Anyone have experience with this tour company: Birding2Asia (1 Viewer)

[lgonz1008]

Seen their tours online and they seem reasonably priced, but I can't find any testimonials or reviews on them. Just wondering if anyone has been on their tours and if you have what was the experience? They seem to be filling up tours even for next year, so they are definitely active.

Their website is: Birding 2 Asia. Expert guided birding tours & free info on birdwatching in Asia.

 

[delia todd]

There have been quite a few requests for info about this company, and one of the guides called Stijn (or Stijn de Win) crops up often.

I did a search of Birdforum with these results: Search results for query: Stijn

Hope this helps.

 

[lgonz1008]

There have been quite a few requests for info about this company, and one of the guides called Stijn (or Stijn de Win) crops up often.

I did a search of Birdforum with these results: Search results for query: Stijn

Hope this helps.

Seems like there's little information from the past decade, but overall positive feedback about him and the company. Thanks for the help!

 

[Larry Sweetland]

No experience of him professionally but I met Stijn when I was birding independently in Philippines and he was guiding. He was a great bloke who went out of his way to share his (considerable amount of) gen with me. Not all guides are like that so he gets a whopping thumbs up from me 👍👍

 

[lgonz1008]

No experience of him professionally but I met Stijn when I was birding independently in Philippines and he was guiding. He was a great bloke who went out of his way to share his (considerable amount of) gen with me. Not all guides are like that so he gets a whopping thumbs up from me 👍👍

Was this in the past few years or over a decade ago?

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Was this in the past few years or over a decade ago?

Over a decade ago

 

[lgonz1008]

Over a decade ago

Thanks for the feedback, seems like a good guide, but little to no recent information or any testimonials online.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Thanks for the feedback, seems like a good guide, but little to no recent information or any testimonials online.

There is a trip report from N Thailand on their website from January this year. Personally, the number of tours running as well as the feedback of members here would indicate a tour with B2A is a safe bet for anyone wanting a guided tour, but then again, Asia is (in some ways) easy to do independently.

 

[lgonz1008]

There is a trip report from N Thailand on their website from January this year. Personally, the number of tours running as well as the feedback of members here would indicate a tour with B2A is a safe bet for anyone wanting a guided tour, but then again, Asia is (in some ways) easy to do independently.

Thanks for the feedback, didn't even notice they had recent trip reports, seems like their first one post-pandemic years.

I was looking around as a potential introduction tour to the region. Never been to Asia, so at least for the first tour, I wanted a helping hand, plus their Philippines itinerary seemed to cater what I needed, without telling me to spend $9k on it.

 

[Pash44]

Did their 3 week Philippines tour in 2019. Highly recommended - you get to cover a lot of the itinerary with Pete Simpson who is excellent and a really lovely guy.