Welcome to Kazakhstan Birdtours the company for exciting and bird-filled tours of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has it all – birds, mammals, insects, flowers, fantastic scenery. Whatever your interest you'll find Kazakhstan an experience never to be forgotten, a place of outstanding natural beauty that never stops producing new surprises and delights.

If you want a chance to see some superb birds, including Ibisbill, Relict Gull, Pallas's Fish-eagle, Himalayan Snowcock, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Sociable Lapwing, White-winged Woodpecker, Eversmann's Dove, Black Lark, White-winged Lark, Himalayan Rubythroat, White-browed Tit-warbler, Azure Tit, Saxaul Sparrow and many other mountain and steppe specialities, set in a scene of mountains, wild flowers and clean air, then Kazakhstan Birdtours is the company for you.

We can arrange tours of any length to this fabulous country, organizing flights, internal transfers, food, accomodation and, of course, guiding services to the best sites.

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Photos of unusual and interesting behaviours seen by Kazkhstan Birdtours; sighting of Himalayan Citrine Wagtail; and news on the status of Relict Gull at Lake Alakol.

Photo gallery from our latest 2012 tour.

Kazakhstan, land of the Qazaqs, is situated between the Caspian Sea and the borders of western China. Positioned on the great Silk Route, it has an immense diversity of habitats ranging from large canyons to sand deserts, steppe to Spruce forests, mountains and huge lakes. The country has an area of 2,717,300sq km of which 47,500sq km is water. At its lowest point, Vpadina Kaundy, it is 132m below sea level; its highest point, Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri), is 6,995m above sea level.

Dr Svetlana Ashby (nee Annenkova) is founder and principal tour leader of Kazakhstan Birdtours. Sveta is originally from Russia but has lived in Kazakhstan for over 25 years where she led scientific research in wildlife biology and was lecturer in environmental studies at the university in Almaty and has extensive knowledge of all aspects of Kazakhstan natural history and culture. She has birded widely around the world including Russia and other former Soviet Union countries, India, Africa, North, South and Central America and the Middle East. Her heart, however, is in Kazakhstan and she wants to share her love of this country with you.