Paradise Bird Watching and Wildlife Tour in Indonesia: 2025

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Sorong Birding

Sorong is an important transit city in Indonesia for visitors who snorkeling and scuba diving in Raja Ampat. As a matter of fact, Sorong city is a nice destination for tourists who love birding. For day birding, birdwatchers can enjoy their activities, usually in the morninga and late afternoons at the outskirt areas of Sorong city.

There are a number of places which birders can go to watch birds. Some of them include mangrove forest, hill forest, Sorong's ridge forest, and northern coast of Sorong city.

Hooded Butcherbird

In the hill and ridge forest, visitors can watch Black Sunbird, Sahul Sunbird, Olive-crowned Flowerpecker, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Palm Cockatoo, Blyth's Hornbill, Orange-bellied Fruit-dove, Black-butcherbird, Hooded Butcherbird, Brown Oriole, Orange-bellied Fruit-dove, Pink-spotted Fruit-dove, Pinon Imperial Pigeon, Yellow-faced Myna, Golden Myna, Emperor Fairywren, and etc.

Blue-fronted Fig Parrot (Nannopsittacus gulielmitertii)

Blue-fronted Fig Parrot, formerly called Orange-breasted Fig Parrot

In mangrove forest, visitors could enjoy watching such birds as Orange-fronted Fruit-dove, Collared Imperial Pigeon, Brown-backed Honeyeater, Sahul Sunbird, Common Sandpiper, Willie Wagtail, Blue-fronted Fig Parrot, White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Beach Kingfisher, Little Kingfisher, Striated Heron, Rainbow Bee-eater, Brush Cuckoo, and etc.

Papuan Eclectus

Visitors can bring binoculars, and camera if they want to take this tour.

If you are interested in taking a birding tour from Sorong city and want me to organize your trip, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Mangrove Tour in Sorong City

As a tourist guide, I offer a mangrove tour by boat along the coastal area of Sorong city. This trip can be carried out very early in the morning at around 06:00. The tour will allow participants to see mangrove ecosystem. Birds, shrimps, crabs, seashells, oyster, fish, coastal people depend on mangrove forest for their livelihood.

After seeing the mangrove ecosystem, we could continue the tour on land by walking along the edge of mangrove forest to watch birds, butterflies and other tidal animals such as mudskipper, crabs and etc.

Fishing

Participants who are interested in fishing can also take this tour. Please, bring your own fishing equipment.

Wildlife Watching

Participants can bring their binoculars to watch birds in trees, and cameras to take pictures of any interesting plants and animals as well as beautiful landscape which they see during the tour.

Birdwatching is a favorite activity among tourists who visit mangrove forest. Birds that could be seen during the tour include Orange-fronted Fruit-dove, White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Brown-backed Honeyeater, Sahul Sunbird, Collared Imperial Pigeon, Little Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher, Striated Heron, Common Sandpiper, and etc.

Rufous-bellied Kookaburra

Helmeted Friarbird

Mangrove Tour in Sorong city

This tour is suitable for visitors who are in transit trip in Sorong city. Tourists who have only short time such as 1 day or 2 days.

If you are interested, please, contact me by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Nature Walking and Birding Tour in Sorong

Sorong city is the destination for visitors who plan to visit Raja Ampat. It is also the transit point for tourists who have just finished their holiday. Most visitors need to spend at least one or two nights in Sorong before flying back to their country. This tour is suitable for visitors who have got short time in Sorong city and want to do something at outdoor environment instead of staying in the hotel for a whole day.

During their stay in Sorong, they could take a walking tour around the nature of Sorong. To see beautiful landscape, meet local people, watch birds and butterflies as well as other insects. The duration of this walking tour in Sorong is 1 to 2 days.

Pinon Imperial Pigeon

We will go by car to interesting places during the tour such as Sorong's hill and Sorong's mangrove park.

For birding walk, we need to start early in the morning at 05:00. It takes around 40 minutes to 1 hour to reach our destination. Birds that we could watch during the tour include Brown-backed Honeyeater, Black Sunbird, Sahul Sunbird, Pinon Imperial Pigeon, Orange-bellied Fruit Dove, Orange-fronted Fruit Dove, Pink-spotted Fruit Dove, Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Brown Oriole, Emperor Fairywren, Blyth's Hornbill, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Palm Cockatoo, Boyer's Cuckooshrike, Metallic Starling, and a lot more. Usually the morning tour ends at 10:00 morning time and can be continued in the afternoon at 15:00 again to other place outside Sorong city.

