For this Peninsula Malaysia Birding tour, you should plan on an overnight flight to arrive in Kuala Lumpur Airport the following morning. Or you can stay overnight in Kuala Lumpur before the tour start at the next morning.

Kuala Lumpur After arrival in Kuala Lumpur Airport we will have time in the afternoon to acquaint ourselves with some of the birds around this fascinating city on our Malaysia Birding Tour. Overnight Around Kuala Lumpur (Lunch, Dinner)

In the morning, our Malaysia Birding Tour will head to Kuala Selangor for more serious birding. Close to the nearby Kuala Selangor Nature Park we will be able to search the mangroves and lagoons for a variety of interesting species that include Blue-throated Bee-eater, Black-capped and Collared Kingfishers, King Quail, Cinnamon and Yellow Bitterns, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Chestnut-bellied Malkoha, Laced and Sunda Pygmy Woodpeckers, Pin-tailed Snipe, White-headed Munia, Ruby-cheeked and Brown-throated Sunbirds, Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Mangrove Whistler, Pied Triller, Olive-winged Bulbul, Ashy Tailorbird, Golden-bellied Gerygone, Olive-winged Bulbul, Lesser Coucal, Dollarbird and Pink-necked Green-Pigeon. Overnight Kuala Selangor (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Kuala Selangor on road to Fraser’s Hill, This morning our Malaysia Birding Tour will go in search of the elusive Mangrove Pitta and further chances to catch up with any species we missed yesterday. We will then set off the famous birding spot of Fraser’s Hill, this is also the best place for Malaysia Birds Photographing. This former British hill station situated in the central Malay highlands offer outstanding opportunities to see and photograph a wide variety of very sought after species in what is undeniably one of Asia’s top birding destinations and suppose to be the Top Malaysia Birding Site. Over the next 4 days our Malaysia Birding Tour will spend time on trails amongst mature forest that abound with numerous mixed feeding flocks of birds that include such species as Fire-tufted Barbet, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Silver-breasted Broadbill, Spectacled, Malayan and Black Laughingthrushes, gorgeous Orange-breasted and Red-headed Trogons, huge Helmeted and Wreathed Hornbills, Black-and-Crimson Oriole, Javan Cuckooshrike, Marbled Wrenbabbler, Large Niltava, the endemic Malayan Whistling-Thrush, Redbearded Bee-eater and the difficult Rusty-naped Pitta and Malaysian Partridge. Some of the common species include Streaked Spiderhunter, Black-throated Sunbird, Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, Long-tailed Sibia and the beautiful Silver-eared Mesia. With several days to explore this wonderful location we will be able to bird both the hills that rise to 1500m and the lowlands with a very different set of habitats. In the hills we can search for Red-headed Trogon, Greater and Lesser Yellownape, Greenbilled Malkoha, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Pygmy Cupwing, Lesser Shortwing, Black-eared Shrike-Babbler, Golden Babbler, Silver-breasted and Long-tailed Broadbills, Sultan Tit and Blue Nuthatch. There are possibilities for several mammals here including the Siamang a black hairy gibbon, as well as Banded Leaf-Monkeys. This is also a good are to see Malaysian Eared-Nightjar hawking the treetops at dusk for insects. Away from the hills we can explore lower areas around the lodge and an area called “The Gap” where a huge variety of other tropical species are possible including Blyth’s Hawkeagle, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Black-thighed Falconet, Mountain Imperial-pigeon, Yellow-vented Green-pigeon, Little Cuckoo-dove, Sunda Cuckoo, Collared Owlet, Glossy Swiftlet, Whiskered Treeswift, Speckled Piculet, Buff-rumped, Checker-throated, Bamboo and Bay Woodpeckers, Greater and Lesser Yellownapes, Black-browed, Brown and Goldwhiskered Barbets, Banded, Black-and-yellow, Pale Blue, Hill Blue and Little Pied Flycatchers, White-tailed Robin, Grey-chinned Minivet, Ochraceous, Black-crested and Mountain Bulbuls, Greater and Lesser Racket-tailed Drongos, Sultan Tit, Streaked Wren-babbler, Large and Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babblers, Buff-breasted Babbler, Grey-throated and Golden Babblers, Silver-eared Mesia, Blue-winged Minla, Mountain Fulvetta, White-bellied Erpornis, Long-tailed Sibia, Slatybacked Forktail, Yellow-bellied and Mountain Leaf-warblers, Mountain Tailorbird, Everett’s White-eye, Blackthroated Sunbird, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Streaked Spiderhunter and Green Magpie. Wow! That certainly seems enough to keep us busy. Overnight Fraser’s Hill (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

