Your Skilled Guide
... and Your New Friend
Our tour guides are not only highly skilled birders but educators at heart. We take great delight in showcasing the creatures who share our home. With contagious enthusiasm, we explain what you are seeing. See the outdoors with a new perspective as you find more birds - and the experience - you desire.
During our walks, you can fully immerse yourself in your interests - birds, photography, or anything else - without having to worry about tour routes, maintaining an eBird list etc. Our knowledge also extends beyond birds to butterflies, dragonflies, plants, and all things nature. Don't worry if you're not an expert, that's why you have a guide.
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Learn from Local Experts
Our office, our home, our birder’s dream patch is right here in Bandera and its surrounding counties. With over 50 hot spots in a 100-mile radius, we keep busy birding here year-round! This allows us great insights into migration patterns, nesting routines and other information beyond the standard field guide. This Big Picture allows us to strategize your itinerary and find birds more efficiently. By taking you to the best places at the best times, we save you time and effort.
Learn from a local about the birds but also about the area. As ready ambassadors, we can recommend local food, entertainment, and other activities to enhance your visit. With our deep connections in the birding, naturalist, and general community, let us connect you with our special part of the Texas and show you the hospitality for which it's famous.
... we are the Texas Hill Country
The Busy-Birding Advantage
We are LOCAL. Our home is here. NOT miles or states away
We bird here YEAR-ROUND NOT flying in from elsewhere to reel off textbook facts
Be COMFORTABLE in your own private vehicle NOT packed into a tour van in a middle seat
We tour at a reasonable RELAXED PACE NOT lead you around like cattle
We can ADAPT for weather, terrain, birds and you NO fixed itineraries or large groups with no room for change
Our small group will NEVER ABANDON YOU! NO leaving "stragglers" behind to rejoin the group later
ps. Pre-trip planning ensures this will never be an issue
... Small group, custom tours mean more warmth and less cost than big tour operators
ps. Through our partnerships with Medina River Oaks and Lost Maples Lodges, we offer ideal home bases for your trip
Sharing our vision
To be sure you see what we are seeing, we have quality binoculars for use during our guided interpretative tours and beginning birding classes. We are happy to show you how to calibrate them for your eyes, use them to see birds, clean 'em and more. Travelers, this leaves more room in your luggage for souvenirs. And yes, we are BIRD NERDS!
... Quite literally !
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