by Birders, for Birders and the Birds
“With over 25 years experience, Bird Malaysia offers the best spots and time for birds and the best accommodation for our fellow birdies. Our tours are designed as to ensure a comfortable and successful birdwatching experiences. We look forward to welcoming and guiding you through Malaysia!”.
BIRD MALAYSIA SIGNATURE TOURS
Malaysia Hornbills Tours and Northern Route are our signature tour. Comes highly recommended and we are the first tour company that has created this routes.
Join us for a chance to record all 10 species of Malaysian hornbills with our new and exciting tour. Covering 3 fantastic birding sites to maximize our target to complete the Hornbill list with our expert guides, this expedition will also see us venture into some of Malaysia’s lush tropical rainforests and see the other 200 or more target birds.
PENINSULAR MALAYSIA TOURS
One of Malaysia’s best kept secrets is the biosphere of the Malay Peninsula. This geographical zone is one the most bio-diverse regions on earth. It is a treasure house of some of the most exotic plant life, birdlife, animal life, and coral and fish life on the planet. Its rainforest is inhabited with tigers, leopards, elephants, sambar deer, sun bears, tapir, rhino and many others. It resounds with the whooping call of the gibbons and the unfamiliar cries of the hornbills, pheasants, barbets and babblers. Within this biosphere lie the states of Selangor, Penang, Perak and Kedah and Terengganu. Collectively it offers vast expanse of untouched rainforest, golden beaches, secluded coral islands and amazing flora and fauna.
This Tour offers a broad spectrum of Malaysian birds, well known among the worldwide birding community and our guides are second to none. At all times we will ensure our clients, the best Malaysia can offer in birds, accommodation and food.
Our birding adventure will take us through several habitats that will include tidal mangrove forest, lowland rainforest and montane forest, plantations and disturb forest. Along the journey we will also search for the birds that frequent the rice paddies.
Designed for nature enthusiasts and wildlife lovers, an immersive experience. Malaysia’s most scenic and biodiverse locations. From the dense forests of Johore to the misty highlands of Fraser’s Hill for an adventure dedicated to primate observation.
BORNEO & WALLACEA TOURS
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and has about 620 recorded bird species of which 41 are endemic. Malaysian Borneo is made up two states, which are Sabah and Sarawak. For most birders, the Malaysian state of Sabah is the gateway for the quest of the Borneo birds. Kota Kinabalu is the state capital, and most journeys begin from here. Sabah has montane forest, lowland rainforest, mangrove forest, river and estuarine environments thus satisfying any birder with a diverse range of birds. Lesser known as a birding destination but most undeserving so is Sarawak, with a recorded 533 species of birds, of which 31 are endemic to the island of Borneo. In addition Borneo offers other endemic wildlife like Orangutans, Proboscis monkeys and the Borneo Pygmy elephants.
Sabah Route
Sabah has montane forest, lowland rainforest, mangrove forest, river and estuarine environments thus satisfying any birder with a diverse range of birds.
Wallacea South Route
This tour outlines an exciting eight-day exploration of South Sulawesi avian wonders, with the arrival in Sorong, followed by birding in the lowland region.
Wallacea North Route
This expedition to the North of Sulawesi will see us venture into Wallace Line, home to the many endemic that found no where else in the world.
DESTINATION TOURS
Destinations tours design for the birders that have a shorter time for their holiday, we include a diverse range of habitats and easy relaxing birding phase. These tours suitable for birders that have made their own travel, meals and accommodation plans but may require the services of a local/locale bird guide. Local knowledge would be indispensable for smooth birding and we can source the most sutable guide for the job. This arrangement is presently available for destinations within Peninsular Malaysia only.
LANGKAWI ISLAND
Langkawi, an archipelago of 104 islands has a rich diversity of ecosystems and habitat types. Langkawi varied flora and fauna that can be found nowhere else in the world including over 200 species of birds and 5 endemics.
KUALA SELANGOR PARK
Located 60km from Kuala Lumpur city centre is Malaysia’s most accessible birdwatching site for coastal, mangrove and open field birds – the fishing town of Kuala Selangor. This area offers 4 amazing spots with different ecosystems to target a variety of birds in their natural habitat.
FRASER'S HILL
Fraser's Hill is no stranger to birders and well know as the first class birding destination in Malaysia is a highland paradise and home to more than 250 species of wild birds. From November to February the higland will be home to the migrant birds that fly here as far as northern Siberia of Russia and islands north of Japan and neighboring land mass, to seek new feeding grounds as well as to escape the freezing winter up north.
PENANG ISLAND
Penang is a popular tourist destination But there is another fascinating world found here that is relatively unknown which is the alluring and amazing bird life around the state of Penang.
PERLIS STATE PARK
Perlis State located on the western border of Perlis, along the Thai border, sitting on the longest continuous limestone hills in Malaysia range 36 km long and spans 5,075 ha. Home to more than 600 species of flora, 70 species of mammals, 200 species of birds and 35 species of reptile. Some of the birds seen here are endemic to north Peninsular Malaysia.
SEDIM RAINFOREST CANOPY
Sedim is home of the world’s longest rainforest canopy walk with a length of 925 metres and a height of 26 metres up above the forest floor at its highest point. The walkway follows a roughly rectangular shape with scenery of Sungai Sedim Recreational Park. Some of the birds spoted here including Diard’s Trogon, Grey-headed Babbler and Chinese Blue Flycatcher and Malaysian Honeyguide
