Sorong city is the capital of Papua Barat Daya Province (Southwest Papua Province) of Indonesia. It is the flight destination for visitors who want to go to Raja Ampat. There are a number of attractions or activities which tourists can enjoy in and at the outskirts of Sorong city. One of them is birdwatching.
The tour for birdwatching usually starts at 05:00. Local guide will pick-up guests at the hotel and then organize the transfer by car to birding site located outside of the city. It takes around 45 minutes to reach it. Arriving at the birding city, the light of the sun begins to appear in the sky. Tea or coffee with biscuits and fruits will be served to guests. This light breakfast is served in outdoor environment.
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| Coconut Lorikeet |
Birding will be started at around 06:00 a.m. Tropical rainforest birds such as Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus), Pinon Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pinon), Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus), Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Black Butcherbird, Hooded Butcherbird, Helmeted Friarbird, Brown Oriole, Black-browed Triller are some of the many birds which tour participants could watch during the morning walk on a hill outside Sorong city.
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| Rainbow Bee-eater |
To enhance the birding experience, participants could bring binoculars. Birding guide often brings a spotting scope that is mounted on a tripod to watch birds such as Golden Myna, Yellow-faced Myna, Pacific Baza, Black-capped Lory, Papuan Eclectus, that sit on branches of distant trees.
When the temperature is hotter, the tour will ne continued to the beach area for tour participants to watch Beach Kingfisher, Striated Heron, Torresian Crow, Pacific Reef Heron, Common Sandpiper as well as other birds that are common in coastal area. At around 10:00, participants will be returned to Sorong city again.
For longer tours, visitors could take multiple day birding trips such as the 12 days birding tour from Arfak mountains in Manokwari to Klasow valley in Sorong and Waigeo island in Raja Ampat.
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