Waigeo's coast, good value for the reefs.
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