9 Day Australian Outback Birdwatching Tour, Darwin (NT) to Mount Isa (QLD)

3 Grasswrens, Grey Falcon, 10 Grass Finches
Exceptional local specialist bird guide
Endemics and rarities
Fully accommodation, all meals

Tour Grading Table

Category
Start
Darwin
End
Mount Isa OR Alice Springs

Birdwatching focus
high
Wildlife focus
low | moderate
Photography focus
high
Culture focus
low
Walks rating
easy | moderate
Number of boat cruises
Public0Private0
Sleeping options
ensuite

Darwin • Pine Creek • Katherine • Daly Waters • Tennant Creek • Barkly Tablelands to Mount Isa
*OR Tennant Creek to Alice Springs (Private tours/groups only)

**In 2025, this tour will link to our 7 Day Finch Frenzy Tour to give you an incredible 20 night birding holiday (with 4 nights pre & post-tour hotels) throughout the Northern Territory’s best birding sites and habitats (Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Timber Creek, Tennant Creek and Barkly regions), finishing in outback Queensland. Or you can book each leg individually.

Experience excellence in specialist outback birding and bird photography services under the professional guidance of Luke Paterson, one of Australia’s most experienced birdwatching guides. Travel in our luxury 200 Series 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser or 4WD Canter bus (18 seater).

Explore the best inland birdwatching sites in northern Australia on a fully accommodated outback birding expedition.

From 16 August 2025 our small group birdwatching tour explores Darwin to Mount Isa via Tennant Creek. This tour will have great photographic opportunities of rare and remote bird species.

You can also choose your own tailored birding itinerary to seek target bird species, starting in Darwin and finishing in Mount Isa (outback Queensland) or Alice Springs (Red Centre, Northern Territory). This tour can start in any of the destinations and also cover Alice Springs to Mount Isa or vice versa and duration can be adjusted to suit your needs.

Be prepared for outstanding birdwatching results find and photograph rare and endemic Australian bird species including: 3 Grasswrens (Dusky, Kalkadoon & Carpentarian Grasswren); Grey Falcon; Cloncurry & Hooded Parrot; Painted Finch, Zebra & Gouldian Finch; Pictorella Mannikin; 2 Bowerbirds (Great, Spotted, Western Bowerbird); Rainbow Pitta; over 10 species of grass finch; Pink Cockatoo; Splendid, Purple-backed, White-winged and Red-backed Fairywren and more!