In the final morning of our Peninsula Malaysia Birding Tour at Fraser’s Hill we will set off on the drive to the Krau Forest for more lowland forest birding. After the birding at Krau lowland forest birding, out Malaysia Birding Tout then heading to Bukit Tinggi and the Genting Valley we should find even more Malaysia birds species on our Peninsula Malaysia Birding Tours. Today should give us our first chance of finding Black Hornbill, Blue-eared and Gold-whiskered Barbets, Garnet Pitta, Scarlet-backed Trogon, Black and yellow Broadbill, and both Black-throated and Short-tailed Babblers Overnight Bukit Tinggi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Krau – Taman Negara After some early morning birding at Bukit Tinggi especially for the Malaysia Endemic Mountain Peacock Pheasant, we will continue our Peninsula Malaysia Birding Tours journey to Taman Negara National Park where we will stay for the next 4 nights. Taman Negara National Park protects one of the oldest tropical rainforest in the world and is widely regarded as one of the best reserves in the whole of Asia. From our comfortable lodge surrounded by rainforest we will make daily Taman Negara Birding excursions on the forest trails, returning for lunch each day. The birding in Taman Negara National Park is simply fabulous and as there are no roads in the National Park we will be quietly birding on foot, or even by boat to reach areas that are less disturbed upriver. Birding the fruiting trees right around our comfortable lodge of our Peninsula Birding Tours can attract an amazing variety of species with Puff-backed, Grey-bellied, Stripe-throated, Cream-vented, Redeyed, Spectacled, Grey-cheeked, Yellow-bellied, Hairy-backed, Streaked and the scarce Strawheaded Bulbul, as well as Little, Thick-billed and Large Green-pigeons, Gold-whiskered, Yellowcrowned, Red-throated, Blue-eared and Brown Barbets, the spectacular Green Broadbill, Green, Greater Green, Lesser Green and Blue-winged Leafbirds, Yellow-eared, Spectacled and Greybreasted Spiderhunters, Crimson-breasted and Yellow-breasted Flowerpeckers, plus Red-throated and Purple-naped Sunbirds. Exploring the forested trails allows us to find a wealth of even more exciting birds that include Great Argus, Crested Partridge, Malayan Peacock-pheasant, Crested Fireback, Black-thighed Falconet, Jambu Fruit-dove, Long-tailed Parakeet, Blue-rumped Parrot, Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot, Violet, Asian Drongo, Banded Bay and Plaintive Cuckoos, Raffles’s, Black-bellied, Red-billed and Chestnut-breasted Malkohas, Red-naped, Diard’s and Scarlet-rumped Trogons, Rufous Piculet, Crimson-winged, Checker-throated, Banded, Buff-rumped, Buff-necked, Great Slaty, White-bellied, Maroon and Orange-backed Woodpeckers, Banded, Rufous-collared, Rufous-backed and Bluebanded Kingfishers, Black and Rhinoceros Hornbills, Blue-winged, Hooded, Garnet and Malayan Banded Pittas, Black-and-Yellow, Blackand-Red, Green, Dusky and Banded Broadbills, Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Rufous-tailed Shama, Dark-throated Oriole, Rufous-chested Flycatcher, Rufous-winged and Maroon-breasted Philentomas, Black-capped, Grey-headed, Chestnut-rumped, Short-tailed, White-chested, Horsfield’s and Ferruginous Babblers, Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler, White-crowned and Chestnut-naped Forktails, Dark-necked and Rufous-tailed Tailorbirds, Large Wren-babbler, Brown Fulvetta, Black Magpie and Crested Jay. And this is the place that with luck we could encounter the difficult Rail-Babbler. We must not forget to keep a look out overhead for Brownbacked and Silver-rumped Needletails, plus Grey-rumped and Whiskered Treeswifts. Once again night birding can be good with Malaysian Eared Nightjar, Oriental Bay Owl, Reddish Scops-Owl, and with luck we could find Large, Javan or even Gould’s Frogmouth. There are a few mammals around Taman Negara, with possibilities of Giant Squirrel, Malay Civet, and the tiny Lesser Mouse-Deer and huge Sambar. Overnight Taman Negara (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Taman Negara – Kuala Lumpur, Our Peninsula Malaysia Birding Tour will conclude today and final Morning Birding around Taman Negara, noon transfer back to Kuala Lumpur for possible last birding spot or will direct transfer to airport in time for an evening departure. End.(Breakfast, Lunch)