Orange-breasted Fig Parrot (Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii)

Blue-fronted Fig Parrot

To enhance the wildlife watching experience of the participants, a spotting scope will be used. This device will allow participants to see flora and fauna in distant trees.

Shining Flycatcher

Participants of the tour should bring their own binoculars and cameras for the tour.

If you are interested in taking this nature walking tour, please, contact me by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Birding Tour Outside Sorong City

I organize birding tour to a place outside Sorong city. Its name is Kasulala forest located around 2 hours drive to the east from Sorong. The duration of the birding tour is usually 3 days/2 nights. There are guesthouses (basic accommodation) which visitors can stay during the tour.

Boardwalk in Kasulala forest of Sorong regency

Birding can be done along the clearing area and forest edge to watch such birds as Palm Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Black-capped Lory, Red-cheeked Parrot, Coconut Lorikeet, Pinon Imperial Pigeon, Zoe's Imperial Pigeon, Orange-bellied Fruit Dove, Pink-spotted Fruit Dove, Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon, Helmeted Friarbird, Black-browed Triller, Brahminy Kite, Variable Goshawk, Oriental Cuckoo, King Bird of Paradise, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Hooded Pitta, Shining Flycatcher, and etc.

roadside birding walk in Kasulala forest

Birding walk along the road in Kasulala forest

Night walk will also be conducted during the tour to find Papuan Frogmouth, Marbled Frogmouth, Papuan Hawk Owl and etc.

The forest and agricultural garden of Kasulala is also the habitat of a lot insects. There are butterflies and beetlee which tour participants can observe.

To take the tour, participants need binoculars and binoculars.

Boardwalk, guesthouse in Sorong city

If you are interested in taking the tour, please, contact me by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

Wildlife Tour in Kasulala Forest of Sorong Regency

Kasulala is the name of a forest area in the east of Sorong regency that is the natural habitat of various species of plants and animals. It can be reached by a 4WD car for around 1 hour 40 minutes.

There are cuscus, dorcopsis, fruit bats, wild pigs, bandicoot, and etc. For reptiles, there are monitor lizard, and snakes. Kasulala is also the habitat of hundreds of species insects and birds.

New Guinea Harpy Eagle (Harpyopsis novaguineae)

Bird of Prey in Kasulala Forest

Visitors who are interested in exploring the biodiversity of Kasulala forest need to bring binoculars, flash light, rain poncho, wellington boots, insect repellent, binoculars and camera. Birdwatching is a very popular tourism activity in Kasulala. So, bringing a spotting scope is also highly recommended.

Ground Orchid in Kasulala forest of Sorong regency

Birds that can be watched in Kasulala forest include Lesser Birds of Paradise, King Bird of Paradise, Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher, Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Blue-Black Kingfisher, Common Paradise Kingfisher, Papuan Eclectus, Red-cheeked Parrot, Large Fig Parrot, Double-eyed Fig Parrot, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Palm Cockatoo, Coconut Lorikeet, Yellow-faced Myna, Golden Myna, Shining Flycatcher, Frilled Monarch, Mimic Honeyeater, Brahminy Kite, Long-tailed Honey Buzzard, Gray-headed Goshawk, Pacific Baza, Western-crowned Pigeon, Pinon Imperial Pigeon, Zoe Imperial Pigeon, Pink-spotted Fruit-dove, Orange-bellied Fruit-dove, Blyth's Hornbill, and etc.

Papuan Eclectus

King Bird of Paradise

Birding activity is usually conducted very early in the mornings, in late afternoons and at nights. Tour participants need to bring their own binoculars to enhance their birding experience.

Lesser Birds of Paradise

Most often, sound player is used to call certain species of bird for tour participants to see. Some birds such as the Black-sided Robin, Blue Jewel Babbler, Papuan Pitta and Hooded Pitta can be called using their recorded sounds.

Wompoo Fruit-dove

For mammal watching, this is usually carried out at nights using flash lights and thermal scope. Night birding is often carried out after dinner to find nocturnal birds such as Papuan Frogmouth, Papuan Boobook, Papuan Hawk Owl, and other birds that sleep on the lower branches of trees.

Usually, visitors spend around 3 days/ 2 nights in Kasulala to explore the plants and animals of the forest.

