![]() Thurs Sept 27 Honiara to Brisbane 1300 and then Brisbane/ Cairns.īirding on Gizo was limited but we made a field trip out to Two Mile (SI$100 by taxi), seeing a single Red-vented Myzomela and several White-capped Monarchs, with Venty and I seeing one Gizo White-eye when we returned briefly later. Wed Sept 26 Further birding reconnaissance of Mt Austen area and Bekana village. Tues Sept 25 Short morning visit in quite good conditions to Noepe Forest. Mon Sept 24 Further reconnaissance work of Noepe Forest hampered by heavy rain. Sun Sept 23 Reconnaissance of the Lata area to evaluate birding and tourism potential. Flight from Honiara to Santa Cruz at 1120 am, staying at Rotary Lodge at Lata. Sat Sept 22 Joined by Chris the Temotu Tourism officer. ![]() Follow up and comments on the training then closure that afternoon. Overnight Kitano Mendana Hotel.įri Sept 21 Practical session with local guides at Mt Austen, and then Betikama wetlands. Thurs Sept 20 Guide training at Tourism Solomons offices in Honiara. Wed Sept 19 Reconnaissance visit to Ranongga and Vella Lavella, checking out the logistics and seeing the very nice Jajama homestay on Vella Lavella. Tues Sept 18 Training for local guides with a short practical session that afternoon, overnight Gizo Hotel. Met up with Brenden and Hudson from the Ministry of Tourism and just caught 1515 flight to Gizo. Mon Sept 17 Fly /Cairns /Brisbane/Honiara. My brief was to run the training programme for local guides, developed and extended from the very successful 2016 initiative, and the check out new sites, their logistics and their birding/wildlife tourism potential.įinding a suitable time slot was difficult due to my own commitments, but we eventually settled on Sept 17-27 with the following itinerary: This was a trip made under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the newly rebranded Tourism Solomons (Formerly SIVB, the Solomon Is Visitors Bureau), and once again very well put together by Marketing Officer Brenden Mautoa as a part of his development brief with birding tourism. Photos with this report (click to enlarge) Participants: Phil Gregory and Brenden Mautoa from Tourism Solomons Comments ![]() Solomon Islands - September 2018 Published by Phil Gregory (info AT )
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