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Kiskunsag Steppes & Slovakian Hills

Hungary & Slovakia, 8 days - Great Bustards, all European Woodpeckers & sought-after Owls

Our unique new Spring tour brings a brand new blend of habitats: steppe, oxbow lakes & rivers, marshes with ancient Carpathian forests and a submontane landscape of exceptional beauty. It may look a somewhat old-fashioned combination but these areas are largely unknown to foreign visitors. We will be allowed to stay right in the middle of everything. Walking has been restricted to a necessary minimum as well as driving distances. The range of birds possible to see here is fascinating and landscapes will make you feel as if you travelled fifty years back in time. But what we praise most is the authentic atmosphere of all visited places. Besides, during one tour we can put so diverse species such as Pygmy Owl and Great Bustard, Firecrest and Saker Falcon or Three-toed Woodpecker and Roller on your trip list. Flowers, butterflies and dragonflies will be present in good numbers depending on timing, so this holiday promises a great mixture of wildlife in the very heart of Europe. We run this holiday with 2 different timings: one early Spring to enjoy migration and loud Woodpeckers, Owls & songbirds and an early Summer one for feeding birds & numerous butterflies, dragonflies & wildflowers.

Similarly to Hortobágy, the scenic Kiskunság National Park still preserves parts of the once continuous Eurasian steppe, the so called "puszta". The park hosts one of the biggest populations of Great Bustards in Europe, but has other highlights to offer as well. Alkaline lakes and temporary flooded areas of grassland attract huge numbers of ducks, geese and waders. Species include Ferruginous Duck, Garganey, Black-winged Stilt, Mediterranean Gull, White-winged Black Tern, Kentish Plover and other migrating shorebirds. We should see Stone-Curlew, Collared Pratincole, Tawny Pipit and Red-throated Pipit.

Contact

Phone: Call May-October; Text all year 
+36 30-645-9318 or +36 30-211-0006
Call Nov-April: +506 84961012 or 84961417
e-mails: 
ecotoursgabororban @ gmail.com
toucanbirdingecolodge @ gmail.com 

Our mission

Our first priority is to save habitats & species.

Secondly we would like to share our knowledge of wildlife and encourage you to participate directly or indirectly in protecting nature.

We are also working continuously on our carbon balance with developing our 23 hectares of wildlife reserve.

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