Customized Birding Tours

When: Anytime. During the wintertime the tour may come momentarily to a halt for reasons of bad weather, snow, flooded roads or other such unforseeable "force majeure" causes. We will not accept any responsibility for inconvenience or extra cost incurred because of such events.

Length: One day to one week possible

Fee Charged: US$85 per person per day. For tours lasting more than a day,a 30% deposit is required.

Group size: four to eight

We offer a variety of birdwatching tours, ranging from a short one day trip to a week long tour which covers most of the important birdwatching places in the country. By far the biggest majority of birds which you will see on our birding tours are local nesting birds, of which there are now 71 recognized species,(see list below), to which another 27 species of occasional breeders can be added,(see list).

Nevertheless, given that the country is situated at the junction of the Arctic Ocean, the North-American continent, the Atlantic Ocean and continental Europe, a large number of vagrant birds are inevitably sighted in Iceland each year. Accurate and confirmed sightings of such vagrants are now standing at 251 species, (see list), to which there is a new addition almost every year.

On the regular daylong birdwatching excursion, covering the Reykjavík metropolitan area and the Reykjanes peninsula, we stand a good chance of spotting about 35-40 different species of birds; another 10- 15 can be added if you opt for the 4 day West and North-Western Fjords tour, whereas on the week long tour, which takes us through Southern Iceland, across the Central Highlands, up to lake Mývatn and the North, the Western Fjords and the Snæfellsnes peninsula, i.e. the most important birdwatching places in the country, we can expect to see about 65-70 species altogether.

APPENDIXES

Appendix 1: Iceland's breeding bird species
Appendix 2: Iceland's occasionally breeding bird species
Appendix 3: Iceland's vagrant bird species