Don’t Miss Krabi’s Birding Field Trips in 2024!

[Page updated 17 June, 2024]

Krabi has many types of birds to spot in the area. You will want to bring your binoculars, mosquito spray or lotion, and sunblock as we head out to various birding locations in the Krabi area to spot some of Thailand’s amazing birds.

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Krabi Birdwatching Tours and Field Trips

Bird Field Trip by Foot #1

Includes:

• 6 am. Pickup and transportation from Krabi Town or Ao Nang Hotels.
• 2+ hours of actively looking for birds by walking along the river, in the mangroves, and in the rainforest.
• Price is just 4,400 for 1 or 2 people. 5,900 for 3 people.

Bird Field Trip by Boat #2 (Boat Trip – Highly Recommended)

This field trip takes you through the mangroves along the Krabi River where you can find many different species of birds like these from a recent birding report:

• Mangrove Pitta
• Brown-winged Kingfisher
• Collared Kingfisher
• Common Kingfisher
• White-throated Kingfisher
• Black-capped Kingfisher
• Red-throated Barbet
• Asian Koel
• Greater Coucal
• Green-billed Malkoha
• Little Heron
• Grey Heron
• Brahminy Kite
• White-bellied Sea Eagle
• Eurasian Curlew
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Redshank
• Pacific Reef Heron
• Little Egret
• Striated Heron
• Chinese Pond Heron
• Great White Egret
• Large-Billed Crow

NOTE – It’s March and time for Spotting the Mangrove Pittas!

Includes:

• Get a GRAB Ride for cheap, using the app. Or, drive your rental car to Krabi Town, or we can provide a taxi to pick you up as early as 6 am. Round-trip regular taxi cost from Ao Nang Beach area to Krabi Town is around 1,500 THB in daytime.
• Private 2 hours (2,900 Thai baht) or 3 hours (3,900 Thai baht) boat ride to spot birds throughout the mangroves. Average bird species found is around 15-25.
• Price is very reasonable and up to 4 people are included in the price above.

Birdwatching Field Trip in Nature Preserve #3

Includes:

• 5:45 am. Pickup and transportation from Krabi Town or Ao Nang.
• Private 3 hour walk around rainforest and agricultural areas with freshwater streams and ponds.
• Late breakfast overlooking a lake (included).
• Price is 4,900 for 1 person; 6,900 for 2 persons; 7,900 for 3 persons.

Birdwatching Field Trip on Remote Mountain #4

Includes:

• 6 am. Pickup and transportation from Krabi Town or Ao Nang.
• Private 2 hours of exploring the rainforest on a small mountain.
• Price is just 4,400 for up to 2 people included.

Note – Field trips to see birds in the wild of Krabi are the same price for 1-2 people.

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Birding in Thailand – What You Can Expect

Thailand has a lot of birds you can spot. Krabi has its fair share. The state of birding in the country has not evolved to the point of say Costa Rica, Canada, the USA, or the UK. Thais just don’t seem to have the interest that people from other countries do.

Because of this, it’s difficult to find local guides who know birds – or anyone who does. Knowledge often trickles down from guides that are obsessed with birding, right? Here – we don’t have that. Even us, we’re desperately trying to learn all the different birds, it is a long process.

Recently, we lost our top birder who was Thai and could speak English well enough to get a lot of the names of birds across to people on the field trips. We are trying to replace him, but it may take a. while. In the meantime, we have people who know where birds are and who can put you on all kinds of birds.

For many of you, that’s what you really need. For others, beginners who don’t know the names of any birds and who could use a very knowledgeable English-speaking guide, you may not get all you need.

Good Locations to Find Birds in Krabi?

Here we made a page to show you the best places you can go yourself to find birds in Krabi.

Longtail Boat Bird Tour Through Mangroves – This is one of our ultimate birding trip, the one where you will see the most species of birds and the one that also offers glimpses of other wildlife in the mangroves like gliding lizards, mangrove pit viper snakes, and other cool stuff, even monkeys sometimes. An excellent trip you can choose for an hour up to 3 hours.

Find Pittas!

Khao Sok Bird Tour – a full day of bird watching as we tour the grounds of one of Thailand’s most stunning National Parks in the Surat Thani province.

We’ll be adding other bird tours to our site here as we learn more about where the best birds are to be found. In all honesty, we are not bird experts – and you’ll have to bring your expertise with you! We are learning, and we do know some good places to see birds. We’ll do our part – maybe you can teach us something about the birds we find.

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