Dear friends, we are delighted to announce registration is open for the Eilot Bird Festival 2024, offering an amazing program of tours and events. Hosted by Birdlife Israel, the Eilat Bird Festival brings together birders from the world over for an unforgettable week of birds, migration and nature during the peak of spring migration.
November 13 – 20, 2023
After a break of a few years due to COVID, we are delighted to announce that the Hula Valley Bird Festival will be back in November 2023, offering an amazing program of tours and events. Hosted by Birdlife Israel, the Hula Bird Festival brings together birders from the world over for an unforgettable week of birds and nature in the world-famous Hula Valley.
We will based for 7 nights at the beautiful Hagoshrim Hotel in the northern Galilee.
Birding only packages are available for 3 or 6 days.
What more can a birder ask for? Awesome birding, scenery and wildlife, great company and excellent hotel to return to at the end of the day.
Join us for the world's friendliest, most exciting bird race in Eilat, Israel - an internationally famous migration bottleneck.
We will be racing to stop illegal hunting of birds - and this year's project will focus on the White Stork in Tanzania.
Cost of Participation is $200 a person. This covers team registration, opening dinner and closing brunch.
Teams can choose to participate in 1 of 4 route options:
1 ) Green Champions - race on foot, bike or other non-motorised methods.
2) Sanctuary Champions - race only at the IBRCE (International Bird Research Center Eilat) and adjacent salt ponds.
3) Big field Champions - the traditional race by car, but on our new, smaller "playing field".
4) Digiscoping Champions - only birds that you photograph by digiscoping count in your totals - within the playing field.
For more informaiton on hotel options, fundraising, etc, contact Alen at alenk@spni.org.il
November 13 – 20, 2023
After a break of a few years due to COVID, we are delighted to announce that the Hula Valley Bird Festival will be back in November 2023, offering an amazing program of tours and events. Hosted by Birdlife Israel, the Hula Bird Festival brings together birders from the world over for an unforgettable week of birds and nature in the world-famous Hula Valley.
We will based for 7 nights at the beautiful Hagoshrim Hotel in the northern Galilee. The rooms are clean and comfortable, the food wonderful and the grounds offer some great birding right at your doorstep. We maintain small group sizes and travel in a spacious minibus.
What more can a birder ask for? Awesome birding, scenery and wildlife, great company and excellent hotel to return to at the end of the day.