I offer camping and riverwalk tours for visitors who are interested in exploring the bio-diversity of lowland forest of Manokwari. Riverwalk, swimming and birdwatching are the main activities that we do during the tour. Visitors who take the tours come from the Netherlands, the United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Frsnce, China, Switzerland, Sweden, and several other countries. They enjoy the tours for 3 to 5 days. For identification purposes, I use field guide book Birds of New Guinea written by Thane K. Pratt and Bruce Beehler. During the tours, we will stay in tents at the side of a river and do riverwalk tours along its banks to find tropical birds such birds as:
- King Bird of Paradise
- Magnificent Riflebird
- Lesser Birds of Paradise
- Yellow-faced Myna
- Golden Myna
- Papuan hornbill,
- Sulphur Crested Cockatoo,
- Palm Cockatoo
- Black-capped Lory
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot
- Moluccan King Parrot
- Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus)
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Pinon Imperial Pigeon,
- Western-crowned Pigeon
- Beautiful Fruit Dove,
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove
- Dollarbird
- Spangled Drongo
- Willie Wagtail
- Azure Kingfisher
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
- Common Sandpiper
- Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
- Variable Goshawk
- Black Sunbird
- Yellow-bellied Longbill
- Pygmy Longbill
- and a lot of other tropical birds. In addition to birds, visitors can also see butterflies, beetles, wild flowers and a lot of unique plants of West Papua.
A good pair of binoculars, and spotting scope will enhance birding experience of the visitors. I use a pair of 10×42 Visionking binoculars and a 20-60×60 spotting scope plus a tripod. Because the open space is wide, it is easy to spot birds that fly across the river or perch on the branches of high trees.
Birds can be seen in trees that grow on both sides of the river. The riverside is one of the best places to watch birds because we can enjoy birding without having to walk up and down steep slopes of mountains. Visitors like the environment. They can enjoy swimming, sightseeing and birding at the same time.
Booking
Please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.