Accommodation

There are simple guesthouses in Kasulala forest for visitors who want to stay for several days. It is not luxurious but it is good enough as accommodation for visitors who want to stay near the forest during their wildlife watching tour.

Basic Accommodation in Kasulala Forest of Sorong regency

Birding in the Suburb of Sorong City

For visitors who do not have much time, they could still enjoy nature/ birding tour in the suburb of Sorong city. Usually the duration of the tour is half or full day.

Forest areas that can be visited include mangrove, ridge forest, hill forest, and coastal area of Sorong city.

Birds that can be watched include: Brown Oriole, Helmeted Friarbird, Beach Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Brown-backed Honeyeater, Orange-fronted Fruit Dove, Olive-backed Sunbird, White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Glossy-mantled Manucode and etc.

birdwatching in the suburb of Aimas town and northern coast

Birding tour from Sorong city

Booking

If you are interested in taking a birding tour in Kasulala forest or the suburb of Sorong city, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.

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Nature Tour Around Sorong City and Raja Ampat

Sorong city is the main entrance gate for visitors who want to enjoy their vacation in Raja Ampat islands. Every day airplanes land at Domine Eduard Osok (DEO) Airport of Sorong city. They bring hundreds of visitors. Most of them want to enjoy swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving in Waigeo, Batanta, Gam, Kri, Mansuar, Arborek, Piaynemo, Wayag and the remote Misool islands.

Nature tour in Sorong city

Visitors who have just landed in Sorong city are often too tired to start their trip in Raja Ampat. They may want to take a rest in hotels in Sorong city after their long flights from home. There are also visitors who have just returned from Raja Ampat after their snorkeling or diving trips. Most of them want to take a rest for 1 or 2 days in Sorong. Some of them are interested in taking easy to do nature tour around Sorong city to see beautiful landscape, watch birds, butterflies, reptiles and mammals.

Willie Wagtail

Helmeted Friarbird

As a tourist guide, I often organize easy nature tour around Sorong city. The duration of the tours can be as short as morning or afternoon trip, 1 full day nature tour, or 2 full day birding and sightseeing tours around Sorong city.

Swamp Tiger Butterfly

During these tours, participants will be brought to places in the hills that have rainforest to see the scenery, enjoy watching birds and butterflies. Tours to mangrove forest can also be organized for visitors who are interested in seeing mangrove trees with birds, butterflies, dragon flies, and other insects, mudskipper, fish, and crab that form the ecosystem mangrove.

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

Participants can bring their own binoculars and cameras during the tours. To enhance the nature tour experience of the participants, I, as a tour guide, usually bring spotting scope that will enable participants to watch distant birds, or epiphytes in trees.

Sorong city's nature tour

This nature tour around Sorong city can be taken by a solo traveling visitor, a couple or a group of tourists who are interested in exploring natural places in the suburb of Sorong city.

Terrestrial Orchid at the outskirts of Sorong city

Nature Tour in Raja Ampat

For tour participants who want to take nature tour in Raja Ampat, it can be combined with this Sorong tour. The main destination is Waigeo. Birds that can be watched include coastal and sea birds such as Pacific Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Beach Thick Knee, Wandering Whistling Duck, Radjah Shelduck, Black-naped Tern and a lot more. For Rainforest Birds, the main targets will be the Wilson's Bird of Paradise and Red Bird of Paradise. There are a lot of other species too such as the Papuan Eclectus (Echletus polychloros), Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Great-billed Parrot, Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud), Beautiful Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchelus), Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus), Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma toro-toro), and a lot more. Birdwatching or butterfly watching could be conducted between 06:00 to 09:00 and 15:00 to 18:00. Between these times, participants could enjoy snorkeling or sightseeing to a number of islands around Waigeo.

Nature Tour in Raja Ampat

Red Bird of Paradise

Equipment

Tour participants need to bring binoculars and camera. In general the 8×42; 10×42 and 10×50 mm are the binoculars which most wildlife observers bring during their trip. To enhance their birding experience, I, as a tourist guide, will bring a spotting scope that will enable participants to watch animals or plants in distant trees or places.

If you are interested in taking this Sorong nature tour and want me to organize your trip and guide you, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Sorong Birding

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Mangrove Tour in Sorong City

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Nature Walking and Birding Tour in Sorong

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Birding Tour Outside Sorong City

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Wildlife Tour in Kasulala Forest of Sorong Regency

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Nature Tour Around Sorong City and Raja Ampat