NT Bird Specialists consistently provide our guests with breath-taking natural experiences and a wealth of intimate local knowledge.
Rest assured with our award-winning team, as we combine over 28 years experience in the Northern Territory and Kimberley regions when packaging our genuine small group and custom ecotours, so you have more time to view wildlife and soak in your surroundings in comfort.
Our services in special-interest nature tourism are amongst the best on offer. Come and experience it for yourself.






Highlights of touring with NT Bird Specialists
- Multi award-winning tour operators and professional bird guiding team
- Seeking endemic, rare and iconic birds and wildlife in a diverse range of tropical habitats (over 400 bird species in the region)
- Capturing brilliant photographic moments
- Safety and comfort from our experienced and professional team
- Enjoying flexibility during private tours and tailored itineraries
- Genuine ecotourism, low impact tours that support the environment and local communities
- Enjoying excellent interpretation and customer services
- Travelling to stunning remote natural landscapes, largely unpopulated by people
- Immersing in your surroundings while cruising rivers, wetlands and lakes
- Fresh, healthy and home-cooked meals
- Hotels, luxury or camping options to suit everyone's taste
- Modern spacious and luxurious commercial tourist vehicles
- Making the most out of daylight hours, optimising time spent in the field
- Experiencing ancient and modern aboriginal cultures, occupation and rock art sites
- Exploring World Heritage National Parks
- Birds! Birds! Birds! Birds! Birds!
- Assurance of touring with an award-winning Australian Accredited Tourism Business and Licensed Commercial Tour Operator

NT Bird Specialists’
Accreditations
and Awards
Accreditations |
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Licensed Commercial Tour Operator of the Northern Territory |
Licensed Commercial Passenger Vehicle operators |
H Endorsement Licence to drive paying passengers |
$20 Million Public Liability Insurance |
Commercial Vehicle Insurance |
Kakadu National Park Tour Operator Accredited Permit holders |
Parks & Wildlife Commission NT Accredited Tour Operator Permits |
Western Australian Parks & Wildlife Service Accredited Tour Operator Permits |
Uunguu Visitor Pass Accredited Tour Operator Permits (Mitchell Falls) |
Australian Quality Tourism Accredited Business |
Kakadu Knowledge for Tour Guides Accreditation |
Tourism Top End Membership |
Tourism Tribe Membership |
China Ready Accreditation |
Birdlife Australia membership, Birdlife Top End Committee members |
Registered Australian Business ABN: 85 233 609 185 |
Meet The NT Bird Specialists Team
Our Tour Options
Bird Watching Tours
10 Day Ultimate Top End Birding Adventure Tour
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10 Day Ultimate Top End Birding Adventure Tour
NT Bird Specialists’ ‘Ultimate Top End Birding Adventure’ tour discovers some of the most remote and impressive landscapes and targeted bird and wildlife species in one fowl swoop!
Sri Lanka EcoTours 2020
16 Day Sri Lankan Birdwatching and Wildlife Tour 2020
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16 Day Sri Lankan Birdwatching and Wildlife Tour 2020
Join NT Bird Specialists on a 16 day ‘Wild-Life’ Adventure through the biodiverse and culturally rich lands of Sri Lanka in 2020.
‘Immerse yourself in World Heritage wilderness and ancient cultural sites while searching for unique and endemic birds and wildlife off the beaten track. Sri Lanka – the Wonder of Asia, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.’
Bird Watching Tours
7 Day Top End Finch Frenzy Tour
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7 Day Top End Finch Frenzy Tour
Join NT Bird Specialists on a Grass ’Finch Frenzy’ of the best birding sites for Gouldian Finch, Star Finch, Pictorella Mannikin and up to 200 bird species spanning the Top End, Northern Territory. Start & finish in Darwin.
Photography Tours
9 Day Tropical Outback Top End Bird Photography Tour
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9 Day Tropical Outback Top End Bird Photography Tour
Embark on our 9 Day ‘Tropical Outback’ Top End Bird Photography Tour to photograph an incredible range of colourful and unique northern Australian birds and wildlife in beautiful landscapes.
Photography Tours
5 Day Top End Bird & Wildlife Photography Tour
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5 Day Top End Bird & Wildlife Photography Tour
Bird and wildlife photographers will relish at our 5 Day Top End Birds & Wildlife Photography Tour itinerary.
Wildlife and Nature Tours
5 Day Top End Birding and Wildlife Tour
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5 Day Top End Birding and Wildlife Tour
Our 5 day ‘Top End Birding & Wildlife Experience’ provides fantastic chances to view many Top End specialty birds and wildlife, including Banded-fruit Dove (endemic), Rainbow Pitta, Hooded Parrot (endemic), Gouldian Finch and many waterbirds.
Bird Watching Tours
4 Day Kakadu Birdwatching Tour ‘Djagarna Jaunt’
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4 Day Kakadu Birdwatching Tour ‘Djagarna Jaunt’
Our 4 day Kakadu Birdwatching tour ‘Djagarna Jaunt’ explores a 1200 kilometre circuit along the Arnhem, Kakadu and Stuart Highways, in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Photography Tours
Kakadu Photography Expedition with Canon Collective
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Kakadu Photography Expedition with Canon Collective
Join us on an exclusive photographic expedition through the heart of Crocodile Dundee country.
Wildlife and Nature Tours
3 Day Kakadu Wildlife Tour ‘Ragul Run’
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3 Day Kakadu Wildlife Tour ‘Ragul Run’
For those with a less time to visit the Top End, our 3 Day ‘Ragul Run’ wildlife tour presents a taste of Kakadu in two nights.
Bird Watching Tours
2 Day Pine Creek Birdwatching Tour ‘Parrot and Finch Paradise’
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2 Day Pine Creek Birdwatching Tour ‘Parrot and Finch Paradise’
10 species of parrots, including the (locally endemic) Hooded Parrot, Red-winged Parrot, Cockatiel and Northern Rosella, rightfully makes the historic gold mining and railway township of Pine Creek the ‘Top End’s home of parrots’.
Bird Watching Tours
1 Day Kakadu Birdwatching Tours
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1 Day Kakadu Birdwatching Tours
Our 1 day Kakadu bird watching tours start and finish in the heart of the World Heritage Kakadu National Park.
Bird Watching Tours
1 Day Darwin Birdwatching Tour ‘Sticky Beak’
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1 Day Darwin Birdwatching Tour ‘Sticky Beak’
Darwin’s urban landscapes retain an array of habitats for birds and wildlife to flourish in.
Wildlife and Nature Tours
1 Day Wild Kakadu Wildlife & Rock Art Tour
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1 Day Wild Kakadu Wildlife & Rock Art Tour
Only have a day or two to spare? Join our 1 Day Wild Kakadu Wildlife & Rock Art tour for a glimpse of the World Heritage wildlife and rock art at home amongst the mighty South Alligator floodplains and Ubirr rock art sites adjacent to the East Alligator River.
Bird Watching Tours
Kakadu Bird Week Tours 2019
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Kakadu Bird Week Tours 2019
Get a fantastic taste of Kakadu’s birding highlights when Luke guides you to the best sites during Kakadu Bird Week 2019.
Enquire and book Kakadu Bird Week tours today.